La formula di saluto «salve» nell’insegnamento della lingua italiana come lingua straniera (livello di competenza A1)

The greeting formula “salve” in teaching Italian as a foreign language at reference level A1 The aim of this this paper is to examine the greeting formula “salve” in the context of teaching Italian as a foreign language at A1 level of competence. First, the topic is investigated from the perspective of pragmatics and communicative competence. Then we analyse a range of teaching materials to see how “salve” is realized on a more practical level and to check how the authors of the coursebooks understand its function.