Scusiscusa. Oder: Was bedeutet SCUSI wirklich?

The Italian textbook Scusiscusa aims to make linguistic structures (grammar) transparent, as human language is a sign system that functions like a code. This code needs to be deciphered, as Wolfgang Butzkamm suggests. For learners who want to become aware of linguistic structures, the following questions and learning content arise: What function do grammatical forms, such as verb endings that can consist of just a single sound, serve in communication? How can content be conveyed in the new language being learned based on this? How are sounds and sound combinations transformed into graphic signs (spelling)? Frank Jodl presents an unusual, very systematic, and demonstrably effective teaching and learning book for Italian, suitable for self-study and aimed at both students of Italian studies and general Italian learners. The underlying didactic principle of Scusiscusa is primarily represented by W. Butzkamm: using the mother tongue as a linguistic mother or consciously learning foreign languages in contrast to the mother tongue (mother tongue mirroring, Butzkamm & Caldwell).