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VIVETE LA LINGUA!Living the Language
in ITAS 101 & 102
Paulina Sterpe
Cynthia Coddington
Cassie Hoef
Flavia Laviosa
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MOTIVATION
PaulinaCassieCindy
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OVERVIEW
GrammarResearchImmersionNews
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GRAMMAR
Cassie: Never having had a foreign language
• Interactive• Culture• Not just lectures• High expectations• Independent learning
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How we started
Progression• Phonetic sounds – Demonstration• Basic conversational phrases• Greetings - Phrases and
Customs in Italy
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Tangible Learning• Constructing sentences with classmates• Blocks, Dominos, Puppets & Props• Puzzles – Demonstrate geography of Italy• Drawing on the blackboards• Creating an Italian restaurant menu and
presenting it to the class
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Women’s Role in Contemporary Italian Society
• Masculine vs. Feminine• dottore, dottoressa
• Changing language • Archaic to Modern• Accommodating
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RESEARCHCultural Themes:Halloween
Thanksgiving
Christmas
CarnevaleOral ExamItalian Menu
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IMMERSIONOsvaldo’s lecture
• Native Speaker - not a professor• Wrote essay in English then eventually
translated into Italian• Relatable: familiar music• Sing-along• Listen and learn the lyrics• Sing with Osvaldo playing guitar
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Elvis Presley
Little TonyElvis Presley
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David Bowie Renato Zero
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Arcade Fire: Baroque Pop artists, use Italian Instruments
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IMMERSION
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IMMERSION
Pinocchio • Read aloud with expression• Comprehension tool • Contributing to our fluency
through the flow of the language
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NEWSDifference between Italian and American news
Each morning news• Internet• Il nostro giornale
Come prepared to discuss our news beyond our presented summary
Italian newspaper article• La Repubblica & Grazia• Chose articles that interested us
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GRAZIE A TUTTI!