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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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GRAMMAR

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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GRAMMAR

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!