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INTENSIVE LANGUAGE COURSES LEVEL 100 3198-3199-3200 Advanced Beginning Italian Alicia Vitti, Anna Clara Ionta Designed for students with some previous study of Italian or another Romance language, this course builds on and rapidly expands control of basic grammatical structures and vocabulary. Students consolidate their ability to negotiate basic survival situations in the target-language culture, and prepare themselves for continued study of the language. New language functions will be presented in meaningful activities that emphasize all four-language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Cultural knowledge that will build a deeper understanding of Italy is a crucial component of the course content. *Students are also required to participate in the Diction & Pronunciation workshop, the culture workshop and the afternoon conversation course. Required Texts: PRONTI …VIA! Beginning Italian, Daniela Melis, – Student textbook (ISBN 0-300-10842-7) + *Student Workbook with audio (ISBN 0-300-10845-5) 3151-3152- 3153 Beginning Italian David Winkler, Anna Clara Ionta This course is designed to introduce students to the grammatical structures and vocabulary necessary to express personal meaning on basic topics (e.g. family, daily routines, and leisure time) and negotiate basic survival situations (making travel arrangements, ordering meals, and making purchases, etc.). Language topics and functions are integrated into activities that emphasize the four language skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing), with special attention given to speaking and listening. Cultural knowledge that will build a deeper understanding of Italy is a crucial component of the course content. This course meets three hours a day. Required Texts: PRONTI …VIA! Beginning Italian – Student textbook (ISBN 0-30010842-7) + *Student Workbook with audio (ISBN 0-300-10845-5) Elementary Italian – Conversazione Anna Clara Ionta In this course, we will work on mastering practical spoken Italian in its cultural context. The class activities will help you to develop the ability to maintain a conversation acquire confidence in using your Italian expand your vocabulary acquire information about life, culture and current trends in Italy develop sensitivity to Italian traditions and customs, improve your pronunciation, and will include basic discussion of some socio-cultural and political issues *Students are also required to participate in the Diction & Pronunciation workshop. Required Text: Rosella Bozzone Costa, Chiara Ghezzi, Monica Piantoni, Nuovo Contatto. Corso di lingua e civiltà italiana per stranieri, volume A1, Loescher, 20132015, ISBN 9788858308608, 192 pp., 20,70 euro LEVEL 200 3251-3252-3253 An Introduction to Contemporary Italy Emilio Ceruti, This course is intended for students at the intermediate level, as it will afford the opportunity to expand conversation, writing, and reading skills while consolidating knowledge of the more difficult points of grammar. The contextual focus of the course is modern Italian culture including 20th century history (from the rise of Mussolini’s fascist dictatorship to the present days), current events, and literature among other things. Two Italian films, short stories and essays, will enhance and complete the learning experience. Experts from the faculty and guest artists will be invited in class to discuss some of the special topics that we will study. *Students are also required to participate in the Diction & Pronunciation workshop and to enroll in the afternoon conversation course. Required Texts: Nuovo Progetto italiano 1 Corso multimediale di lingua e civiltà italiana. Edilingua. Roma. ISBN 978-960-6632-24-2 Nuovo Progetto italiano 2 Corso multimediale di lingua e civiltà italiana. Edilingua. Roma. ISBN 978-960-6632-76-1 The Instructor will provide additional material for the course. Conversation Anna Clara Ionta This course is designed to help students develop communication skills in Italian, addressing topics related to Italian society and culture. The language is presented in context with practical examples of everyday speech, enriched by idiomatic expressions, idioms and proverbs. As a means of encouraging conversation, lessons will include individual activities, pair work and group exercises, as well as role plays and oral presentations. In order to spark debate in the classroom, the teacher will make use of films, songs, poems, stories and articles to expand the vocabulary of the students and sharpen their listening skills. Objectives of the course: The planned activities are aimed at: - developing the ability to hold a conversation; - gaining confidence in speaking Italian; - expanding one’s vocabulary; - obtaining information relating to Italian life, culture and fashions; - learning traditions and customs and those traditions that are typically Italian; - improving pronunciation; - discussing historical, political and socio-cultural topics in class Required Text: Alessandro De Giuli, Carlo Guastalla, Ciro Massimo Naddeo, Nuovo Magari B2, Alma, Ean 9788861822832. 2 LEVEL 300 3301 Grammar and Composition Lorenzo Borgotallo This course aims at strengthening and developing the intricate linguistic competence that students must possess in order to decipher and produce various verbal codes. Special emphasis will be given to oral and written expression through a systematic review of complex linguistic structures. The mastery of grammar will be acquired through an intensive practice of a variety of exercises. Readings and discussions of special topics will culminate in the writing of short pieces of descriptive narrative and argumentative prose. Required Texts: Una grammatica italiana per tutti. 2. Livello Intermedio. Roma: Edilingua (ISBN 9788877157850) - Additional material for the course will be provided by the Instructor *Students are also required to participate in the Diction & Pronunciation workshop, as well as in some of the other workshops offered in the evening for this level. 3304 Important Trends, Leading Figures and Cultural Moments in Italy Lorenzo Borgotallo The aim of the course is to analyze and discuss some of the most significant cultural moments in Italian civilization through a series of discussions and debates based on important trends, leading figures and controversial and classical topics. The students will have the opportunity to improve the conversational skills needed to express their personal views and to interpret the materials read. Required Texts: Profilo di storia italiana per stranieri. A cura di Paolo E. Balboni e Matteo Santipolo. Perugia: Guerra Edizioni, 2004. (ISBN 9788877157850) - Additional material for the course will be provided by the Instructor * Students are also required to participate in the Diction & Pronunciation workshop, as well as in some of the other workshops offered in the evening for this level. 3359 Introduction to Italian Literature Lorenzo Borgotallo In this course we will read and discuss texts spanning all periods of Italian literature and exploring all major literary forms: poetry, prose (narrative and expositional), and theater (in prose and in verse). Students will gain an understanding of the sweep of Italian literature, while sharpening their reading and analytical skills, as well as their ability to express themselves in Italian. 3306 Oral Expression and Conversation Valentin Morello The objective of this course is to help students practice their conversational skills in Italian as well as their listening comprehension and oral expression, while reinforcing the intricate linguistic competence, vocabulary, and grammatical structures they must possess 3 in order to decipher and produce various verbal codes and interact in the Italian sociocultural context. Group discussions, role-play, visual, and written text analysis from a variety of sources, as well as in-class oral presentation of specific topics, will allow students to engage with language in meaningful contexts. Required Texts: A course pack will be prepared by the instructor * Students are also required to participate in the Diction & Pronunciation workshop, as well as in some of the other workshops offered in the evening for this level. Level 400 Note: This level is obligatory for students who apply for the graduate program but do not have a major in Italian, have not completed course work equivalent to a major in Italian and are not able to demonstrate this level of linguistic proficiency. This level is also optional for students who apply for level III but score very high on the placement examination. All students in this level must take the courses listed below. 3407 Advanced Grammar and Composition Anna Clara Ionta This course enables students to progressively construct a repertoire of textual forms (narrative, descriptive, expressive, and argumentative) in order to communicate flexibly and fluently in writing. Concurrently, students will review fundamental grammatical structures and principles through numerous and varied exercises. Oral expression in all its aspects will be practiced in this course, including presenting, debating and persuading. *Students are also required to participate in the Diction & Pronunciation workshop. Required Texts: Grammatica essenziale della lingua italiana con esercizi, Marco Mezzadri, Guerra Edizioni ISBN: 88-7715-454-3 Grammatica essenziale della lingua italiana con esercizi, Marco Mezzadri, Guerra Edizioni, Esercizi supplementari e test ISBN: 88-7715-452-7. 3415 Survey of Italian Literature and Culture Anna Clara Ionta This course is an introduction to Italian literary texts illustrating the cultural and socio-political history of Italy from the Middle Ages to the present. Students will acquire knowledge of how Italian literary texts reflect in a profound way Italy’s social, cultural, economic and political history. The major works of representative Italian authors and literary movements will be presented in time progression, discussed and analyzed in their cultural, historic and political contexts. The readings will serve as a starting point for conversation aimed at improving the students’ ability to express themselves with accuracy both in speaking and in writing. The study of literature will also provide a basis for analyzing in greater detail the evolution of the Italian language as used in literary texts. The study of Italian literature will be carried out through class readings and discussions, some video, and written compositions. 4 Required Texts: Paolo E. Balboni, Anna Biguzzi, Letteratura Italiana per Stranieri, Perugia: Guerra Edizioni, 2008 (ISBN: 978-88-557-0096-2). Grimaldi, Il mare che c’è, Edizioni Ghenomena, 2016 (ISBN: 978-88-95857-251) * Students are also required to participate in the Diction & Pronunciation 3418 Oral Expression Lorenzo Borgotallo The objective of this course is to help students practice their conversational skills in Italian, while reinforcing the intricate linguistic competence, vocabulary, and grammatical structures they must possess in order to decipher and produce various verbal codes and interact in the Italian socio-cultural context. Daily newspapers, current events, conversation with special guests and faculty will be part of this course Required Texts: A course pack will be prepared by the instructor. GRADUATE COURSES SIX-WEEK GRADUATE COURSES 6503 (GLNG Attribute) Written and Spoken Italian Gaia Capecchi The course will concentrate specifically on grammar and style. Through analysis of various grammatical components, the student will acquire greater comprehension of Italian language and its varied uses. This study will be supplemented by reading and analyzing texts by great authors of Italian literature with attention to linguistic structure and stylistic themes. The student will also be required to write essays in which they will demonstrate their understanding of textual analysis and linguistic interpretation. The course aims to supply students with the tools to find their voice in spoken and written Italian while utilizing extraordinary examples from Italian Literature. (2 Hours - one credit) - Course required for all new graduate students. 6562 (GCUL) - Italian Families Patrizia Zupan Recent sociological analyses indicate that in Europe, family solidarity still remains strongest in Italy. The traditional, heterosexual Italian family proposed by the Italian Constitution has long offered positive benefits, as the wide-spread image of closeknit, multigenerational families suggests. However, since the legalization of abortion and divorce in the 1970s, a cascade of interrelated socioeconomic changes (from women’s independence, single-parent families, and same-sex relationships, to economic instability, ethnic and racial diversity, and civil unions) have propelled “the” Italian family into a critical phase of transformation. How did Italian families evolve from the early 20th century to the present? Informed by historical and social science analyses, modern and contemporary literature and film will provide the focus of our explorations. 5 Required Texts: Giovanni Verga, Vita dei Campi (1880). Passarino Luigi, EPUB ibs.it, Amazon USA Kindle, Tascabile ibs.it; Rosetta Loy, La parola ebreo.(1997) Torino: Einaudi, 2006. EPUB ibs.it; Natalia Ginzburg, Lessico famigliare. (1963) Torino: Einaudi, 2014. (Amazon USA tascabile; Tascabile e e-book, ibs.it) Elena Ferrante, L’amica geniale. Roma: Edizioni EO, 2011. Amazon USA Kindle e tascabile. Ibs.it e-book e tascabile. 6565 Introduction to Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature and Culture Giulia Tellini This course will cover Italian literature from the beginning of the nineteenth to the end of the twentieth century. Major authors will be read against the background of Italian political and cultural history. Beginning with an overview of Italian Romanticism --with particular reference to Foscolo and Leopardi, the course will then focus on the development of the novel, from Manzoni, Nievo and the authors of the United Italy (Verga, Collodi, Deledda, D'Annunzio, Pirandello) to the representative writers of the twentieth century (Svevo, Pavese, Ginzburg, C. Levi, Vittorini, Calvino). Changing attitudes in poetry will be illustrated by a selection of readings ranging from the Decadence (Pascoli, Gozzano, the crepuscolari poets) to "Avanguardia" (Marinetti and Futurism), Dino Campana, the "Ermetici" (Ungaretti, Montale), and the "Transavanguardia". *Course required for new graduate students who do not have a major in Italian. Required Text: Gino Tellini, Letteratura italiana. Un metodo di studio, seconda edizione, Milano, Le Monnier, 2014 6572 Verdi: The Opera of the 19th Century Cosimo Colazzo Giuseppe Verdi defined himself as a prominent composer of 19th century opera. Departing from the “classical” style in which the role of the chorus is to disclose aspects of the drama, Verdi advances the operatic form with a more sensitive development of the protagonists, and in his ultimate works, to a form which expresses a major shift from contemporary popular style. The dramatic theatrical and musical language is innovative and continues to draw out the emotional involvement of the audience, reaffirmed in its new form. It is Verdi's ability to appeal to the public sentiment while evolving a form and incorporating contemporary political ideas that earned him recognition as well as a historical symbol of the Italian unification. Leaving behind the operatic form of the early 19th century while reinvigorating the elements of the "Classical" form, his language becomes more tender elevating itself in favor of a more elastic realization of the form and of the voice with respect to narration of the libretto. The course intends to examine, by means of study of the most significant operas in their various phases of production, the development of the musical and theatrical language of Verdi while also studying the synthesis of a musical-political experience that presents a strong Verdean identity as well as a continuous operatic development. Required Texts: 6 Giampiero Tintori, Invito all’ascolto di Verdi, Mursia, Milano, 2009, 302 p., ISBN-10: 8842541427; ISBN-13: 978-8842541424 Readings from: Massimo Mila, Verdi, Rizzoli, Milano, 2012, 840 p., ISBN-10: 8817060437; ISBN-13: 978-8817060431 (libro 6578 - (GCUL attribute) Made in Italy: Cuisine, Fashion, and Design – Gaia Capecchi The course aims to illustrate the character of Italian cultural identity concentrating on three aspects: cuisine, fashion, and design. Students will study the period following the Unification of Italy through the present day and will consider the formation and development of culinary traditions throughout Italy with an emphasis on the developing relations in trade, agriculture and immigration between Italy and the modern world. Developing trends in Italian fashion will be considered through the trade of artisanal products and industrial production as well as contemporary leading artisans. The movement from applied arts and serial production will be studied in design and observed in historical turning points. The aim of the course is to analyze objects, artists and historical periods that raised Italy to a global level of excellence while creating the phenomenon known as "Made in Italy". 6610 (Attribute GCUL) - The Revolution of Renaissance: The Foundations of Modern Art and Science Gino Tellini In this course, we will analyze the birth of the Renaissance in Florence, its artistic antecedents and then dwell on Brunelleschi and his revolutionary theories on perspective as a new spiritual and rational vision of the world. We will examine the historical, economic and cultural conditions that spawned and stimulated the new art forms that spread from Florence throughout Italy and Europe. The major authors of the three arts ˗ architecture, sculpture and painting ˗ who will become the first models for the development of the entire period (Brunelleschi and Alberti, Ghiberti and Donatello, Beato Angelico, Masaccio and Ghirlandaio) will be studied along with artists such as Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raffaello, Cellini, Vasari. Lectures will be supplemented by historical, scientific and literary readings and will follow a chronological order, focusing on specific issues such as Platonism and Aristotelianism, the art of portraiture, sculpture, dynamism and expressionism, spirituality and eroticism. Required Text: La rivoluzione rinascimentale. Antologia di testi, con brani critici, a cura di Gino Tellini, Firenze, 2017 (materiale di lavoro che sarà distribuito in PDF a tutti gli iscritti al corso). Additional reading materials will be provided by the instructor. 6613 - Vocal Techniques Italian Opera Zanardi & Colazzo This course provides singers of all levels the opportunity to work on vocal technique, style and skills of the classical singing actor, in a concentrated immersion environment. It is also open to those without formal training who would like to gain basic knowledge and 7 skills for good singing technique. This workshop includes private and/or group lessons in vocal technique as well as rehearsals with pianist and voice faculty. Weekly labs will focus on musical interpretation and on learning opera scenes. All participants who wish will perform in a final concert. Suggested Texts: Maria Callas, Lezioni di Canto, Ed. Longanesi - ISBN-10: 8830408549 ISBN-13: 978-8830408548 Antonio Juvarra, Il canto e le sue tecniche. Trattato -Ed. Ricordi ISBN: 8875920478 - ISBN-13: 9788875920470 Vittorio Coletti, Da Monteverdi a Puccini – Introduzione all’Opera Italiana, Ed. Einaudi ISBN: 978-88-06-16592-7 Paola Geri, Manuale d’Italiano per cantanti d’opera, Ed Guerra ISBN 88-7715-725-9 6622 – (GCUL attribute) A Rereading of the Unification of Italy Antonio Nicaso The history of Italian Risorgimento has been shaped by rhetoric that depicts a nation founded on a legendary past. This legendary past is one of the heroism and martyrdom of a minority of combatants who believed that they had a singular mission to accomplish. In order to understand what really happened a deep re-reading of historical facts is necessary. The course will focus on how the unification of the South of Italy with the North led to a civil war. We will explore how the victor erased the memories of the vanquished and discover the true nature of the Risorgimento. Required Text: Gigi Di Fiore, Controstoria dell’Unità d’Italia, Rizzoli, 2010, Formato Tascabile, ISBN: 978-88-17-04281-9 6627 (GLNG attribute) - Languages and Dialects of Italy Emilio Ceruti The course will provide the students with tools to engage in the study of standardized Italian as well as a multitude of regional dialects of Italy. A brief introduction to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), an essential tool in the study of regional idioms, will be provided during Section 1. Italian idioms are formed through standard Italian and Italian regional variations, dialects, and other primary linguistic aspects. Idioms vary greatly by geography. Required text: Grassi, C.; Sobrero, A. A., Telmon, T. (2010). Introduzione alla dialettologia italiana (Quinta edizione). Bari: Laterza. ISBN: 978-88-420-6918-8. Other didactic materials and bibliography will be provided by the instructor. 6663 - (Attribute of GLIT) - Italian Novels of the 18th and the Early 19th Century Gino Tellini The course will consider the progression in Italian Literature from Alessandro Manzoni (1827 - 1840) through Federigo Tozzi (1919.) Texts to be studied are "Le confessioni d'un italiano," by Ippolito Nievo; "Il Malavoglia, Maestro-don Gesualdo," by Giovanni Verga; "Il piacere," by Gabriele D'Annunzio, "Una vita, 1892; Senilità, 1898; La coscienza di Zeno, 1923," by Italo Svevo; "Il fu Mattia Pascal," by Luigi Pirandello. A constant evolution of themes, characters and mythologies will be highlighted through 8 these ten works, providing an intricate description of the culture and society between the age of Romanticism and the Avant-garde in Italy. Required Text: Gino Tellini, Il romanzo italiano dell’Ottocento e del primo Novecento; Da Manzoni a Tozzi. Firenze, 2017." Additional course material will be provided electronically by the instructor. 6665 The Mediterranean Signature of Dante’s Commedia Patricia Zupan The course will explore Dante’s Commedia in a contemporary key, with special reference not only to classical and Christian culture and traditions, but also to the medieval, pan-Mediterranean, medieval cultural context from which it emerged. We will be reading selected cantos, as well as some of Dante’s other works, in relation to the wider, interactive network of intellectual and spiritual traditions of Christianity, Islam and Judaism. In so doing, we aim to reveal the poet’s modernity: his synthesis of the three traditions, proposing to his readers an “interpretive” journey that is imaginatively, intellectually and spiritually engaged. Required Texts: Dante Alighieri, Tutte le opere (Divina Commedia, Vita Nuova, Rime, Convivio, De vulgari eloquentia, Monarchia, Egloghe, Epistole, Quaestio de aqua et de terra). Introduzione di Italo Borzi. Commenti a cura di Giovanni Fallani, Nicola Maggi e Silvio Zennaro. (Roma: Newton Compton Editori, 2015) (Tascabile, ibs.it) Cardini, Franco. L’invenzione del nemico. Palermo: Sellerio, 2006. (Tascabile ibs.it; Tascabile Amazon USA) Dante and Islam. Ed. J. Ziolkowski. New York: Fordham Univ. Press. 2014. (Kindle USA; Tascabile Amazon USA) 6670 Anarchy and Revolutionary Italian American Literature of the 20th Century Daniela Privitera This course will examine chronologically the literature of two generations of Italian immigrants in the US from the early 20th century into the present. Particular attention will be paid to themes of immigration: work and family, discrimination and the impact of multicultural urbanization. The course of will begin with the writing of Carlo Tresco, Arturo Giovanniti, Pictor Di Donato, Efrem Bartoletti and John Fante concluding at the "carica rivoluzionaria" of their poetry such as manifestos of Laurence Ferlinghetti. We will ask why the thread of this literature has been deliberately forgotten and understand the real motivations for which the condition of the immigrant still today is considered a marginal position in society. In conclusion the students will be invited to participate in creative writing exercise that will improve their ability to write in Italian. Required Texts: Pietro di Donato, Cristo tra i muratori , trad. italiana , 2011, (tit. orig.: Christ in Concret, 1939) - Edizioni Il Grappolo Mercato S. Severino (Sa) 2001, pp. 223 € 13. Per contatti e info: [email protected] Carlo Tresca, Una giornata infernale di Carlo Tresca nel Mesaba Range, 662 – Il fascista GenePope è un uomo di paglia, 670 (da Italoamericana, F. Durante Mondadori 2005); ISBN 88-04-54380-9 Arturo Giovannitti: «O Labor of America: Heartbeat of Mankind», 576 – To Mussolini, 580 – Malebolge, 9 582 – Samnite Cradle Song, 586 (da Italoamericana, F. Durante da Italoamericana, F. Durante Mondadori 2005); ISBN 88-04-54380-9 Efrem Bartoletti, I maggio, 596 – In memoria di Joe Hill, 597 – L’I.W.W., 598 – Ricordando Carlo (da Italoamericana, F. Durante da Italoamericana, F. Durante Mondadori 2005); ISBN 88-04-54380-9 ) J. Fante Racconti , Dago Red , Einaudi 2006, XXXVII-221 p., brossura L. Ferlinghetti , Poesia come arte che insorge , Giunti 2009 20011- ISBN-EAN 9788809056312, 6677 (Attribute GCUL) - Multicultural and Interfaith Dialogue in the Mediterranean: The Situation in Italy Karim Hannachi The resettlement of Muslim immigrants in Europe and the emergence of a type of collective religious membership [O1] are transforming society which, today, finds itself facing high stakes challenges from the second religion [O2] practiced in Europe. The crisis in the southern Mediterranean increases the difficulty of these challenges that necessitate urgently a serious intercultural conversation between social services and progressive policy makers. The questions to confront are largely difficult; their answers putting seriously in play the future and the security of a Europe that is struggling to find efficient and practical solutions. The dialogue with Europe and Islam must consider integration within Muslim communities, the amplification of Islamaphobia, radical Islam, terrorism, social services, secularism and religion, Muslim women and their freedom and sexuality, exploitation of media and politics, relations between Islam and the European institutions. Required Texts: Edgar Morin, Tariq Ramadan, Claude-Henry Du Bord, (2015), Il pericolo delle idee, Erickson. ISBN: 978 88 590 0596 4 (il libro è disponibile anche in formato e-book). Stefano Allievi, Gianpiero Dalla Zuanna G. (2016), Tutto quello che non vi hanno mai detto sull’immigrazione, Laterza. ISBN: 978 8858123720 (il libro è disponibile anche in formato e-book). *Ulteriori materiali in Pdf o in fotocopia saranno consegnati dal docente. 6755 - (GCUL) - Laughing is a Serious Matter: Italian Comedy Antonio Vitti In the wake of Italian Neorealism's failure to make a significant impact on the nation's cinema-going public a new strand of Italian film emerged that lasted from the late 1950s to the mid-1970s: Comedy - Italian Style. Picking up on elements of the post-war movement's social critique and combining them with comic techniques, a series of directors managed to satirize the Italy of the economic miracle in a genuinely popular form of cinema. Despite its success, both artistically and at the box office, Comedy Italian Style is little known abroad and all too rarely studied. In this module we will look at the emergence of this genre, some of its key works, and compare and contrast the way in which different directors developed the unique features of the commedia. We will also study the historical conditions that gave rise to the popularity of this particular form of comedy and shaped its development Required Tets: 10 *Materiali in Pdf e/o in fotocopia saranno consegnati dal docente 6795 Teaching Italian: Theoretical Principles, Practical Applications, and New Technologies for Effective Material Development and Classroom Practice. (For DML Candidates, Advanced Graduate Students and Teachers) ---- GPED - 2 Units Daria Mizza The course focuses both on the main theoretical principles and practical applications of teaching methodology and instructional technology for the teaching of Italian as Foreign Language (IFL). During the methodology section of the course, participants will be exposed to the main language teaching methodologies and classroom practices. This may include: the analysis of different approaches to course and syllabus design, the development of specific lesson plans, the integration of task-based instruction, and the assessment practices with the ACTFL proficiency guidelines. During the technology section of the course, students will develop critical skills for a meaningful integration of instructional technologies into their teaching/learning of Italian. After conducting a review of instructional technologies available for learning and teaching foreign languages, students will be guided to analyze the opportunities and constraints in using specific technologies for Italian as Foreign Language instruction. Active and collaborative participation in the course activities is required and students will be encouraged to conduct readings, engage in face-to-face and online discussions, develop lesson plans, observe language classes, prepare task-based activities, and conduct technology-enhanced projects and teaching demonstrations. Required Texts: - Balboni E., Margiotta U. (2012) Formare online i docenti di lingue e italiano L2. Utet (ISBN 8860081998) - Diadori, P. (2010). Insegnare italiano a stranieri, Le Monnier. (ISBN: 88008604190) - Pichiassi, M. (2007). Apprendere l'italiano L2 nell'era digitale - Le nuove tecnologie nell'insegnamento e apprendimento dell'italiano per stranieri. Edizioni Guerra - Soleil (ISBN 8855700626) - Serragiotto, G. (2009). Sillabo di riferimento per la formazione degli insegnanti di italiano a stranieri. Venezia: Cafoscarina (ISBN 9788875432409). Available online at: http://arca.unive.it/bitstream/10278/1237/1/SerragiottoR.pdf 800 Independent Study Vitti By permission only (1 Unit) DML 902 Research Paper Antonio Vitti 11