Preserving a knowledge of one's mother tongue is essential to all those Italians who decide, either as a result of need or choice, to move abroad to live. Italy has been, and is still today, a country of emigration.   The Directorate General for Italians Citizens Abroad and Migration Policies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs looks to assis...

Dear ICCC Members and Friends, the ICCC is now hiring! We are looking for: 1. ITALIAN TEACHER FOR CHILDREN CLASSES   Job description Part time teaching position. Small classes (5 to 10 students). Children classes. Classes are on Saturday morning. Syllabus required.  

di Filomena Fuduli Sorrentino   Il 750° anniversario della nascita di Dante è un'importante celebrazione per la nostra lingua e la nostra cultura. La nostra speranza è che questi anni di celebrazioni siano anche occasioni per promuovere l'apprendimento e l'insegnamento dell'italiano in Italia e nel mondo.   Infatti, ci saranno eventi...

  WTI Magazine #47    2014 November, 12Author : Manuela Bianchi for learnitalygroup.com      Translation by:   The use of the verb "andare" (to go) opens another interesting bracket on the Italian language, that deserves a little attention. For clarity, let's start with the basics and reveal the first meaning of this verb in its simple form: "an...

The position is in the department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at San Francisco State University. SF State is a member of the California State University system and serves a diverse student body of 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The University seeks to promote appreciation of scholarship, freedom and, human diversity through ex...

Big Latino acts such as Daddy Yankee and Don Omar should watch their backs, because David Ferrari is touring South Florida promoting his latest music video “In Miami.” Though he’s not a well-known artists in the Americas, Ferrari is a big deal in Europe, becoming the first-ever artist to record reggaeton in Italian language.   He was bo...

Martedì 23 aprile 201318.00 in EDT   Literature, Music, Theatre, Architecture, Sculpture, Cinema, Painting...What is the impact and significance of the Italian Language in the arts? A panel discussion featuring: Carmine Aufiero - Conductor Claudia Consolati - Cinema and Italian Studies, UPenn Fabio Finotti - Center for Ita...

This symposium is a continuation—a sort of inter-mission—of the last three symposia ILICA has sponsored on the topic. After two events last fall and a third this past spring in Rome, ILICA concludes this discussion in November.   This event, in the meantime, offers the four Italian Americans an opportunity to gather their thoughts, so to spe...

Non deve stupire che un'Italia sempre sull'orlo della crisi politica sia invece in (relative) buone condizioni quando si guarda al suo export. Chi tra gli imprenditori nazionali si muove con chiarezza, coraggio e impegno sul mercato globale sa farsi valere, e i risultati si vedono. Anche, e forse soprattutto, in America, dove l'Italia è sempre più...

di Maurita Cardone   Sono lontani i tempi in cui gli immigrati italiani che arrivavano in America dovevano cercare di integrarsi anche a spese della propria identità culturale. Oggi i nuovi immigrati sono giovani, con un grado di istruzione generalmente alto, e non hanno intenzione di vergognarsi delle proprie origini né di recidere il legam...