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Following the publication of his book "L’italiano è Meraviglioso. Come e perché dobbiamo salvare la nostra lingua", Claudio Marazzini, the President of the century-old institution Accademia della Crusca, gives a lecture about the importance of preserving and promoting the Italian language. Event in Italian. Claudio Marazzini, is the president of th...

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My relationship with Piedmontese, the dialect of my region, has always been ambivalent. Growing up in a small rural community, I learned it without even noticing, because everyone around me would speak it. Even my parents, who would always speak in Italian to me, often switched to Piedmontese when chatting to one another. My grandparents used it ex...

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This year I was honored to assist in the founding a new Italian language program in St Louis with friends and supporters at the Italian Community of St Louis (Comunità degli Italiani - St Louis). It would not have been possible without having met Dr. Antonio DiTucci of Gateway Science Academy, a public charter highschool in St Louis He was instrume...

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Friday October 18 2019, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. John D. Calandra Italian American Institute: 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10036. Language Teaching Development Workshop: CLIL, Content and Language Integrated Learning. La stoffa dell’Italia: Leonardo, l’arte, e la scienza del tessile e della moda. The Fabric of Italy: Leonardo, Art, an...

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A giant dictionary is doing a tour of town squares in Italy in a bid to save dying words. Publisher Zanichelli is highlighting 3,126 Italian words that it says are in danger of disappearing as they are used less and less used in writing, speaking and in the media. The at-risk words are marked in the giant edition, which is intended to spark discuss...

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Free Professional Development for preK to AP TEACHERS OF ITALIAN Saturday October 19 - 9:00 – 15:30Saturday January 11 - 9:00 – 15:30Saturday March 28 - 9:00 – 15:30Organized by the America-Italy Society of PhiladelphiaCourse Supervisor Patrizia Calanchini Monti, Director of Education Office, Consulate General of Italy in PhiladelphiaWith the help...

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Thursday October 10 6:00 pm. Società Dante Alighieri NYC, Inc. John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, Manhattan, NY. Admission: free; open to the public. Contact: RSVP by calling 212-642-2094. Seating is limited and seats cannot be reserved. For further information, see www.ladantenyc.org This symposium opens...

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Salve (sahl-vai), is  a strange Italian word indeed.It is a Latin word — no, it “does not come from” Latin, it actually is Latin! — whose use is attested in Italian in  all epochs. The linguists among you  may like to know it’s the imperative of the verb salvēre, which means being healthy. So,  when we use it we, quite literally, wish our interlocu...

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Spazio Italiano Language Center located in San Francisco is looking for an instructor to teach Italian language classes for its after school academic program. Children’s ages range from 7-13 years old. Classes are held every afternoon, Monday through Friday from 3:00 – 6:00 pm. Ideal candidates are Italian native speakers with a college degree. A b...

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So You Want to Speak Italian! “Which Italian?” “Wadda ya mean which? The real Italian!” “Well, now, which one is that?” “The one they speak in Italy, but of course…” Actually, there are a number of “real” Italian languages. For example, did you know the “dialect” you, your parents or grandparents may have spoken was real Italian… and still is! In f...

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