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The Italian language is undeniably a fundamental part of the representation of our country in the entire world: it is an instrument of culture, pride, historical evidence, and even marketing. It is a rich and prestigious language, even if it is not among the most spoken in the world.   In the United States, Italian is often synonymous with qualit...

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WTI Magazine #53    2015 February, 6Author : Manuela Bianchi for learnitalygroup.com      Translation by:   Let's continue to explore the vowel usage in the Italian language. We already told that Italian has 7 vowels and that they differ in four degrees of opening (open, closed, semi-closed and semi-open). Another feature that Italian has inherit...

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Every Wednesday night, a small group of students gather for their language course at the Italian Charities of America Inc. in Flushing, Queens. Ironically, the students are not interested in learning Italian, but a separate language that arrived during the wave of Italian immigration to New York City. These students are the children and grandchildr...

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Aiming to promote culture and language, the Italian Consulate General in New York is working on a new initiative aimed at creating an English-Italian bilingual section in New York public schools.   The Consulate General will develop this project under the Two-Way Bilingual Education Program, an instructional design model outlining methods fo...

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It has been said that Latin is dead. Truth be told, so is that fern on my porch after a week of scorching heat. But what is very much alive is the love for the Italian culture and language. And no where is this more apparent than in the classroom of Chapman University's Professor Federico Pacchioni.   On a warm September morning, I drove up...

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Sono circa 243mila gli italiani all'estero che si sono iscritti per votare i nuovi Comites. È un dato "quasi definitivo", pari al 6,5% degli aventi diritto. A confermare le cifre è Elio Carozza, segretario generale del Cgie, che da ieri presiede alla Farnesina il suo (forse) ultimo Comitato di Presidenza. Un Cdp che ha discusso di Comites, ovv...

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Fondazione Italia has begun a fundraising initiative that they hope will provide 15 Southern California Italian high school instructors scholarships to attend a week-long seminar for Italian Language educators. This is a College Board-endorsed Italian Advanced Placement Summer Seminar organized by the California World Language Project and the Calif...

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di Maria Francesca Massa   Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program è il bando che permette ai giovani laureati aspiranti insegnanti di fare un'esperienza all'estero come assistente di lingua straniera. Il programma di studio prevede l'assegnazione di una borsa di studio nell'ambito del Fulbright per l'a.a. 2016/201.   In rinnovo p...

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Study in Italy is happy to announce that the annual Course of Professional Development for Teachers of Italian, now in its 8th year, will be held in Genoa, Italy from June 29 to July 10, 2015.   The course is comprised of 50 hours of instruction: 40 hours of lesson (Monday thru Friday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.) and 10 hours in four afternoon ha...

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The Italian American Association of Monmouth County will hold an Italian enrichment summer camp in Marlboro. The camp will be held at the Old Brick Reformed Church, Route 520, from Aug. 3- 14. The camp will run Monday through Friday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and will accept children between the ages of 5 and 14.   Cheryl Scuorzo, the p...

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