Recently the Hamilton Township Public Library in Mercer County was the recipient of a donation of over one hundred books and other publications, written in Italian, donated by Cav. Mario A. Marano of Toms River, NJ. Hamilton Township and Mercer County have a large population of Italians and Italian Americans. The books are mostly text books coverin...

Per l'anno accademico 2013/2014 il Governo italiano offre borse di studio per cittadini stranieri o italiani residenti all'estero allo scopo di favorire la cooperazione culturale internazionale e la conoscenza e la diffusione della lingua, della cultura e della scienza italiana, favorendo altresì la proiezione del settore economico e tecnologico de...

By Mauro Battocchi   I am honored to introduce a brand new web portal created by the Italian Consulate in San Francisco and the Italian Cultural Institute to promote Italian language education in the consular district of Northern California and the US North-West: www.weloveitalian.org. Together we must promote the teaching of Italian in the...

  WTI Magazine #29    2014 May, 8Author : Rosanna Giampino      Translation by:   There are many ways to learn Italian. Here the approach proposed by a company which launched in Rome a project to promote the "italianità" in the world, focusing, along with the language, on culture and cuisine of the Belpaese. Literature, art, design and fashion a...

  WTI Magazine #40    2014 July, 23Author : Manuela Bianchi for learnitalygroup.com      Translation by:   The arm and the mindThe human body can be another interesting starting point to discover the ways of saying and some of the most used phrases of our language. Today we'll talk about the word "braccio" (arm) that comes as always from our dea...

Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 Hours: 6PM Venue: Italian Cultural Institute - 686 Park Avenue- New York, NYPaolo E. Balboni, Director of the Venice University Research Centre on Italian as a Foreign Language Italian language world-wide: a rapidly evolving situation, where is it heading?In October 2014 the Italian government organised a co...

WTI Magazine #63    2015 June, 27Author : Berardo Paradiso      Translation by:   This past November, Eataly and the Italian American Committee on Education (IACE) launched the contest initiative "Short Food Movie at Eataly," an extension of the EXPO Milan 2015 "Short Food Movie" program themed "Feed Your Mind, Film Your Planet." Our IACE student...

  WTI Magazine #78    2016 April 15Author : Giosuè Prezioso      Translation by:   A friend of yours is going to hold an important seminar. You: "break your leg!"; a group of actors, stressed out, is going to start its play in less than a couple of minutes. You: "break your leg!". Before a given important appointment, event, or occasion, we usua...

The Italian Master's Program at Georgetown University is now accepting applications for the 2016-17 academic year. The four-semester, 30-credit program offers three specialization options that revolve around a common core curriculum (Literature, Linguistics and Business), and culminate with a thesis writing seminar and a Master's thesis. ...

When an individual is passionate about a certain subject they will jump over as many hurdles as they can to be able to keep their passion alive.For Ahwatukee resident JoAnn Richi her driving factor lied in one area: honing her skills on speaking Italian. For many years Richi has shown interest in learning how to speak Italian fluently, dating back...