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Vivete la Lingua!. Living the Language i n ITAS 101 & 102 Paulina Sterpe Cynthia Coddington Cassie Hoef Flavia Laviosa. Motivation. Paulina Cassie Cindy. Overview. G rammar R esearch I mmersion N ews. G rammar . Cassie : Never having had a foreign language Interactive
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Vivete la Lingua! Living the Language in ITAS 101 & 102 Paulina Sterpe Cynthia Coddington Cassie Hoef FlaviaLaviosa
Motivation • Paulina • Cassie • Cindy
Overview • Grammar • Research • Immersion • News
Grammar • Cassie: Never having had a foreign language • Interactive • Culture • Not just lectures • High expectations • Independent learning
Grammar • How we started • Progression • Phonetic sounds – Demonstration • Basic conversational phrases • Greetings - Phrases and Customs in Italy
Grammar • Tangible Learning • Constructing sentences with classmates • Blocks, Dominos, Puppets & Props • Puzzles – Demonstrate geography of Italy • Drawing on the blackboards • Creating an Italian restaurant menu and presenting it to the class
GRammar • Women’s Role in Contemporary Italian Society • Masculine vs. Feminine • dottore, dottoressa • Changing language • Archaic to Modern • Accommodating
Research Cultural Themes: • Halloween • Thanksgiving • Christmas • Carnevale • Oral Exam • Italian Menu
Immersion • Osvaldo’s lecture • Native Speaker- not a professor • Wrote essay in English then eventually translated into Italian • Relatable: familiar music • Sing-along • Listen and learn the lyrics • Sing with Osvaldo playing guitar
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Immersion • Pinocchio • Read aloud with expression • Comprehension tool • Contributing to our fluency through the flow of the language
news • Difference between Italian and American news • Each morning news • Internet • Il nostrogiornale • Come prepared to discuss our news beyond our presented summary • Italian newspaper article • La Repubblica & Grazia • Chose articlesthatinterestedus