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by Elisabetta Grasso   A resent research has demonstrated that positive cognitive gains are associated with learning a second language in childhood. Starting from this particular statement the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum has decided to initiate a STEM bilingual program for children between two and a half and four years old in a true bilingu...

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Dear Fellow Citizen, Firstly, I wish to extend my cordial greetings to you and to your families. As you may know, we recently concluded the "2013 Year of Italian Culture in the United States" in the course of which a multitude of successful events were organized throughout the country and in particular in our consular jurisdiction, as a demonstra...

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di Enza Antenos e Luca Tontodonati   All'Università per Stranieri di Siena si è appena concluso il Convegno Internazionale AATI 2015. L'American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI, Associazione Americana degli insegnanti di Italiano) si riunisce annualmente per mettere a confronto metodologie di insegnamento e nuove ricerche in italian...

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Congratulations to Raffaella Spilotro, Oak Park and River Forest High School (Oak Park, Illinois), recipient of the prestigious national Coccia-Inserra Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Teaching of Italian (K-12).   Presented at "Teaching Italian Symposium/Workshop: Meeting VIII-Imparando giocando," signature professional developmen...

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The Umbra Institute is pleased to announce the 14th edition of the Intensive Italian through Culture Summer Program (May 30-July 12). The program, directed by Prof. Bob Proctor from Connecticut College, is a six-week/8 credits full immersion experience conducted entirely in Italian and open to students of all language proficienc...

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By Maurita Cardone Il lusso si può insegnare o almeno si può insegnare a farne un business. Questo è l'obiettivo con cui nasce il Master in Business Administration Fashion & Luxury Goods dell'Alma Graduate School dell'Università di Bologna.   Un vero e proprio MBA all'americana che mira a formare professionisti del business nel settore...

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by Rick Zullo   I met Emanuele Pettener back in 2009, and it's safe to say that the meeting changed my life in many ways. I was enrolled in the Italian Studies program at F.A.U. in Boca Raton, Florida where he teaches. The class was Italian Literature from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, taught entirely in Italian, which at the time stra...

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As part of our ongoing commitment for the promotion of the Italian language in the United States, the Consulate General of Italy has been in contact with the "School District of Philadelphia" in order to facilitate the participation of all external candidates in the Italian AP examination scheduled to take place on May 15 at noon.   Those wh...

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Start up, crescita, innovazione, exit strategy, strumenti e casi di successo, ruolo di istituzioni e grandi aziende sono i temi al centro di "Italy for growth in the USA: the BEST scholarship case & Usa opportunities", il workshop che si terrà mercoledì 9 luglio presso il quartier generale di Radio Dimensione Suono (RDS), a Roma.   L'eve...

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Before coming to Alabaster about five months ago, Alice Zanotti had never experienced softball, attended a Thanksgiving feast or fought Black Friday shopping crowds.   Today, she has a much better grasp of American culture, as Alabaster's Morris family has hosted the 17-year-old high school student through an exchange student program.  ...

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