Category: Italian Program

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Pizza & Face Swapping

It’s the end of Block 6 and we are celebrating “all’italiana”!

It’s officially a tradition: pizza marks the end of all the students’ efforts 😉 Ben fatto!

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Some students also had the brilliant idea to use their Snapchat to make a dream come true and swap their face with Dario’s. I also attempted a makeover which turned out really well! To see the marvelous outcomes of both experiments, check our Facebook group 🙂

Finally, the students got to present their awesome short movies (inspired by “Buongiorno” ) in the Max Kade Theater. All of them proved their Italian is already very good and they definitely have a future as actors/directors!

Enjoy the well-deserved break ragazzi, buone vacanze!

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Gino Bartali

Ciao a tutti,

 I hope you enjoyed the snacks and the movie!

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I was happy to see students involved in the Italian program and the friends of the Italian house together again.

Gino Bartali or “Ginetaccio”, as he was called (for my students or those familiar with the Italian suffixes, the meaning should be clear) is the protagonist of the documentary that we screened yesterday. 

He is a really national hero in two ways: as sport man (having won the Giro d’Italia three times  and the Tour the France twice) and because he was recognized as a “Righteous Among the Nations” by Yad Vashem for his efforts to aid Jews during the second world war.

If you want more information about him, here, you can find an entire radio episode about him.

Also, there is a nice song about him by Paolo Conte. Do you want hear it?

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Italian Summer Class!

Finally you can fulfill your language requirement this summer!

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Take Italian during block A and B

(Remember your wild card block)

Conveniently on campus!

You can take either elementary Italian I or II separately or both blocks back-to-back.

For more information contact: dario 

 

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Buongiorno Italian Film Festival!

Yesterday the Italian Film Festival of CC took place in Max Kade Theatre and many awards were given!

Following the award ceremony, the students were entertained with pizza and beverages. Can you imagine a better final class? 😉

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More positive facts:

  1. Students discovered that acting in Italian is fun!
  2. They found out that there are methods behind what they did in class: they are called process drama and glottodrama 
  3. Students are now ready for the next challenge: Intermediate Italian!

Well done/ ben fatto everyone and see you around the campus 🙂

Dario & Sara 

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Coming soon… on campus!

Next semester, take Italian. You will fulfill more than your language requirement!

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Join us for cooking labs, cultural experiences and have fun speaking Italian 🙂

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