di Filomena Fuduli Sorrentino   Famoso glottologo e professore ordinario di Didattica delle lingue all'Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, Paolo Balboni ha scritto numerosi libri di didattica, e molti insegnanti di lingue si sono preparati con i suoi manuali: quando si parla di lingua, Balboni è stato il maestro di molti. Attualmente è anche...

Thanks to the growing success of the super We Love Italian "Let Us Adopt Italian Language Students" campaign, grants are now available through COMITES of San Francisco, the "Committee of Italians Abroad" in our area.   The purpose of the grants is to promote and support teaching and learning of Italian language and culture in Northern Califo...

The Middlebury Language Schools are now accepting applications for the Kress Fellowships for Language Study—Kress offers a fellowship for graduate students in art history with a proposed focus on European art history.   The fellowship covers the comprehensive fee (tuition, room and board) for one summer of intensive immersion at the Middlebu...

The Italian Studies Division in the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Pennsylvania seeks applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in Italian Studies. The candidate should have a PhD and native or near native proficiency in Italian; a strong background in 20th- & 21st-century literature, and in...

A group of 13 students attending Liceo C. Salutati Montecatini Terme in Montecatini, Italy, will arrive in Connecticut on Saturday for 11 days of immersion in American culture.   New London's Science and Technology Magnet High School of Southeastern Connecticut will host the Italian exchange students, who will arrive at the magnet school to...

Historic Preservation Program - Summer Field Course in Southern Italy Contact: [email protected] -  http://www.arcboutant.org/   EXPERIENCE preservation in action; DISCOVER new skills, new cultures, new places; LEARN preservation techniques from regional scholars and traditional artisans; LIVE in an his...

The Illinois Sons of Italy Foundation recently announced that graduating high school seniors who are full or partially of Italian ancestry are invited to compete for college scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each, to be awarded by the foundation.   The scholarships will be awarded to qualified students who will graduate this year from any...

Students in Maria Colangelo's French-Italian club got a taste of traditional Italian cuisine Wednesday as professional chefs Tina Autunno and Rosa Rocco visited. The pair taught students how to make spinach and ricotta ravioli in a tangy orange sauce. Autunno, a chef at Piccolo Arancio in Farmington and Rocco, who cooks at Peppercorn's Grill in Ha...

Spending every summer of his childhood in Sicily convinced Antonino Bondi that he wanted a career somehow related to Italy. He never pictured himself as a teacher in those days, but he has realized his dream in a classroom. Bondi, 31, the son of parents who immigrated from Sicily to Chicago in the 1970s, teaches Italian 2, 3 and 4 in northwest...

ITALIAN TEACHER for Adult Classes   Job descriptionPart time teaching position;Small classes (5 to 10 students);Flexible schedule and syllabus. Job applicant requirementsLanguages: Italian – native speaker or level C1 (Common European Framework)English – fluentSpanish – not required but preferableLaurea triennale or equivalent.Experience in...