American Association of Teachers of Italian at ACTFL Orlando, Florida Nov , 2013

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1 1 American Association of Teachers of Italian at ACTFL Orlando, Florida Nov , 2013 OFFICERS President: Frank Nuessel, President, University of Louisville Vice President (University): Maria Rosaria Vitti Alexander, Nazareth College Vice President (K 12): Mario Costa, LaGuardia High School Secretary/Treasurer: Salvatore Bancheri, University of Toronto Director of Communication: Salvatore Bancheri, University of Toronto New England: Flavia Laviosa Wellesley College California: Elissa Tognozzi, UCLA New York State: Ida Giampietro Wilder Greece Athena High School New York State: Irene Marchegiani SUNY, Stony Brook Mid Atlantic: Francesca Savoia University of Pittsburgh Southeast Southern: Francesco Fiumara Southeastern Louisiana University REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES Midwest: Colleen Ryan Indiana University Bloomington Plains Southwest: Ryan Calabretta Sajder Rice University Rocky Mountains Far West: Cinzia Donatelli Noble Brigham Young University Canada: Paul A. Colilli Laurentian University Italy: Roberto Dolci Università per Stranieri, Perugia EX OFFICIO MEMBERS Andrea Ciccarelli: Editor, Italica, Indiana University Bloomington Simona Bondavalli: Editor, AATI Newsletter, Vassar College AATI National High School Contest Examination Director: Bruna Petrarca Boyle Società Onoraria Italica President: Lucrezia Lindia

2 2 American Association of Teachers of Italian Orlando, Florida November 22-24, 2013 PROGRAM Friday, November 22, :30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Opening General Session (NO SESSIONS) 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Exhibit Hall Opening with Welcome Coffee (NO SESSIONS) 11:00 a.m. Noon The Role of the Introductory Literature Course in the Italian Language and Culture Curriculum Organizer and Chair: Francesca Savoia, University of Pittsburgh Colleen M. Ryan, Indiana University Introducing Textual Analysis: Learning Goals and Assessment Salvatore Bancheri, University of Toronto Imparar recitando : Bridging the Gap between Language and Literature Francesca Savoia, University of Pittsburgh Teaching and Learning Italian through Poetry MusicalItalia: come usare il musical italiano in classe

3 3 Chair: Annalisa Mosca, Purdue University Annalisa Mosca, Purdue University Non solo opera: Notre Dame de Paris di Riccardo Cocciante: il primo musical completamente nostrano Magda Novelli Pearson, Florida International University Non solo Disney: il cartoon/musical italiano Totò Sapore e la magica storia della pizza perché mangiando si impara! Antonietta Di Pietro, Florida International University I Promessi Sposi, da noioso guazzabuglio a rock-opera Angela Bronsburg, Florida International University Le bugie hanno le gambe corte : insegnare i modi di dire con il musical di Pinocchio Salon 24, Rosen Centre Hotel Americanistica in Italia & Italian-American Studies: What's Problematic about Italian-American Literature? Chair: Chiara Mazzucchelli, University of Central Florida Mark Pietralunga, Florida State University Italy and Italian America: Broadening One s Notions of Literature/Culture and the Question of National Identity Anthony J. Tamburri, Queens College/CUNY Italian- American Studies in Italy: Why Can t They See Us? Chiara Mazzucchelli, University of Central Florida Italian and Italian American Literature: A Shared Shelf Paolo Giordano, University of Central Florida The Evolution of Italian American Women in American Popular Fiction Noon 1:15 pm Pedagogy I Chair: Veena Carlson, Dominican University

4 4 Janice Aski, Ohio State University Hybrid and Elementary Foreign Language Courses: A Leap of Faith? Andrea Dini, Montclair State University Using Wimba Voice Boards in Hybrid/Online Elementary Classes Enza Antenos Conforti, Montclair State University Italians On-the-go: An Additional Dimension to Hybrid/Online Courses Fabian Alfie, University of Arizona Respondent Salon 24, Rosen Centre Hotel Tips, Tricks, & Tunes Chair: Lyn Scolaro, Prospect High School, Mount Prospect, IL Lyn Scolaro, Prospect High School, Mount Prospect, IL Stella Weber, Maine South High School, Park Ridge, IL 1:15 p.m. 2:15 p.m Technology I Chair: Gabriella Colussi Arthur, York University Morena Svaldi, Mount Holyoke College From Paper to Instruction: A Writing Lab in Italian Gabriella Colussi Arthur, York University The Role an LMS Such as Moodle for Teaching Elementary Italian Silvia Giorgino-Althoen and Stacey DeLoose, Wayne State University Testing Oral Skills Online: Anytime, Any Place Culture I

5 5 Chair: Salvatore di Maria, University of Tennessee Salvatore di Maria, University of Tennessee Historical Perspectives of Garibaldi s Role in the Unification of Italy Maria Stella Plutino Terroni: The South of Italy: Past and Present Lorena Valmori, Michigan State University Breaking Stereotypes: Learning Italian Culture and Language through Movies Salon 24, Rosen Centre Hotel Literature Chair: Augustus Mastri, University of Louisville Serena Ferrando, Stanford University Scaffolding in Italian Literature Instruction Francesca Savoia, University of Pittsburgh The Role of the Introductory Literature Course in the Italian Curriculum Paola Nastri, Yale University Pinocchio: Literature and Culture in Language Classes Augustus Mastri, University of Louisville Nino Caradonna: An Italian American Poet in the Midwest 2:30 pm 3:30 pm Pedagogy II Chair: Cristiana Panicco, St. Anna Institute Sorrento Lingue Lillyrose Veneziano Broccia, University of Pennsylvania Process Writing and the Language Classroom: Fostering Learning Communities Inside and Outside the Classroom Cristiana Panicco, St. Anna Institute Sorrento Lingue False and True Friends in the Teaching of Italian Language

6 6 Culture II Chair: Annamaria Monaco, Suffolk County Community College, NY Annamaria Monaco, Suffolk County Community College, NY Immigration in Italy: Its Start and Evolution, from the 70s to Our Days Elisa Dossena, Princeton University Italian Language through Movies: How to Increase Cultural and Intercultural Proficiency. Roberto Dolci, Università per Stranieri, Perugia L.I.R.A. Website for Italian Language and Culture Salon 24, Rosen Centre Hotel Language Chair: Frank Nuessel, University of Louisville, KY Maria Teresa Bonfatti Sabbioni, Northwestern University, Il L influenza dell inglese nell ordine di acquizione di tempi passati: passato prossimo e impefetto Frank Nuessel, University of Louisville Linguistic Commentary in Italian Proverbial Language Tullio Pagano and Luca Trazzi, Dickinson College Facciamo finta di andare in Italia: An Italian Intermediate Textbook 3:45 pm 4:45 pm The Italian Foreign Ministry and the Italian Language and Culture Chair: Lucia Dalla Montà, Embassy of Italy, Washington Cristiano Maggipinto, Embassy of Italy, Washington Four Years of Development of the Italian Programs in American Schools Lucia Dalla Montà, Embassy of Italy, Washington

7 7 Data on Italian Language Programs in the USA Salon 24, Rosen Centre Hotel Cinema I Chair: Maria Rosaria Vitti-Alexander, Nazareth College Claudio Mazzola, University of Washington Là-bas di Guido Lombardi: tra buonismo ed originalità Maria Rosaria Vitti-Alexander, Nazareth College Il mondo del Mediterraneo visto attraverso la cinepresa di Giovanna Taviani Elisabetta D Amanda, Rochester Institute of Technology Le donne del cinema di Beppe De Santis degli anni '50 Sebastiano Lucci, Middlebury College Gli anni settanta in Italia e il poliziottesco" 5:00 pm 6:00 pm Pedagogy III Chair: Suzanne Branciforte, Consortium Educational Consulting, Genoa, Italy Study Abroad in Italy H. J. Manzari, Washington and Jefferson College Suzanne Branciforte Making Study Abroad Meaningful Teaching Italian Language and Culture Paola Ebranati, Consulate General of Italy, San Francisco Paola Ebranati, Consulate General of Italy, San Francisco Teacher Credentialing Process in Western States

8 8 Carlo Davoli, Consulate General of Italy, New York The Two Italies : Comparison of Differences in History and News Salon 24, Rosen Centre Hotel AATI Executive Council by Invitation 6:30 pm 7:30 pm AATI General Meeting 8:30 pm 10:30 pm AATI Reception (open to all Italianists) Offered by the Consolato Generale d Italia Miami and AATI Big Italy Restaurant 5700 International Dr. Corner S. Kirkman Rd., Orlando FL (for more information see last page) Saturday November 23, :00 am 9:00 am AATI Swap Shop Breakfast Organizer and Chair: Bruna Boyle, University of Rhode Island The Academic Profession Organizers: Colleen Ryan, Indiana University and Paul Colilli, Laurentian University Chair: Colleen Ryan, Indiana University

9 9 Salvatore Bancheri, University of Toronto From Hiring to Tenure Tonia Riviello, University of Santa Clara The Teacher/Scholar Model : A Road to Tenure Paolo Giordano, University of Central Florida Life in the Age of Budget Cuts 9:00 am 10:00 am Exhibit Hall Visit Free Time NO SESSIONS 10:00 am 11:00 am Tips for Teachers Chair: Lucrezia Lindia, Westchester County High School Lucrezia Lindia, Westchester County High School Tips for Teachers Kimberly Thomson, Pittsburgh, PA The Job Interview Organizers: Colleen Ryan and Paul Colilli Chair: Colleen Ryan, Indiana University Michael Lettieri, University of Toronto Typical Questions (and Possible Answers) During a Job Interview Veena Carlson, Dominican University Starting the Successful Job Search: Read the Ad 11:15 am 12:15 pm

10 10 Culture I Chair: Giulia Lange, Ministry of Education Giulia Lange, Ministry of Education Autobiography of Intercultural Encounters: A European Model of Intercultural Competences Roberto Pennazzato, Consulate General of Chicago The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Development of the Italian Language and Culture in the USA Italian Studies Doctoral Dissertations in Progress Chair: Paul Colilli, Laurentian University Joel Salvatore Pastor, Cornell University Ciceronian Rhetoric and Jeremiad: The Rhetoric of Dante profeta Anna Aresi, Brown University A European Dante: Modernist Constructions Joanne Granata, University of Toronto Renaissance Comedy and Francesco Antonio Rossi s Il Capriccio Nicole Gercke, Brown University Representations of Hybridity: Science, Techne and the Human in the Works of Alberto Savinio 12:30 pm 1:45 pm Pedagogy IV Chair: Antonella Dell Anna, Arizona State University Antonella Dell Anna, Arizona State University Building a Language Program: The Case of ASU Downtown

11 11 Marie Bertola, Santa Clara University Digitally Fluent: 21+ Resources for Promoting Production in L2 Olga Mancuso, PGPS LaMa Publishing House Scavenger Hunt in the Museum Innovation through Cooperation: Learning Together and Achieving Together Organizer and Chair: Colleen Ryan, Indiana University Silvia Dupont, University of Virginia Breaking the Barriers: Socializing and Cooperative Learning in the Traditional Classroom Giorgio Corda, University of Colorado Travelling through Learning Spaces: Bringing Cooperative Learning into a Hybrid Class Valerio Ferme, University of Colorado Boulder (Inter)acting: Blending Performance and Curricular Goals Inside and Outside the Advanced Language Classroom 2:00 pm 3:00 pm AP Italian Chair: Giuseppe Cavatorta Giuseppe Cavatorta, University of Arizona Results of the 2013 AP Italian Course Cristiano Maggipinto, Minister Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Italy The State of the AP Italian Language Program 2013 Cinema II Chair: Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, Rice University

12 12 Sebastiano Lucci, Middlebury College The poliziottesco Film Genre in the 1970s in Italy Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, Rice University Reflections of Queerness in Montaldo s Gli Occhiali d oro. Ilaria Serra, Florida Atlantic University Teaching Italian Feminism through Music 3:00 pm 4:00 pm Exhibit Hall Visit Free Time NO SESSIONS 4:00 pm 5:00 pm From Middle School on: Vertical Learning for the AP Organizers: Nicoletta Villa Sella, Linsly School, WV; Bruna Boyle, University of Rhode Island; Lucrezia Lindia, Eastchester High School -Westchester Community College; Ida Wilder, Greece Athena High School, NY Chair: Nicoletta Villa Sella Lucrezia Lindia Ida Wilder Nicoletta Villa Sella Bruna Boyle New Approaches in Language Teaching: Multiliteracy, Plurilingualism and Intercomprehension. Chair: Clorinda Donato, California State University, Long Beach Clorinda Donato - California State University, Long Beach Solving the Monolingual Paradigm: Restoring Multilingual Practices through Intercomprehension

13 13 Markus Muller - California State University, Long Beach Beyond CLT: An Argument for Intercommunication' Barbara Spinelli - Columbia University, New York Empowering L2 vocabulary within a Multiliteracy and Multilingual Framework' 5:15 pm 6:15 pm Pedagogy VI Chair: Mario Costa, LaGuardia High School, NY Rita Pasqui, University of Pennylvania Teaching Italian through Fashion Mario Costa, LaGuardia High School, NY La commedia all italiana nella classe d italiano. Anna Pugliese, University of Colorado, Boulder CO Ready, Set, Action! Creative Subtitling in Italian Culture and Pedagogy Chair: Matilde Fava, SUNY, Farmingdale Luisa Canuto, University of British Columbia Responding to Students Interest: Designing a Specialized Course Giuseppe Tassone, University of Washington Teaching Italian Business: Methods, Materials, and Ideas Matilde Fava, SUNY, Farmingdale NY Pedagogical Realism; the Impact of Multimedia in the Classroom 6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Nurturing the undergraduate program: Best practices

14 14 Chair: Chiara Fabbian, University of Illinois at Chicago Chiara Fabbian, University of Illinois at Chicago Writing across the Italian Language and Culture Curriculum: Practices of a Top-Down Approach Emanuela Zanotti Carney, University of Illinois at Chicago Writing across the Italian Language and Culture Curriculum: Practices of a Top-Down Approach Veronica Vegna, University of Chicago Reading as a Springboard for Interaction and Transcultural Competence Sunday, November 24, :00 am 9:00 am Culture III Chair: Rita Pasqui, University of Pennsylvania Rita Pasqui, University of Pennsylvania Moda, stile e simboli: A Reader 9:00 am 10:00 pm Exhibit Hall Visit Free Time w/ Coffee NO SESSIONS 10:00 am 11:00 am Title: icurricula: Apple s ibooks Author and itunes U Chair: Paul Lange, Lenape high school, Medford New Jersey Paul Lange Nick Orphanos, Lenape High School

15 15 11:15 am 12:15 pm Precipice: AP Italian Language Program 2016, A Q&A Session Chair: Daniel L. Stabile, President, COPILAS Cristiano Maggipinto, Minister Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Italy Paola Ebranati, Education Office, Philadelphia Anna De Fina, Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Daria Mizza, Johns Hopkins University