NEWS and upcoming Events

Alert House Members to Sign On: World Language Grants Program FY22 Funding Letter

Things are moving forward in Washington, D.C. as Congress begins the annual budget and appropriations season. JNCL-NCLIS is already hard at work to secure another $15 million for the World Language Advancement and Readiness Act (WLARA) Grants Program, which launched this year. Now we need your help to let members in the House of Representatives know that this funding is critical.
Reach out to your representatives and ask them to sign onto the House Representatives (just sign the letter provided by JNCL-NCLIS)

MITA cooperative learning webinars

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During the webinar, we will share, analyze and pilot rubrics to assess language performance and respond to some of these questions:
  • What instructions are needed to clearly describe the tasks and the required elements for the tasks?
  • What criteria will be used to evaluate the tasks and the quality of the performance?
  • How well does the rubric relate to the outcome(s) being measured?
  • Is the rubric feasible, manageable, and practical for use in my course?
  • Can the rubric be applied across different kinds of assignments?
  • What type of changes are necessary to adapt the rubric to a specific assignment, course typology, students’ age, etc.
Join us for our first first cooperative learning webinar! Each meeting will have a specific focus and each of us will cooperate, reflect, and share teaching materials or tools.
In our first meeting we will work on assessment tools, and specifically on the evaluation of rubrics for various levels of proficiency and communication modes. More information will be distributed to registered participants.


Using Rubrics to assess Performance Tasks

April 24th,  10:00am
Registration is necessary to participate. Registration closes on April 19th

With this webinar, MITA will offer 2 PDPs to participating teachers.

MaFLA Conference 2021: call for presentations

October 21-24
Virtual Conference


For more information on the Italian sections at MaFLA, please contact Vilma Bibeau, MaFLA Board of Directors and  MITA liaison, writing to: vbibeau@medford.k12.ma.us
Proposal Deadline: April 26, 2021
Please, visit the MaFLA website for more information on the conference.

MITA meetings - rising teachers

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Join us for our monthly meetings dedicated to our rising Italian educators.
Emily Nerici, UMass Amherst


Teaching Heritage Learners of Italian

May 7th,  3:30pm

MITA workshop series 2020-2021

Join us for our first workshop of the Professional Development Series 2021.
The series is organized by Northeastern University in collaboration with MITA and with the support of the Consulate General of Italy in Boston and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Next webinar
La competenza interculturale: le abilità di osservazione e analisi critica

June 5th, 10:00am
Tools and Resources for Teaching Italian Remotely

MITA put together a list of useful applications, programs and platforms that can support our remote teaching. Check it out and let us know if you have any additional suggestion.

CARLA SUMMER INSTITUTE - 2021

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Consider registering for one or more of the online summer courses or programs offered by The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota. They cover a wide range of topics taught by experts in the field of language acquisition and pedagogy. Click the button below to download a brochure.

national italian exam 2021 - New Website

National Italian Exam 2021
Pilot Testing Registration

The National Italian Exam has a new website! To learn more about the pilot testing and about the exam, visit us here.

Teaching Italian remotely

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Check out our special resource page dedicated to teaching Italian online.

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