NEWS and upcoming Events
MITA workshop series 2019 - 2020
Join us for our first workshop of the Professional Development Series 2019-2020.
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. Check here for upcoming workshops in spring 2020. La valutazione delle performance linguistiche
Mary Jo Lubrano Yale University POSTPONED to FALL 2020 Northeastern University Boston Please, see our page for professional development for more information. 
national italian exam 2020
IMPORTANT UPDATE on NIE 2020. Because of the Covid-19 outbreak, the NIE test window has been scheduled to close on April 20th and is allowing students to take the exam remotely following a proctoring protocol. For more information on the 2020 Exam, use this page. |
Mafla annual conference 2020
MITA/AATI invites all its members to the MaFLA Annual Conference 2020.
MaFLA's Annual Fall Conference offers something for everyone! Thursday Pre-Conference Six-Hour and Four-Hour Workshops, dozens of concurrent sessions, and numerous workshops and events, for language and pedagogy strands. MaFLA is now accepting proposals. Submit your proposal HERE. The new deadline for the proposals is April 18. Please, visit the MaFLA website for more information on the 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 Giornata dell'italiano 2020
IMPORTANT NOTICE: MITA believes that the health and safety of our students and teachers is our highest priority. Due the public health concerns surrounding COVID-19 and a number of students slated to attend the event, the MITA board of Directors has made the difficult decision to suspend La Giornata dell'italiano 2020. We will be back next year!
More information. MITA - Meeting
March, 31st
3:30pm Medford High School The MITA Board is inviting all our members to its monthly meetings. Join us to talk about ways in which the association can support you! Open to all MITA members. |
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The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and its Lead with Languages campaign, with the support of Pearson LLC and Language Testing International, commissioned Ipsos Public Affairs to conduct a survey of 1,200 U.S. employers, and the resulting 2019 report, Making Languages Our Business: Addressing Foreign Language Demand Among U.S. Employers, indicates an urgent and growing demand for language skills in the workplace.The report also suggests seven actionable recommendations that U.S. businesses may employ to fully leverage their employees’ language assets and to contribute to fostering a robust future multilingual workforce to better thrive in our global economy.
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