conferences and calls for papers
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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. 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 |
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Sessions
Friday, Oct. 25, 11:30 - 12:30pm
Rita Di Carlo: If Dante is the Father of the Italian Language,
Who's the Mother?
In this session we will explore ways of introducing Dante’s Divine Comedy to students while promoting proficiency, and deepening their cultural understanding. Participants will gain practical tools to help them design engaging lessons for all proficiency levels using authentic images, audio, and selections of authentic texts.
Friday, Oct. 25, 2:30 - 3:30pm
Ombretta Frau: Learn In-Context around Campus.
The session aims to introduce original activities to help students learn Italian language and culture in constructive and original locations around schools or university campus, such as the greenhouse, the equestrian center, and the art museum. This session will present activities for different proficiency levels that will promote language building through games, art and artifacts, and culture.
Friday, Oct. 25, 4:00 - 5:00pm
Connie Scarfone: Italian Street Art - Describing Oneself through Urban Art.
This session discusses language as a form of expression of a culture and consequently, the manifestation of a language. Attendees will use art for creating listening, writing, reading, speaking and culture activities to improve proficiency skills on a cultural theme that will introduce students to the somewhat controversial world of "Street Art". Students will discover the value of the social and political culture of murals in Italy and the United States.
Saturday, Oct. 26, 9:00 - 10:00am
Carmelinda Chilleli: Watch This! Crafting Meaningful Activities through Videos.
This session discusses the benefits of using audio-visual materials to stimulate and facilitate the learning of a foreign language. Attendees will learn how to use two computer applications to create projects through videos. Through one app, students will write original scripts in Italian to dub silent clips of movies; the second app allows educators to customize educational videos.Paragraph.
Saturday, Oct. 26, 10:15 - 11:15am
Maria Stella Cocchiara: The Italian Piazza: One Square, One Heart.
From the ancient Romans to modern days the city/town square has always been the heart of Italian living. This session will look at both the many iconic famous squares crowded by tourist in search of history and at small-town nameless squares, meeting places populated by local folks carrying on daily life.
Saturday, Oct. 26, 11:30 - 12:30pm
Nicole Chalifoux: Level Up la Giornata dell'Italiano!
This session will provide information about the annual friendly competition sponsored by MITA. Take the first step to getting your school more involved and further advocating for the Italian language program in your school.
Friday, Oct. 25, 11:30 - 12:30pm
Rita Di Carlo: If Dante is the Father of the Italian Language,
Who's the Mother?
In this session we will explore ways of introducing Dante’s Divine Comedy to students while promoting proficiency, and deepening their cultural understanding. Participants will gain practical tools to help them design engaging lessons for all proficiency levels using authentic images, audio, and selections of authentic texts.
Friday, Oct. 25, 2:30 - 3:30pm
Ombretta Frau: Learn In-Context around Campus.
The session aims to introduce original activities to help students learn Italian language and culture in constructive and original locations around schools or university campus, such as the greenhouse, the equestrian center, and the art museum. This session will present activities for different proficiency levels that will promote language building through games, art and artifacts, and culture.
Friday, Oct. 25, 4:00 - 5:00pm
Connie Scarfone: Italian Street Art - Describing Oneself through Urban Art.
This session discusses language as a form of expression of a culture and consequently, the manifestation of a language. Attendees will use art for creating listening, writing, reading, speaking and culture activities to improve proficiency skills on a cultural theme that will introduce students to the somewhat controversial world of "Street Art". Students will discover the value of the social and political culture of murals in Italy and the United States.
Saturday, Oct. 26, 9:00 - 10:00am
Carmelinda Chilleli: Watch This! Crafting Meaningful Activities through Videos.
This session discusses the benefits of using audio-visual materials to stimulate and facilitate the learning of a foreign language. Attendees will learn how to use two computer applications to create projects through videos. Through one app, students will write original scripts in Italian to dub silent clips of movies; the second app allows educators to customize educational videos.Paragraph.
Saturday, Oct. 26, 10:15 - 11:15am
Maria Stella Cocchiara: The Italian Piazza: One Square, One Heart.
From the ancient Romans to modern days the city/town square has always been the heart of Italian living. This session will look at both the many iconic famous squares crowded by tourist in search of history and at small-town nameless squares, meeting places populated by local folks carrying on daily life.
Saturday, Oct. 26, 11:30 - 12:30pm
Nicole Chalifoux: Level Up la Giornata dell'Italiano!
This session will provide information about the annual friendly competition sponsored by MITA. Take the first step to getting your school more involved and further advocating for the Italian language program in your school.
Boston Area Pedagogy Conference
An Inter-Institutional Dialogue on Teaching of Languages, Literatures, Cultures, and Cinema
Friday, March 22, 2019
8:30am - 5:00pm
Boston University
BU School of Theology B23-24
Digital Mapmaking and Intercultural Awareness: Developing a Sense of Place in Study Abroad Contexts
The Department of World Languages & Literatures (WLL) at Boston University, with support from BU Center for Humanities and the Geddes Language Center, Institute for the Study of Muslim Cultures and Civilizations, and Center for Teaching and Learning, invites proposals for the Boston Area Pedagogy Conference to be held on Friday, March 22, 2019, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM at BU School of Theology, B23-24, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA 02215.
Inspired by the inter-departmental success of its last two annual pedagogy symposia (held in March 2017 and 2018), WLL hopes to extend the dialogue on pedagogy to institutions in the Boston Area Consortia this year, and through this conference offer opportunities for us and our colleagues to reflect on, share, and showcase different teaching approaches and practices as well as discover untapped reserves of cross-departmental and inter-institutional potential for future collaboration.
For more information and for registration, please visit the conference website.
An Inter-Institutional Dialogue on Teaching of Languages, Literatures, Cultures, and Cinema
Friday, March 22, 2019
8:30am - 5:00pm
Boston University
BU School of Theology B23-24
Digital Mapmaking and Intercultural Awareness: Developing a Sense of Place in Study Abroad Contexts
The Department of World Languages & Literatures (WLL) at Boston University, with support from BU Center for Humanities and the Geddes Language Center, Institute for the Study of Muslim Cultures and Civilizations, and Center for Teaching and Learning, invites proposals for the Boston Area Pedagogy Conference to be held on Friday, March 22, 2019, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM at BU School of Theology, B23-24, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA 02215.
Inspired by the inter-departmental success of its last two annual pedagogy symposia (held in March 2017 and 2018), WLL hopes to extend the dialogue on pedagogy to institutions in the Boston Area Consortia this year, and through this conference offer opportunities for us and our colleagues to reflect on, share, and showcase different teaching approaches and practices as well as discover untapped reserves of cross-departmental and inter-institutional potential for future collaboration.
For more information and for registration, please visit the conference website.
AATI International Conference @ Marist College
Poughkeepsie, NY
30 maggio – 2 giugno, 2019
L’AATI (American Association of Teachers of Italian) comunica che il prossimo convegno si terrà presso il Marist College a Poughkeepsie (NY), dal 30 maggio al 2 giugno, 2019.
Il tema del convegno è aperto, ma l’AATI incoraggia i colleghi a pensare in termini più specifici e pertinenti alla situazione corrente ed agli eventi che hanno luogo nell’Italia di oggi, oltre ai tradizionali temi di pedagogia, cultura, letteratura, cinema, teatro, italiano come L2, la lingua italiana all’estero, identità italiana nel mondo, storia, economia, arte, opera, ecc.
Proposte: La scadenza per inviare le proposte, sia per gli interventi individuali sia per le sessioni, è il 1 febbraio, 2019. Le presentazioni possono essere in italiano o in inglese e non devono superare i 20 minuti. I colleghi sono inoltre invitati ad organizzare sessioni e tavole rotonde di 75 minuti ciascuna. I relatori potranno presentare solo un intervento, ma potranno presiedere più di una sessione e presentare i loro interventi in diverse tavole rotonde.
Le proposte di sessioni / tavole rotondedevono essere inviate entro il 1 febbraio, 2019, tramite il seguente link.
Le sessioni/tavole rotonde complete devono essere inviate entro il 15 febbraio,2019, tramite il seguente link.
Al convegno potranno partecipare i relatori, gli organizzatori, i presidenti delle sessioni e i partecipanti alle tavole rotonde che siano regolarmente iscritti all’associazione AATI e che abbiano versato la quota d’iscrizione al convegno entro il 1 febbraio, 2019.
Gli interventi dovranno essere presentati di persona; non sono consentiti interventi via Skype o altre tecnologie.
Si cercherà di concentrare gli interventi degli insegnanti delle scuole superiori nella giornata di sabato, al fine di garantire la maggior presenza possibile degli stessi.
Iscrizione al convegno: Le quote di iscrizione per 2019 saranno le seguenti: soci regolari: $125.00; soci emeriti e soci senza un lavoro full-time: $75.00; iscrizioni per un solo giorno del convegno: $100.00; studenti di PhD/dottorato di ricerca: $45.00.
Workshops: saranno annunciati in seguito tramite il listserv AATI e sul nostro sito.
Alberghi, trasporti, ecc. Ulteriori informazioni riguardanti alberghi, trasporti, ecc. saranno comunicate tramite il listserv dell’AATI e verranno pubblicate sul nostro sito.
Pubblicazione degli Atti del Convegno: Dopo il convegno, tutti i relatori sono invitati a sottoporre per pubblicazione il loro intervento nella rivista digitale AATI Online Working Papers. Le proposte saranno valutate da un comitato scientifico (si veda https://aati.uark.edu/online-working-papers/).
Poughkeepsie, NY
30 maggio – 2 giugno, 2019
L’AATI (American Association of Teachers of Italian) comunica che il prossimo convegno si terrà presso il Marist College a Poughkeepsie (NY), dal 30 maggio al 2 giugno, 2019.
Il tema del convegno è aperto, ma l’AATI incoraggia i colleghi a pensare in termini più specifici e pertinenti alla situazione corrente ed agli eventi che hanno luogo nell’Italia di oggi, oltre ai tradizionali temi di pedagogia, cultura, letteratura, cinema, teatro, italiano come L2, la lingua italiana all’estero, identità italiana nel mondo, storia, economia, arte, opera, ecc.
Proposte: La scadenza per inviare le proposte, sia per gli interventi individuali sia per le sessioni, è il 1 febbraio, 2019. Le presentazioni possono essere in italiano o in inglese e non devono superare i 20 minuti. I colleghi sono inoltre invitati ad organizzare sessioni e tavole rotonde di 75 minuti ciascuna. I relatori potranno presentare solo un intervento, ma potranno presiedere più di una sessione e presentare i loro interventi in diverse tavole rotonde.
Le proposte di sessioni / tavole rotondedevono essere inviate entro il 1 febbraio, 2019, tramite il seguente link.
Le sessioni/tavole rotonde complete devono essere inviate entro il 15 febbraio,2019, tramite il seguente link.
Al convegno potranno partecipare i relatori, gli organizzatori, i presidenti delle sessioni e i partecipanti alle tavole rotonde che siano regolarmente iscritti all’associazione AATI e che abbiano versato la quota d’iscrizione al convegno entro il 1 febbraio, 2019.
Gli interventi dovranno essere presentati di persona; non sono consentiti interventi via Skype o altre tecnologie.
Si cercherà di concentrare gli interventi degli insegnanti delle scuole superiori nella giornata di sabato, al fine di garantire la maggior presenza possibile degli stessi.
Iscrizione al convegno: Le quote di iscrizione per 2019 saranno le seguenti: soci regolari: $125.00; soci emeriti e soci senza un lavoro full-time: $75.00; iscrizioni per un solo giorno del convegno: $100.00; studenti di PhD/dottorato di ricerca: $45.00.
Workshops: saranno annunciati in seguito tramite il listserv AATI e sul nostro sito.
Alberghi, trasporti, ecc. Ulteriori informazioni riguardanti alberghi, trasporti, ecc. saranno comunicate tramite il listserv dell’AATI e verranno pubblicate sul nostro sito.
Pubblicazione degli Atti del Convegno: Dopo il convegno, tutti i relatori sono invitati a sottoporre per pubblicazione il loro intervento nella rivista digitale AATI Online Working Papers. Le proposte saranno valutate da un comitato scientifico (si veda https://aati.uark.edu/online-working-papers/).
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Saturday, October 1, 2016
The State of the Discipline: Italian Studies in the Early 21st Century
Wellesley College
The Department of Italian Studies at Wellesley College, Domenico Teker, Director of the Educational Office of the Italian Consulate in Boston, and MITA (Massachusetts Italian Teachers Association) are pleased to invite you to attend the "State of the Discipline: Italian Studies in the Early 21st Century”.
The first symposium, organized by Wellesley College in 2009, began a tradition of periodically examining the state of Italian Studies in the USA.
This year, the symposium will host speakers from different academic and educational institutions who will present papers addressing the state of the discipline, including its present and future directions.
This one-day colloquium is organized in two plenary single-paper sessions, which are devoted to a discussion of the state of Italian language study and of Italian Cultural Studies, respectively. All attendees are expected to read pre-circulated ‘position papers’ in order to facilitate discussion and intellectual exchange between presenters and participants on that day. ‘Position papers’ will be sent to all registered attendees by September 16.
We encourage all members of the profession to participate and contribute to this important discussion.
On the behalf of the organizing committee, we look forward to seeing you on October 1st at Wellesley College.
As seats are limited, we kindly ask all attendees to register no later than September 9, using this link .
Registered teachers will receive a certificate of attendance granting 10 PDPs.
For any further information or questions, please contact prof. Flavia Laviosa at flaviosa@wellesley.edu