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NEWS and Upcoming Events

BAPC 2023 - Boston Area Pedagogy Conference  

Northeastern’s  World Languages Center (WLC) invites proposals for the fourth Boston Area Pedagogy Conference.

In line with a recent call for promoting competencies for democratic culture, the concept of intercultural citizenship has taken center stage. Intercultural citizenship refers to competencies such as valuing cultural plurality and fluidity, being open to cultural others, possessing linguistic, communicative, and plurilingual skills, and having knowledge and a critical understanding of language and communication. Language educators can contribute to this critical need by fostering their students’ intercultural competence and citizenship, enabling them to see beyond their personal experiences.
Call for proposals deadline: January 27, 2023

Keynote Speaker: Manuela Wagner 
Professor of Language Education in the Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages at the University of Connecticut

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Teaching for Intercultural Citizenship

April 1st 2023
Northeastern University, Boston Campus

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Giornata dell'italiano

13 aprile, 2023
Brandeis University, Waltham (MA)

Join us in celebrating Italian and our students’ creativity during our Giornata dell’italiano!
For the 5th year, MITA is sponsoring the annual Italian Day for secondary school students of Italian in Massachusett.
This year La Giornata will take place at Brandeis University (Waltham, MA) and we are particularly grateful to the head of the Italian Studies Department, prof. Paola Servino, and the Italian Consulate in Boston for co-sponsoring and collaborating with us. In this contest we invite each participating school to create a 10-15 mins. skit, or another form of performance in Italian about the topic chosen by the organizing committee. For more information, visit our dedicated page.
Registration closes on March 17, 2023.

Register your students
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ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview
Learn all about OPI in a virtual setting…in Italian!


The workshop runs from Friday, January 13, 2023 to Friday, February 17, 2023.
The registration deadline is Friday, January 6, 2023, and Italian cohorts are filling fast! Don't wait! Register today!

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No matter if you know a little about the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) and want to learn more, or if you're brand new to the concept and want to dive in to see how OPI can help your learners in their world language journey, ACTFL has you covered, and in your preferred language, Italian!

ACTFL's Virtual OPI Assessment Workshop will include:
  • All live instruction and interviews conducted in Italian (be sure to choose the Italian cohort when registering)*
  • An introduction the ACTFL rating scale
  • The outline of the structure of OPI
  • Techniques for administering and rating the OPI, including its applications in the language classroom
  • Practice interviews with feedback and discussion from the facilitator and other participants

Best of all, the online format lets you work asynchronously on six modules at your own pace. Then, you will receive feedback from facilitators during two 1.5-hour discussion sessions and through responses on a discussion board.

And don't forget, these workshops can serve as your first step toward OPI Tester Certification—a potential career-booster that lets you conduct advisory, unofficial OPIs at your academic institution for a variety of educational purposes!

BONUS!
Looking for PD hours? You're in luck! Participants will receive a certificate verifying 30 hours of professional development. There's no better way to get your PD!.

Register here

State of Italian Survey 2022

November 15- December 15, 2022
If you are a teacher of Italian, please take only 5 minutes of your day to complete the survey on the state of the language in MA.  Your responses will help us to understand how to better support you.
The survey results are confidential and anonymity is guaranteed to all respondents.
The survey will close on December 15, 2022.

Thank you!
MITA

Take the survey
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CONTEST FOR STUDENTS OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE
XXII WEEK OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD


The ITALIAN Embassy in Washington DC has selected the winners of the CONTEST on the theme of this year’s edition: “L’italiano e i giovani. Come scusa? Non ti followo.” for students of Italian language, enrolled in the 2022/2023 academic year in one of the public schools in the United States of America. Three Massachusetts schools have won the contest this year!



The winners for the Middle School category are:
STUDENT: Lilian Mehue and Arianna Brooks
TEACHER: Margareth Amatucci
SCHOOL: McCall Middle School - Winchester, Massachusetts

STUDENT: Marina Sahagun
TEACHER: Margareth Amatucci
SCHOOL: McCall Middle School - Winchester, Massachusetts

STUDENT: Suraiya Loggia and Maddy Napolitano
TEACHER: Grace Berte
SCHOOL: McCall Middle School - Winchester, Massachusetts
 
The winners for the High School category are:
STUDENT: Thea Cruz
TEACHER: Monica Canetta
SCHOOL: Medford High School, Massachusetts

STUDENT: Isabella Barbesino
TEACHER: Paola Zanirato Dorfman
SCHOOL: Lexington High School, Massachusetts


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I AM BOOKS: a wonderful resource for our community and our profession!

I AM Books is an independent bookstore located at 124 Salem Street, in the heart of Boston’s historic North End neighborhood, and serving as a cultural hub for everyone interested in diving into the rich world of Italian and Italian American literature, history, research, art and more.
Labeled as an “Italian American cultural hub,” I AM Books was originally located at 189 North Street, Boston, Mass., from 2015 to 2020. In late 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, I AM Books switched its operations to online-only. It reopened in its current space in Dec. 2021.
I AM Books sells primarily fiction and non-fiction by Italian and Italian American authors, books in Italian, as well as cookbooks and books on travel, history, sports, Italian American studies and titles by local authors. The store also features a children’s section, with books, learning material, games and toys.


Check I AM BOOKS website here

National Italian Exam 2023

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National Italian Exam 2023

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

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