Spring 2023 
TBD
SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY


  • What is this year's theme?  The theme of the 5th Giornata dell'Italiano will be: Giochi all'aperto. Given the current health emergency, for this year, la Giornata will focus on games and activities that can be done in an outdoor location, such as soccer field. In this contest we invite each participating school to compete on a series of traditional Italian games (settimana, campana, rubabandiera, moscacieca, etc.). MITA will provide prizes and lunch to all participating students and teachers. More details will be provided to interested schools in a few weeks.
  • Who can participate? High School students studying Italian in MA
  • When? May 18th from 10:00am to 1:00pm
  • Where? Salem State University
For more information, visit our dedicated page.

If you are interested in participating with your school / students,  please contact MITA by March 25th writing to Nicole Chalifoux at nchalifoux@gmail.com
XX SETTIMANA DELLA LINGUA ITALIANA NEL MONDO
October 23, 2020
3:30pm

The Consulate General of Italy in Boston and MITA (Massachusetts  Italian Teachers Association) are pleased to offer a teacher’s webinar that focuses on Social Emotional Learning in the Italian curriculum. Vilma Bibeau and Paola Zanirato-Dorfman will share an introduction to the SEL framework and  showcase model lessons with activities that can be applied to online and hybrid Italian language classes.

Opening Remarks
Federica Sereni, Consul General of Italy
Adamo Castelnuovo, Director of Education Office
  • Strategie e pratiche socio-emotive nell'apprendimento dell'italiano LS, Vilma Bibeau (Medford High School).
Webinar Recording (part 1)
  • L'empatia è ... Strategie di base per lo sviluppo dell’empatia nei corsi di lingua italiana, Paola Zanirato-Dorfman (Lexington High School).
Webinar Recording (part 2)
October 20, 2020
9:30am

Join us to celebrate the 20th Week of the Italian Language in the World; Italian Between Word and Image: Graffiti, Illustrations, Comic Books (October 19-25, 2020). Cara Takakijan (UMass Amherst) will offer a fascinating exploration of Italian comics, a hybrid art form of images and words that both reflects our time and helps to shape it. The power of comics lies in their ability to entertain young children who can barely read, reflect the joys and anxieties of teens, and offer insight into contemporary politics and social issues. This webinar will show how, even before TikTok, pop culture, media and youth were represented in the world of comics and how comics subsequently shaped the world. Free and open to the public.
Opening Remarks:
Federica Sereni, Consul General of Italy
Adamo Castelnuovo, Director of Education Office

Presenter: Cara Takakijan, Ph.D. Undergraduate Program Director and Chief Undergraduate Advisor Italian Studies Program
Dept. of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
University of Massachusetts, Amherst