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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

Teaching resources


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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.

Resources for Teaching Remotely
If you are looking for professional development or teaching resources, check the links below.

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#italianoadistanza
Navigando tra le pagine di questo sito, troverai suggerimenti e risorse utili per condurre attività didattiche a distanza.



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2021 CARLA Summer Institutes for Language Teachers
COERLL
Look for educational material and webinars offered freely by COERLL

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The FLTMAG 

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A free magazine on technology integration in language teaching and learning. Look for free webinars and tech resources to teach languages online.


ACTFL
Resources in Response to COVID-19

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ACTFL offers many resources to support the transition to remote teaching. Live and recorded webinars prepared by content experts on a range of topics including tips for teaching and learning remotely, proficiency and performance, sustaining research, and strategies for assessment.


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The Massachusetts Foreign Language Association (MaFLA) is going virtual through June 2021! While this means that we will not hold any in-person events during this time, we invite you to join our various virtual professional development events.


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European Centre for Modern Languages
Treasure chest of resources for teachers from the European for Center Modern Languages. The members of the EOL team, who have based our research on the creation of learning environments optimised by and for languages, would like to offer you a selection of 35 ideas to help you envisage and organise the best learning environment, adapted to the needs of these young people. 



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MONDADORI - Italiano per Stranieri
Campus Italiano per Stranieri
è un portale disciplinare con risorse digitali e servizi per gli insegnanti creato dalla Mondadori Editore. Un sito ricco di attività, risorse, e materiale per la formazione dei docenti
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ITALIANA - CULTURA, CREATIVITA' NEL MONDO
Il nuovo portale per la promozione della lingua, della cultura e della creatività italiane nel mondo.

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LOESCHER IT2
Italiano per Stranieri

Portale di risorse gratuite per chi studia e per chi insegna italianoa stranieri e come seconda lingua con numerose attività didattiche.

L'Italiano per immagini è uno strumento di supporto allo studio dell’italiano.
WebTV
Loescher Editore ha progettato una webTV interamente dedicata al mondo della scuola.
Narrativa graduata. Una serie di racconti graduati con relative attività di comprensione ed espansione disponibili gratuitamente. 
Materiale didattico.
Un ricchissimo di materiali didattici quali attività di comprensione scritta e orale, giochi, schede grammaticali di ripasso, video didattizzati, schede lessicali e molto altro.

LOESCHER DAD (Didattica a Distanza)
Loescher offers special resources and webinars for teaching Italian as Second and Foreign Language remotely.

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Italiano LinguaDue è la rivista semestrale elettronica open access del Master Promoitals (Promozione e insegnamento della lingua e cultura italiana a stranieri) e del Calcif (Centro d'Ateneo per la promozione della lingua e della cultura italiana C. e G. Feltrinelli) - Università degli Studi di Milano. Il periodico pubblica contributi di docenti, collaboratori e diplomati del Master e di altri studiosi italiani e stranieri.Paragraph. Clicca qui per modificare.


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Italian News Clicks is an easy reader of selected clips from the Italian press designed to provide teachers with current information on Italy and Italian culture. Italian News Clicks also includes teaching materials based on selected articles, along with cultural and grammatical notes. It was founded by Isa Orvieto (Emmanuel College) and Maria Sepa (IES, Milan), and since 2009 continues to offer interesting and lively authentic materials that can be used in language classes of any level.

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RETE EDUCAZIONE LINGUISTICA
Università Ca' Foscari, Venezia
Informazioni, materiali, strumenti, iniziative per chi si occupa, scientificamente o operativamente, di insegnamento dell’italiano e delle lingue seconde, straniere e classiche.

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Sesamo. Didattica Interculturale e Italiano L2.
Portale promosso da Giunti Scuola dedicato alle tematiche della scuola interculturale e dell'italiano L2. Per le scuole elementari e medie.



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VIVIT è un repository informatico di materiali e strumenti rivolti agli italiani all’estero creata dall'Accademia della Crusca.
Il portale di accesso ai vari materiali prevede percorsi didattici e profili descrittivi che mettono in luce gli aspetti più significativi della lingua italiana, della sua storia, delle sue varietà, in collegamento ai più significativi fenomeni storici, artistici, di costume. Ma prevede anche l’accesso a banche dati testuali sull’italiano contemporaneo, in particolare quello radiofonico e televisivo, e ad un dizionario elettronico di italianismi, attualmente corrispondente al Dizionario di Italianismi in Francese, Inglese e Tedesco diretto da Harro Stammerjohann (DIFIT).


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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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