1. VIVETE LA LINGUA! Living the Language in ITAS 101 & 102 Paulina Sterpe Cynthia Coddington Cassie Hoef Flavia Laviosa 1

2. MOTIVATION  Paulina  Cassie  Cindy 2

3. OVERVIEW 3

4. GRAMMAR  Cassie: Never having had a foreign language Interactive Culture Not just lectures High expectations Independent learning 4

5. GRAMMAR  How we started  Progression Phonetic sounds – Demonstration Basic conversational phrases Greetings - Phrases and Customs in Italy 5

6. GRAMMAR  Tangible Learning Constructing sentences with classmates Blocks, Dominos, Puppets & Props Puzzles – Demonstrate geography of Italy Drawing on the blackboards Creating an Italian restaurant menu and presenting it to the class 6

7. GRAMMAR  Women’s Role in Contemporary Italian Society Masculine vs. Feminine dottore, dottoressa Changing language Archaic to Modern Accommodating 7

8. 8 Cultural Themes:  Halloween  Thanksgiving  Christmas  Carnevale  Oral Exam  Italian Menu

9. IMMERSION  Osvaldo’s lecture Native Speaker - not a professor Wrote essay in English then eventually translated into Italian Relatable: familiar music Sing-along Listen and learn the lyrics Sing with Osvaldo playing guitar 9

10. 10 Little Tony Elvis Presley

11. 11 David BowieRenato Zero David BowieRenato Zero

12. 12 Arcade Fire:Arcade Fire: Arcade Fire: Baroque Pop artists, use Italian Instruments Arcade Fire:

13. 13 IMMERSION

14.  Pinocchio Read aloud with expression Comprehension tool Contributing to our fluency through the flow of the language 14

15. NEWS  Difference between Italian and American news  Each morning news Internet Il nostro giornale  Come prepared to discuss our news beyond our presented summary  Italian newspaper article La Repubblica & Grazia Chose articles that interested us 15

16. GRAZIE A TUTTI ! 16