American Association of Teachers of Italian at ACTFL Orlando, Florida

1 American Association of Teachers of Italian at ACTFL Orlando, Florida Nov 22-24, 2013 OFFICERS President: Frank Nuessel, President, University of Louisville Vice President (University): Maria Rosaria Vitti-Alexander, Nazareth College Vice President (K-12): Mario Costa, LaGuardia High School Secretary/Treasurer: Salvatore Bancheri, University of Toronto Director of Communication: Salvatore Bancheri, University of Toronto REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES New England: Flavia Laviosa Midwest: Colleen Ryan Wellesley College Indiana University Bloomington California: Elissa Tognozzi, UCLA New York State: Ida Giampietro Wilder Greece Athena High School Plains-Southwest: Ryan Calabretta-Sajder Rice University New York State: Irene Marchegiani SUNY, Stony Brook Rocky Mountains-Far West: Cinzia Donatelli Noble Brigham Young University Mid-Atlantic: Francesca Savoia University of Pittsburgh Canada: Paul A Colilli Laurentian University Southeast-Southern: Francesco Fiumara Southeastern Louisiana University Italy: Roberto Dolci Università per Stranieri, Perugia EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Andrea Ciccarelli: Editor, Italica, Indiana University Bloomington Simona Bondavalli: Editor, AATI Newsletter, Vassar College American Association of Teachers of Italian Orlando, Florida November 22-24, 2013 PROGRAM Friday, November 22, 2013 8:30 a.m – 10:00 a.m Opening General Session (NO SESSIONS) 10:00 a.m – 11:00 a.m Exhibit Hall Opening with Welcome Coffee (NO SESSIONS) 11:00 a.m – Noon Salon 22, Rosen Centre Hotel The Role of the Introductory Literature Course in the Italian Language and Culture Curriculum Organizer and Chair: Francesca Savoia, University of Pittsburgh Colleen M Ryan, Indiana University Introducing Textual Analysis: Learning Goals and Assessment Salvatore Bancheri, University of Toronto ‘Imparar recitando’: Bridging the Gap between Language and Literature Francesca Savoia, University of Pittsburgh Teaching and Learning Italian through Poetry Salon 23, Rosen Centre Hotel MusicalItalia: come usare il musical italiano in classe Chair: Annalisa Mosca, Purdue University Annalisa Mosca, Purdue University Non solo opera: Notre Dame de Paris di Riccardo Cocciante: il primo musical completamente nostrano Magda Novelli Pearson, Florida International University Non solo Disney: il cartoon/musical italiano Totò Sapore e la magica storia della pizza perché mangiando si impara! Antonietta Di Pietro, Florida International University I Promessi Sposi, da “noioso guazzabuglio” a rock-opera Angela Bronsburg, Florida International University “Le bugie hanno le gambe corte”: insegnare i modi di dire il musical di Pinocchio Salon 24, Rosen Centre Hotel Americanistica in Italia & Italian-American Studies: What's Problematic about Italian-American Literature? Chair: Chiara Mazzucchelli, University of Central Florida Mark Pietralunga, Florida State University Italy and Italian America: Broadening One’s Notions of Literature/Culture and the Question of National Identity Anthony J Tamburri, Queens College/CUNY Italian- American Studies in Italy: Why Can’t They See Us? Chiara Mazzucchelli, University of Central Florida Italian and Italian American Literature: A Shared Shelf Paolo Giordano, University of Central Florida The Evolution of Italian American Women in American Popular Fiction Noon – 1:15 pm Salon 23, Rosen Centre Hotel Pedagogy I Chair: Veena Carlson, Dominican University Janice Aski, Ohio State University Hybrid and Elementary Foreign Language Courses: A Leap of Faith? Andrea Dini, Montclair State University Using Wimba Voice Boards in Hybrid/Online Elementary Classes Enza Antenos Conforti, Montclair State University Italians On-the-go: An Additional Dimension to Hybrid/Online Courses Fabian Alfie, University of Arizona Respondent Salon 24, Rosen Centre Hotel Tips, Tricks, & Tunes Chair: Lyn Scolaro, Prospect High School, Mount Prospect, IL Lyn Scolaro, Prospect High School, Mount Prospect, IL Stella Weber, Maine South High School, Park Ridge, IL 1:15 p.m – 2:15 p.m Salon 22, Rosen Centre Hotel Technology I Chair: Gabriella Colussi Arthur, York University Morena Svaldi, Mount Holyoke College From Paper to Instruction: A Writing Lab in Italian Gabriella Colussi Arthur, York University The Role an LMS Such as Moodle for Teaching Elementary Italian Silvia Giorgino-Althoen and Stacey DeLoose, Wayne State University Testing Oral Skills Online: Anytime, Any Place Salon 23, Rosen Centre Hotel Culture I Chair: Salvatore di Maria, University of Tennessee Salvatore di Maria, University of Tennessee Historical Perspectives of Garibaldi’s Role in the Unification of Italy Maria Stella Plutino Terroni: The South of Italy: Past and Present Lorena Valmori, Michigan State University Breaking Stereotypes: Learning Italian Culture and Language through Movies Salon 24, Rosen Centre Hotel Literature Chair: Augustus Mastri, University of Louisville Serena Ferrando, Stanford University Scaffolding in Italian Literature Instruction Francesca Savoia, University of Pittsburgh The Role of the Introductory Literature Course in the Italian Curriculum Paola Nastri, Yale University Pinocchio: Literature and Culture in Language Classes Augustus Mastri, University of Louisville Nino Caradonna: An Italian American Poet in the Midwest 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Salon 22, Rosen Centre Hotel Pedagogy II Chair: Cristiana Panicco, St Anna Institute Sorrento Lingue Lillyrose Veneziano Broccia, University of Pennsylvania Process Writing and the Language Classroom: Fostering Learning Communities Inside and Outside the Classroom Cristiana Panicco, St Anna Institute Sorrento Lingue ‘False’ and ‘True’ Friends in the Teaching of Italian Language Salon 23, Rosen Centre Hotel Culture II Chair: Annamaria Monaco, Suffolk County Community College, NY Annamaria Monaco, Suffolk County Community College, NY Immigration in Italy: Its Start and Evolution, from the 70s to Our Days Elisa Dossena, Princeton University Italian Language through Movies: How to Increase Cultural and Intercultural Proficiency Roberto Dolci, Università per Stranieri, Perugia L.I.R.A Website for Italian Language and Culture Salon 24, Rosen Centre Hotel Language Chair: Frank Nuessel, University of Louisville, KY Maria Teresa Bonfatti Sabbioni, Northwestern University, Il L’influenza dell’inglese nell’ordine di acquizione di tempi passati: passato prossimo e impefetto Frank Nuessel, University of Louisville Linguistic Commentary in Italian Proverbial Language Tullio Pagano and Luca Trazzi, Dickinson College Facciamo finta di andare in Italia: An Italian Intermediate Textbook 3:45 pm – 4:45 pm Salon 23, Rosen Centre Hotel The Italian Foreign Ministry and the Italian Language and Culture Chair: Lucia Dalla Montà, Embassy of Italy, Washington Cristiano Maggipinto, Embassy of Italy, Washington Four Years of Development of the Italian Programs in American Schools Lucia Dalla Montà, Embassy of Italy, Washington Data on Italian Language Programs in the USA Salon 24, Rosen Centre Hotel Cinema I Chair: Maria Rosaria Vitti-Alexander, Nazareth College Claudio Mazzola, University of Washington Là-bas di Guido Lombardi: tra buonismo ed originalità Maria Rosaria Vitti-Alexander, Nazareth College Il mondo del Mediterraneo visto attraverso la cinepresa di Giovanna Taviani Elisabetta D’Amanda, Rochester Institute of Technology Le donne del cinema di Beppe De Santis degli anni '50 Sebastiano Lucci, Middlebury College Gli anni settanta in Italia e il poliziottesco" 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Salon 22, Rosen Centre Hotel Pedagogy III Chair: Suzanne Branciforte, Consortium Educational Consulting, Genoa, Italy Study Abroad in Italy H J Manzari, Washington and Jefferson College Suzanne Branciforte Making Study Abroad Meaningful Salon 23, Rosen Centre Hotel Teaching Italian Language and Culture Paola Ebranati, Consulate General of Italy, San Francisco Paola Ebranati, Consulate General of Italy, San Francisco Teacher Credentialing Process in Western States Carlo Davoli, Consulate General of Italy, New York The Two “Italies”: Comparison of Differences in History and News Salon 24, Rosen Centre Hotel AATI Executive Council – by Invitation 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Salon 22, Rosen Centre Hotel AATI General Meeting 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Salon 23, Rosen Centre Hotel AATI Reception Saturday November 23, 2013 8:00 am – 9:00 am Salon 22, Rosen Centre Hotel AATI Swap Shop Breakfast Organizer and Chair: Bruna Boyle, University of Rhode Island Salon 23, Rosen Centre Hotel The Academic Profession Organizers: Colleen Ryan, Indiana University and Paul Colilli, Laurentian University Chair: Colleen Ryan, Indiana University Salvatore Bancheri, University of Toronto From Hiring to Tenure Tonia Riviello, University of Santa Clara ‘The Teacher/Scholar Model’: A Road to Tenure Paolo Giordano, University of Central Florida Life in the Age of Budget Cuts 9:00 am – 10:00 am Exhibit Hall Visit Free Time NO SESSIONS 10:00 am – 11:00 am Salon 22, Rosen Centre Hotel Tips for Teachers Chair: Lucrezia Lindia, Westchester County High School Kimberly Beltrame, Olympia High School, Orlando Tips for Teachers Lucrezia Lindia, Westchester County High School Tips for Teachers Salon 23, Rosen Centre Hotel The Job Interview Organizers: Colleen Ryan and Paul Colilli Chair: Colleen Ryan, Indiana University Michael Lettieri, University of Toronto Typical Questions (and Possible Answers) During a Job Interview Veena Carlson, Dominican University Starting the Successful Job Search: Read the Ad 11:15 am – 12:15 pm Salon 22, Rosen Centre Hotel 10 Culture I Chair: Giulia Lange, Ministry of Education Giulia Lange, Ministry of Education Autobiography of Intercultural Encounters: A European Model of Intercultural Competences Roberto Pennazzato, Consulate General of Chicago The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Development of the Italian Language and Culture in the USA Salon 23, Rosen Centre Hotel Italian Studies Doctoral Dissertations in Progress Chair: Paul Colilli, Laurentian University Joel Salvatore Pastor, Cornell University Ciceronian Rhetoric and Jeremiad: The Rhetoric of Dante profeta Anna Aresi, Brown University A European Dante: Modernist Constructions Joanne Granata, University of Toronto Renaissance Comedy and Francesco Antonio Rossi’s Il Capriccio Nicole Gercke, Brown University Representations of Hybridity: Science, Techne and the Human in the Works of Alberto Savinio 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm Salon 22, Rosen Centre Hotel Pedagogy IV Chair: Antonella Dell’Anna, Arizona State University Antonella Dell’Anna, Arizona State University Building a Language Program: The Case of ASU Downtown Marie Bertola, Santa Clara University Digitally Fluent: 21+ Resources for Promoting Production in L2 11 Olga Mancuso, PGPS LaMa Publishing House Scavenger Hunt in the Museum Salon 23, Rosen Centre Hotel Innovation through Cooperation: Learning Together and Achieving Together Organizer and Chair: Colleen Ryan, Indiana University Silvia Dupont, University of Virginia Breaking the Barriers: Socializing and Cooperative Learning in the Traditional Classroom Giorgio Corda, University of Colorado Travelling through Learning Spaces: Bringing Cooperative Learning into a Hybrid Class Valerio Ferme, University of Santa Clara (Inter)acting: Blending Performance and Curricular Goals Inside and Outside the Advanced Language Classroom 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Salon 22, Rosen Centre Hotel AP Italian Chair: Giuseppe Cavatorta Giuseppe Cavatorta, University of Arizona Results of the 2013 AP ® Italian Course Cristiano Maggipinto, Minister Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Italy The State of the AP Italian Language Program 2013 Salon 23, Rosen Centre Hotel Cinema II Chair: Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, Rice University Sebastiano Lucci, Middlebury College The ‘poliziottesco’ Film Genre in the 1970s in Italy 12 Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, Rice University Reflections of Queerness in Montaldo’s Gli Occhiali d’oro Ilaria Serra, Florida Atlantic University Teaching Italian Feminism through Music 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Exhibit Hall Visit Free Time NO SESSIONS 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Salon 22, Rosen Centre Hotel From Middle School on: Vertical Learning for the AP Organizers: Nicoletta Villa Sella, Linsly School, WV; Bruna Boyle, University of Rhode Island; Lucrezia Lindia, Eastchester High School -Westchester Community College; Ida Wilder, Greece Athena High School, NY Chair: Nicoletta Villa Sella Lucrezia Lindia Ida Wilder Nicoletta Villa Sella Bruna Boyle Salon 23, Rosen Centre Hotel New Approaches in Language Teaching: Multiliteracy, Plurilingualism and Intercomprehension Chair: Clorinda Donato, California State University, Long Beach Clorinda Donato - California State University, Long Beach Solving the Monolingual Paradigm: Restoring Multilingual Practices through Intercomprehension Markus Muller - California State University, Long Beach Beyond CLT: An Argument for Intercommunication' 13 Barbara Spinelli - Columbia University, New York Empowering L2 vocabulary within a Multiliteracy and Multilingual Framework' 5:15 pm – 6:15 pm Salon 22, Rosen Centre Hotel Pedagogy VI Chair: Mario Costa, LaGuardia High School, NY Rita Pasqui, University of Pennylvania Teaching Italian through Fashion Mario Costa, LaGuardia High School, NY La commedia all’italiana nella classe d’italiano Anna Pugliese, University of Colorado, Boulder CO Ready, Set, Action! Creative Subtitling in Italian Salon 23, Rosen Centre Hotel Culture and Pedagogy Chair: Matilde Fava, SUNY, Farmingdale Luisa Canuto, University of British Columbia Responding to Students’ Interest: Designing a Specialized Course Giuseppe Tassone, University of Washington Teaching Italian Business: Methods, Materials, and Ideas Matilde Fava, SUNY, Farmingdale NY Pedagogical Realism; the Impact of Multimedia in the Classroom 6:30 p.m – 7:30 p.m Salon 22, Rosen Centre Hotel Nurturing the undergraduate program: Best practices Chair: Chiara Fabbian, University of Illinois at Chicago Chiara Fabbian, University of Illinois at Chicago 14 Writing across the Italian Language and Culture Curriculum: Practices of a Top-Down Approach Emanuela Zanotti Carney, University of Illinois at Chicago Writing across the Italian Language and Culture Curriculum: Practices of a Top-Down Approach Veronica Vegna, University of Chicago Reading as a Springboard for Interaction and Transcultural Competence Sunday, November 24, 2013 Salon 22, Rosen Centre Hotel 8:00 am – 9:00 am Culture III Chair: Rita Pasqui, University of Pennsylvania Rita Pasqui, University of Pennsylvania Moda, stile e simboli: A Reader 9:00 am – 10:00 pm Exhibit Hall Visit Free Time w/ Coffee NO SESSIONS 10:00 am – 11:00 am Salon 22, Rosen Centre Hotel Title: iCurricula: Apple’s iBooks Author and iTunes U Chair: Paul Lange, Lenape high school, Medford New Jersey Paul Lange Nick Orphanos, Lenape High School 11:15 am – 12:15 pm Salon 22, Rosen Centre Hotel 15 Precipice: AP Italian Language Program 2016, A Q&A Session Chair: Daniel L Stabile, President, COPILAS Cristiano Maggipinto, Minister Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Italy Paola Ebranati, Education Office, Philadelphia Anna De Fina, Georgetown University, Washington, DC Daria Mizza, Johns Hopkins University ... Mazzucchelli, University of Central Florida Italian and Italian American Literature: A Shared Shelf Paolo Giordano, University of Central Florida The Evolution of Italian American Women in American Popular... Italian -American Studies: What's Problematic about Italian -American Literature? Chair: Chiara Mazzucchelli, University of Central Florida Mark Pietralunga, Florida State University Italy and Italian America:...2 American Association of Teachers of Italian Orlando, Florida November 22-24, 2013 PROGRAM Friday, November 22, 2013 8:30 a.m