AAIS 2001
American Association of Italian Studies
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Thursday, April 19 - Sunday, April 22, 2001
ITALIAN LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY CONFERENCE
A special subdivision of the 21st annual conference of the American
Association of Italian Studies
Saturday, April 21, 2001
Houston Hall
University of Pennsylvania
8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.
The conference organizers would like to extend an invitation to all members of the community interested in matters of language pedagogy to join us for the following sessions. The presenters will report on a new intermediate-level Italian curriculum being developed at the University of Pennsylvania which sets cross-cultural learning as a central goal together with language acquisition and which involves students in Italy and at Penn in cross-cultural discussions via the Internet.
Program
Saturday, April 21Saturday, April 21 / 8:30 - 10:00 am
VIDEO AND LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION IN THE ITALIAN CLASSROOM
Organizer and Chair: Helen McFie Simone, University of Pennsylvania
THE CINEMATIC BIFOCAL: HELPING STUDENTS TO APPRECIATE BOTH ITALIAN AND AMERICAN CULTURE THROUGH THE LENS OF THE ITALIAN CINEMATIC OTHER, Helen McFie Simone, University of Pennsylvania
ITALY AL FRESCO: ITALIAN CIVILIZATION ON VIDEO, Rebecca Pauly, West Chester University
ALCUNE PROPOSTE PER L’USO DI MATERIALE VIDEOREGISTRATO NELLE CLASSI D’ITALIANO, Camilla Presti Russell, University of Maryland
LO SPOT TELEVISIVO IN CLASSE: CONFRONTO CULTURALE E LINGUISTICO NELL’UNIVERSO PUBBLICITARIO, Barbara Spinelli, Mount Holyoke College
Saturday, April 21 / 10:15 - 11:45 am
Houston
Hall -
INNOVATIONS IN LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY: WEB-ENHANCED INSTRUCTION, I
Organizers:
Nicoletta Marini and Kathryn K. McMahon, University of Pennsylvania
Chair: Nicoletta Marini, University of Pennsylvania
WEB ENHANCEMENT IN THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASS, Elisabetta Maria Ferrero, Saint Thomas University
ITALIAN CULTURAL WEB ACTIVITIES, Rita D’Amico, Southern Methodist University
CLASSROOM VS. "VIRTUAL LANGUAGE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT", Nebojsa Radic, University of Aukland
RESPONSIVE TECHNOLOGY: IMMEDIATE NEEDS ANALYSIS WITH LIVING INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN, Shirley Ann Smith, Skidmore College
Saturday, April 21 / 12:00 - 2:00 pm
Houston
Hall -
PEDAGOGY WORKSHOP
Saturday, April 21 / 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Houston
Hall -
INNOVATIONS IN LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY: CURRICULAR ISSUES, II
Organizers:
Kathryn K. McMahon and Nicoletta Marini, University of Pennsylvania
Chair: Kathryn K. McMahon, University of Pennsylvania
USO DEL FILM C’ERAVAMO TANTO AMATI DI ETTORE SCOLA IN FORMATO DVD NEI CORSI INTERMEDI, Daniela Bartalesi Graf, Tufts University
CURRICULAR ISSUES IN THE TEACHING OF ITALIAN AT THE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL: AN INNOVATIVE COURSE CURRICULUM, Patricia Di Silvio, Tufts University
INTRODUCING LANGUAGE THROUGH CULTURE AND CULTURE THROUGH LANGUAGE: ALMA EDIZIONI OF FLORENCE AND ITALIAN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, Stephanie Jed, UC San Diego
THEMES AND VARIATIONS; MOVING TOWARDS FLUENCY: AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO SECOND-YEAR ITALIAN, Antonella D. Olson, University of Texas at Austin
Saturday, April 21 / 3:45 - 5:15 pm
Houston
Hall -
INNOVATIONS IN LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY: CONFRONTI. A CROSS-CULTURAL APPROACH
TO TEACHING ITALIAN, III
Organizers:
Kathryn K. McMahon and Nicoletta Marini, University of Pennsylvania
Chair: Kathryn K. McMahon, University of Pennsylvania
Kathryn McMahon, University of Pennsylvania
Nicoletta Marini, University of Pennsylvania
Giovanna Faleschini, University of Pennsylvania
Meg Greenberg, University of Pennsylvania