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American Association of Teachers of Italian
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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
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New England: Flavia Laviosa
Wellesley College
California: Elissa Tognozzi, UCLA
New York State: Ida Giampietro Wilder
Greece Athena High School
New York State: Irene Marchegiani
SUNY, Stony Brook
Mid‑Atlantic: Francesca Savoia
University of Pittsburgh
Southeast‑Southern: Francesco Fiumara
Southeastern Louisiana University
Midwest: Colleen Ryan
Indiana University Bloomington
Plains‑Southwest: Ryan Calabretta‑Sajder
Rice University
Rocky Mountains‑Far West:
Cinzia Donatelli Noble
Brigham Young University
Canada: Paul A. Colilli
Laurentian University
Italy: Roberto Dolci
Università per Stranieri, Perugia
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EX‑OFFICIO MEMBERS
Andrea Ciccarelli: Editor, Italica, Indiana University Bloomington
Simona Bondavalli: Editor, AATI Newsletter, Vassar College
AATI National High School Contest Examination
Director: Bruna Petrarca Boyle
Società Onoraria Italica
President: Lucrezia Lindia
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 con 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
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
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
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'
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
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
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