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A professional development course for teachers of Italian. Multi-disciplinary Perspectives in Italian Language Teaching: Psychology and Methodology in Italian Language Teaching

This is a graduate-level, 2-credit, 30-hour seminar delivered in Italy in the summer of 2025.

AUR's 1-week summer seminar offers professional development for teachers of Italian. Composed of 30 academic hours, the seminar helps participants improve their teaching strategies by studying innovative language and culture instruction methods and creative ways to tackle learning problems.ÌýÌý

Participants will receive 2.0 graduate credits from Â鶹¹ÙÍø University of Rome upon successful completion. This American institution has been operating in Rome for more than 50 years and is accredited by Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

This program is open to teachers of Italian at all levels (middle school, high school, and university), as well as graduate students and teaching assistants in the field of Italian Language Teaching.

All course activities and assignments will be conducted in Italian.

Pre-requisites:ÌýA bachelor's degree or 24 university credits in Italian.Ìý

Course Professor: Dr. Flavia Laviosa

Flavia Laviosa is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Italian Studies at Wellesley College. In her academic career, she has pursued two paths: one in Foreign Language Education, stemming from her Ph.D. at the University at Buffalo, and the other in Film Studies, resulting from her Master’s degree completed at the University of Edinburg.

Laviosa is an experienced foreign language educator and a certified ACTFL trainer and tester with extensive involvement in designing professional development programs for language instructors in North America and Europe. She has published widely on learning strategies in international journals.

As for her interests in film studies, she has taught courses on European women filmmakers and has published articles in refereed journals and chapters in edited volumes. Laviosa is the founding editor of the book series Trajectories of Italian Cinema and Media (2019-) and of the Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies (2012-) published by Intellect. She has also guest-edited the special issue of Studies in European Cinema ‘Cinematic Journeys of Italian Women Directors’ (2011) and edited the volume Visions of Struggle in Women’s Filmmaking in the Mediterranean (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010).

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Course Venue: Â鶹¹ÙÍø University of Rome

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Schedule:
Monday-Thursday
09:00 - 12:30 ÌýÌý ÌýInstruction and class activities
12:30 - 13:30 ÌýÌý ÌýLunch break (lunch included in course fee)Ìý
13:30 - 16:30 ÌýÌý ÌýInstruction and class activities

Friday
09:00 - 12:30 ÌýÌý ÌýInstruction and class activities
12:30 - 13:30 Ìý Ìý Closing lunch (lunch included in course fee)Ìý

Topics:Ìý

  • motivation
  • creativity
  • social-emotional learningÌý
  • intercultural competence
  • stress and fatigue in teaching.

Course requirements and materials:Ìý

  • Attendance
  • Active participation during in-class activitiesÌý
  • Completion of oral and written final projects
  • Students will be provided with all course materials. PPT slides will be shared at the end of each class.Ìý

Syllabus

ÌýFor further information, please email program director Professor Catherine Ramsey-Portolano at c.ramsey@aur.edu

For non-EU citizens, or with your local embassy.

Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives in Italian Language Teaching.

To apply for this program, please fill in the form below. Once you have submitted the form, you will receive instructions on how to pay the course deposit.

Application deadline:
Submit the application form and non-refundable deposit* of €250 by March 30, 2025.

Deposit payment instructions will be emailed to you upon receipt of your application.

If you require further information before applying, please contact the Seminar Director, Professor Catherine Ramsey-Portolano, at c.ramsey@aur.edu

* deposits will be refunded if minimum number of seminar participants is not reached
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