Descriptions
Annavaleria Guazzieri – BICS and CALP and How Art Can Help Develop More Complex Language Skills
The workshop will focus on the different areas and levels that will have to be taken into account, when planning a thematic module focusing on Art in Italian, by a teaching partnership between the teacher of Art and the teacher of Italian as LS/L2 (whether they are two different people or a single teacher). The expected outcomes in terms of higher cognitive academic skills (for children of different ages) in both subjects will be illustrated taking into account suggestions and experiences from the participating teachers, who are welcome to share their experiences. The workshop will also facilitate creativity and integration amongst different forms of Art and the groundwork for initial instructional materials. Some examples of Italian visual arts (painting, sculpture, architecture) will be made available for the teachers to work on collaboratively as a basis for initial activities.
Matteo Broggini – Attivitalia
This workshop will present different techniques allowing to teach Italian L2/LS by instructional materials tied to art and history of art. The same techniques can be easily used with other cultural areas, such as history, geography and institutions. All these techniques are original and have been designed according to the following criteria: a) being dynamic and energizing; b) stimulating the practise of speaking, reading, listening, writing, grammar and vocabulary, always in a cooperative way; c) no prior knowledges are required, when cultural and /or historical contents are involved (students learn them throughout the activities); d) using all possible media: pictures, videos, texts, audios, music.
Matilde Fogliani and Louisanne Sardu – Italian Art through Advertisement
This workshop explores the connection between advertising, and art, and considers how TV commercials and billboards can be sources of pedagogical material for instructors of foreign language.
Dr. Sardu will present examples of Italian billboards from the 1950s and 1960s, discussing how their colors, forms, and slogans depicted the cultural themes that were prevalent in Italy at that time. For example, the Campari billboards by Italian futurist artist Fortunato Depero (1860-1920) exemplified the congruity between entrepreneurialism and creativity that defined the era. They provide an excellent opportunity to push students’ imaginations by visually inviting them to practice new vocabulary, strengthen their knowledge of grammar, and deepen their knowledge of modern Italian history.
Ms. Fogliani will discuss contemporary marketing campaigns employing Italian works of art in consumer-oriented promotions. Utilizing popularly-recognized Italian artworks, enterprises elevate their products’ economic capital through juxtaposition alongside artworks of globally-acknowledged strong cultural capital. Italian artwork and artists are appropriated on an international scale – ‘La Gioconda’ alone has been utilized in commercial campaigns by every industry. In workshop, Fogliani will review the history and artistry of da Vinci through ‘La Storia d’Italia Secondo Tim’ (2011), a television marketing campaign depicting Leonardo within a meta-referential storyline. Following the first video episode, participants will learn about ‘La Gioconda’ and the artist. Following the second episode featuring ‘Lady with an Ermine’, participants will be asked to research and identify the painting in the video. She will then discuss the book Se I quadri potessero parlare by Guerrera and present related activities.
Gina Gallo – Using Art as the Pallet for World Language Instruction
The goal of this workshop is to offer an artistic spin on the teaching of a World Language curriculum. Please join us for an interactive, high energy, CREATIVE workshop that will use art as the vehicle for language learning. This workshop will inspire language teachers to infuse art (history, iconic works, famous artists etc.) into their curricula. This presentation will offer examples of artistic works from ancient and contemporary Italy and will supply templates that can be modified for any language. The workshop will be divided in two parts, the first will be an introduction with examples and ideas by the presenter and the second will be devoted to personalizing the experience for each attendee.
Biographies
Annavaleria Guazzieri. Nata a Venezia e laureata a Ca’ Foscari in Lingue e Letterature Orientali (Hindi), con un dottorato di ricerca in glottodidattica ed esperienze di formazione e progettazione, anche internazionali, tra le quali una borsa di studio Fulbright e una del British Council, ho insegnato lingua e civiltà inglese in diverse scuole delle provincia di Venezia. Mi sono occupata di formazione iniziale ed in servizio dei docenti presso l’IRRE del Veneto e presso la SSIS del Veneto. Ho interessi di ricerca nel campo dell’apprendimento delle lingue straniere e seconde, nell’apprendimento cooperativo e nelle tecnologie. Dal 2007 sono Dirigente Scolastica, prima all’I.C. “A. Gramsci” di Campalto, quindi al Liceo “Marco Polo-Liceo Artistico” di Venezia, scuole dove ho promosso progetti di collaborazione e scambio a livello locale, europeo ed internazionale.
Matteo Broggini is an Italian L2 teacher (Centro di Lingua e Cultura italiana per Stranieri and Fashion Institute of Technology New York@Politecnico di Milano), a researcher in Applied Linguistics (Centro di Lingua e Cultura Italiana per Stranieri) and a freelance teacher trainer based in Milan. He holds a Degree in Literature (University of Milan) and a Master’s ITALS (University of Venice). He is also affiliated member of FLAME (Film, Languages and Media in Education) at the Manchester Metropolitan University. His research focuses on topics such as: 1) teaching with full length movies (Come didattizzare un intero film); 2) teaching with short videos (In video brevitas); 3) using film literacy as a tool for language teaching (Le città visibili); 4) teaching with parody (Parodiamo italiano!); 5) art, history and geography at the core of the language curriculum (AttivItalia); 6) dynamic and multisensory teaching of grammar (I sabati del linguaggio). Since 2015 he is the editor of the blog Corti didattici (https://corti-didattici.weebly.com/).
Matilde Fogliani was born and raised in Mestre, Venezia where she attended Ca’ Foscari University for her BA and MA in Foreign Languages and Literatures (English and Spanish). She moved to New York City in 2012 for Ph.D. studies at The Graduate Center, CUNY, and is presently a resident of Hoboken, NJ.
Ms. Fogliani is an ABD Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Literature with an Italian Specialization, and she is currently working on her dissertation on feminism and female writings under Fascism. She has presented academic research at symposiums at Rutgers University, Alpha Gamma Bullshit, and as a fellow in University of Notre Dame’s Irish Seminar.
She has been an adjunct lecturer of Italian language, conversation and literature for six years, teaching at Fordham University, Pace University, Hunter College, and several colleges in the CUNY system. She is also experienced in secondary school teaching, having earned a NJ Certificate of Eligibility for teaching Italian and Spanish language, an Advanced Placement certification, and certification by Syracuse University Project Advance. Matilde has spent two years as an instructor in Montclair University’s Italian Immersion Summer Program, and spent a year teaching language at the high school level.
Luisanna Sardu è visiting assistant professor di Italiano e Spagnolo presso il Manhattan College. Ha completato il suo dottorato al Graduate Center della City University of New York (CUNY) dove si è specializzata in studi rinascimentali. Prima del dottorato ha conseguito il master in studi comparati con specializzazione in linguistica presso la Florida Atlantic University. La Dott.ssa Sardu ha insegnato in diversi college del consorzio CUNY, in alcune scuole superiori in Florida e brevemente alla United Nations International School. Continuando la sua ricerca di specializzazione in studi rinascimentali, ha pubblicato sul Sixteenth Century Journal mentre seguendo il suo interesse per l’insegnamento della lingua Italiana all’estero ha pubblicato “Learning with Technology: the impact of video presentations on Italian Oral Skills” sul journal TILCA della Georgetown University. In questo momento sta collaborando con la Dott.ssa Matilde Fogliani per la creazione di una serie di unità didattiche dedicate alla pubblicità italiana, dal Carosello ai giorni nostri.
Gina Gallo has been an Italian teacher at Bristol Central High School in Bristol, CT for the last 13 years. Gina earned her bachelor’s degree in Italian and Spanish Education and Master’s degrees in both Italian and Romance Languages from Southern Connecticut State University. Gina has been the president of the Connecticut Italian Teachers Association since 2013 and looks forward to continue working to support Italian teachers in the US. Gina enthusiastically coordinates both a study abroad program in Taormina, Sicily and a thriving exchange program with the G. Nolfi school in Fano. Gina was the proud recipient of the 2016 Coccia-Inserra Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Teaching of Italian and is honored to continue working with Montclair State and the Coccia Foundation. Gina loves to collaborate and learn from fellow teachers and students, please feel free to contact her at ginagallo@bristolk12.org or @CTITALTEACHERS on twitter.