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Teach Yourself Italian, by American Pulitzer prize Jhumpa Lahiri

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/12/07/teach-yourself-italian

Internship and Scholarship Opportunities

Students in the Transnational Italian Studies Department have held internships that allow them to live in Italy and gain valuable work experience. Current opportunities include:

• Internship Programs in partnership with the city of Taormina
• Intern as a writer for L'Italo-Americano, a bi-weekly newspaper serving the Italian American community. 
• Scuola di Italiano Dante Alighieri  – Camerino-Recanati -
   -  www.scuoladantealighieri.org
• Summer in Italy at the Summer Camps at the Oratories of Lombardy.
• The Coccia Foundation Awards Criteria Awards Application
• ITALIANA – Language, Culture, Creativity in the World visit the website.
• The SITE Program (Study, Intercultural Training and Experience) is a paid internship program for English Teaching Assistants in the schools of the Region of Lombardy, Italy, for new graduates  who wish to get a better understanding of the Italian language and culture while assisting the Italian teachers in their work. The program, established in 2005, promotes linguistic and intercultural exchange within Europe and across the globe. The program is open to majors or minors. To be nominated contact Prof. Roberta Ricci, chair.

Italian past courses Spring 2021 (Giammei, Benetollo, Bozzato, Ricci)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHlthLHFGWhkOyHsTnJ_x7Q?app=desktop

Italian past courses Fall 2020 (Giammei, Benetollo, Bozzato, Ricci)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5wkNFFangY

What is Comparative Literature?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlX9trnLNh4

Comments by alumnae/i

• Laura Silla on the SITE program (video about her experience with the SITE Program), now MD https://medicine.utah.edu/internal-medicine/residents/laura-silla
• ​Allegra Flechter on the SITE program:  "After graduation, I spent two incredible years of my life in Milan, in northern Italy, with the SITE Program. Once past the initial culture shock and homesickness, I found myself right at home in this simultaneously busy and laid-back city. I had to decide to push past my comfort zone in many areas, and the resulting personal growth was more than worth it. Italy takes a combination of diligent preparation and winging it, and you have to be okay with things not going as planned. I became a natural at lazy strolls, ice-cream in hand of course, marveling again and again at the incredible architecture and landscaping around me. I met friends who have become family, I tried incredible cuisine, I am now a bit of a fashionista, and I have a repertoire of wonderful experiences I love telling my students of Italian. Nothing worth anything comes easy, but considering how incredible Milan was, my time there just might be the exception." http://allegrafletcher.com/
• Cindy Columbus on the SITE Program: "I worked at a high school called Istituto Salvador Allende in Milan. My job was to encourage speaking as much as possible in the classroom with dialogues, debates, games, discussions, etc. I think the best lesson I did was one in which I brought in a bunch of clothing and had the students create and act out dialogues as if they were at a store shopping. Outside of the classroom, I found that one challenging aspect of participating in SITE was building up my social life. Starting off, the only person my age that I knew was the other American teaching assistant at my school and my only commitment was the 12 hours of teaching required each week by the program. Some of the things that I did to change this were: 1) Joining a local gym. 2) Seeking out opportunities for giving private lessons. 3) Contacting and meeting up with other SITE assistants placed in Milan. 4) Looking for and attending events to meet locals. (Every Thursday, I went to a popular English-speaking happy hour at a bar and always met lots of Italians there.) There are plenty of ways to build a community in the city you're placed in. You just have to put in the effort! Overall, I really enjoyed my year in Milan and would be happy to answer any questions people have about my experience." 
• Matthew Reichwein on study abroad: "Il mio tempo in Sorrento, Italia è stato meraviglioso (2018) – le classi, i viaggi dappertutto, e le interazioni con tutti gli italiani, particolarmente la famiglia con cui vivevo e i parenti che ho incontrato in Calabria! Non vedo l’ora di tornare in Italia. Il video vi dà tutti i highlights del mio tempo, ma spero di raccontarvi tutto in più dettagli quando ritornerò nell’autunno." Video https://vimeo.com/537833360       https://www.severnschool.com/about-us/faculty--staff?letter=R

Study Abroad in Italy