L'Italo-Americano

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2012 L'Italo-Americano PAGE 19 ALESSANDRA MASTROIANNI STAFF WRITER Intercomprehension refers to the spontaneous phenomenon of rec- iprocal comprehension between their language, literature and cul- ture classes consists in fact of Spanish speakers, and high chances are that many other schools may have the same high percentage of Spanish speaking students in their language class- es. How can this affect and make the difference in teaching and learning the Italian language? Intercomprehension is the key. Long Beach, has one of the most successful Italian programs in the country. In January 2012 the University received a $100,000 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant for French and Italian for Spanish Speakers. The 70-80% of the students in be taken into consideration when teaching a language is the ethnic reality, an element that can turn into a plus if used the right way. California State University, New Audiences for Italian: Learning a language through Intercomprehension One of the factors that have to AAIS (American Association of Italian Studies), CICIS (California Interdisciplinary Consortium of Italian Studies) to introduce them to Intercompre- hension-based teaching methods. Participants have been encour- aged to discuss the new approach to languages, have been given guidelines to apply the methodology of intercompre- hension, and had the chance to establish a network of collabora- tions for these new projects. The NEH grant will provide CSULB with funds to expand enabling students to read cultural texts of all kinds from the onset of language study. The one-day workshop Italian in tandem, speakers of related languages, an element that accelerates the acquisition process if supported by adequate teaching methods. The project French and Italian for Spanish Speakers transcends the traditional barriers that sepa- rate the study of language from content courses in other disci- plines; content and language are instead taught for Spanish Speakers, hosted by the IIC in Los Angeles and co- organized by The George L. Graziadio Center at CSULB, the Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles and the Italian Cultural Institute, closed the series of events for the Italian Language Week. It gathered Italian faculty in high schools, colleges and universities, togeth- er with members of ACTFL (American Council on Foreign Language Teaching), MLA (Modern Language Association), Intercomprehension methods; Content and method specialists will offer insight from the theory and practice of Intercomprehe- nsion in France, Italy, Mexico and Spain during the grant cycle. CSULB will become the California center of this new approach to language studies, and hopefully will be a model to look at for the teaching of for- eign languages in the future. the program. It will bring lan- guage-teaching faculty together from four Southern California institutions to explore Angelo J. Di Fusco, CPA Tax preparation & planning Financial statements & accounting Financial planning & budgeting quickbooks professional advisor & small business consulting Let's team up to cut your taxes 25 years experience Parliamo italiano 818/248-9779 www.difusco.com

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