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DiversITALY: Elementary Italian with Inclusive Language and Gender Equality Volume 1

DiversITALY: Elementary Italian with Inclusive Language and Gender Equality Volume 1

Author(s): Francesca Calamita , Chiara De Santi

Edition: 1

Copyright: 2022

Edition: 1

Copyright: 2022

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An Inclusive Approach to Learning Italian!

DiversITALY: Elementary Italian with Inclusive Language and Gender Equality stems from the necessity of actively engaging with current Italian society.  Readers learn Italian while critically thinking about the gendered politics of the language and how to use it in an inclusive way. They will be immersed in a journey to discover Italian arts, cinema, music, literature, food, fashion and design as well as to explore a rapidly evolving 21st-century society and its socio-cultural frame.

DiversITALY: Elementary Italian with Inclusive Language and Gender Equality by Francesca Calamita and Chiara De Santi:

  • describes Italy as it is today, by acknowledging its social challenges, its cultural achievements, and its continuing evolution.
  • teaches students conventional Italian grammar, yet it makes them aware of the evolving scenario and debate concerning inclusive language.
  • explains how to use Italian in a more inclusive way, including all professions declined in the feminine forms, the use of asterisks, slashes and schwa, as well as other forms of experimentation.
  • reflects the authors’ belief that learning a new language can have a predominant role in shaping globally-oriented generations who desire to improve the current social scenario and pursue gender equality, inclusion, and diversity at all levels.
  • is divided into six chapters; the first is an shorter introductory chapter where the alphabet and pronunciation are introduced. Each chapter concerns a different theme: from Italian families to Italian cuisine, from the Italian visual arts to Italian cinema, among others.
  • integrates dialogues, grammar structures, practice exercises, conversation prompts, and an online workbook so students can practice and assess their comprehension.

I contenuti del testo

Prefazione

Chapter 1 Iniziamo

Chapter 2 Il mondo dell’istruzione e del lavoro

Chapter 3 Le famiglie italiane e le loro diversità

Chapter 4 La cucina italiana

Chapter 5 Viaggio nelle arti italiane

Chapter 6 Ciak si gira: l’italia e il cinema

Francesca Calamita

Francesca Calamita is Associate Professor at the University of Virginia (UVa) in the USA, where she teaches Italian Studies, Women, Gender and Sexuality, and is also a College Fellow in General Education; she is the Director of UVa in Italy: Siena and Florence, and the Director of Italian Studies. At UVa’s Institute of World Languages, she coordinates several research groups and funded activities focusing on experiential learning, intercultural citizenship education, and community-based pedagogy. She holds a PhD from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and worked on her postdoctoral project at the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women’s Writing of the University of London, UK.  Her research interests concern second language acquisition, particularly the intersections between language and gender, cultural studies and transnational gender issues in women’s writing, cinema and pop culture; she is a widely published scholar in these areas.

Chiara De Santi
Chiara De Santi is Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Italian Language Coordinator at Farmingdale State College, SUNY, where she teaches courses in Italian language, culture, cinema, and international film in face-to-face, hybrid, and online formats. Her courses are all interdisciplinary in content and approach, and integrate applied learning components. At her institution, she fosters the introduction of COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) in the curriculum, having collaborated with Italy, Japan, Mexico, and South Africa. She received a Ph.D. in Italian from the University of Wisconsin- Madison, a Ph.D. and a Master of Research in History from the European University Institute, and a Laurea (M.A. equivalent) in Languages from the University of Florence, Italy. Her research interests and publications include Italian as a second language, cinema, Italian culture, literature, and history.

An Inclusive Approach to Learning Italian!

DiversITALY: Elementary Italian with Inclusive Language and Gender Equality stems from the necessity of actively engaging with current Italian society.  Readers learn Italian while critically thinking about the gendered politics of the language and how to use it in an inclusive way. They will be immersed in a journey to discover Italian arts, cinema, music, literature, food, fashion and design as well as to explore a rapidly evolving 21st-century society and its socio-cultural frame.

DiversITALY: Elementary Italian with Inclusive Language and Gender Equality by Francesca Calamita and Chiara De Santi:

  • describes Italy as it is today, by acknowledging its social challenges, its cultural achievements, and its continuing evolution.
  • teaches students conventional Italian grammar, yet it makes them aware of the evolving scenario and debate concerning inclusive language.
  • explains how to use Italian in a more inclusive way, including all professions declined in the feminine forms, the use of asterisks, slashes and schwa, as well as other forms of experimentation.
  • reflects the authors’ belief that learning a new language can have a predominant role in shaping globally-oriented generations who desire to improve the current social scenario and pursue gender equality, inclusion, and diversity at all levels.
  • is divided into six chapters; the first is an shorter introductory chapter where the alphabet and pronunciation are introduced. Each chapter concerns a different theme: from Italian families to Italian cuisine, from the Italian visual arts to Italian cinema, among others.
  • integrates dialogues, grammar structures, practice exercises, conversation prompts, and an online workbook so students can practice and assess their comprehension.

I contenuti del testo

Prefazione

Chapter 1 Iniziamo

Chapter 2 Il mondo dell’istruzione e del lavoro

Chapter 3 Le famiglie italiane e le loro diversità

Chapter 4 La cucina italiana

Chapter 5 Viaggio nelle arti italiane

Chapter 6 Ciak si gira: l’italia e il cinema

Francesca Calamita
Francesca Calamita

Francesca Calamita is Associate Professor at the University of Virginia (UVa) in the USA, where she teaches Italian Studies, Women, Gender and Sexuality, and is also a College Fellow in General Education; she is the Director of UVa in Italy: Siena and Florence, and the Director of Italian Studies. At UVa’s Institute of World Languages, she coordinates several research groups and funded activities focusing on experiential learning, intercultural citizenship education, and community-based pedagogy. She holds a PhD from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and worked on her postdoctoral project at the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women’s Writing of the University of London, UK.  Her research interests concern second language acquisition, particularly the intersections between language and gender, cultural studies and transnational gender issues in women’s writing, cinema and pop culture; she is a widely published scholar in these areas.

Chiara De Santi
Chiara De Santi
Chiara De Santi is Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Italian Language Coordinator at Farmingdale State College, SUNY, where she teaches courses in Italian language, culture, cinema, and international film in face-to-face, hybrid, and online formats. Her courses are all interdisciplinary in content and approach, and integrate applied learning components. At her institution, she fosters the introduction of COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) in the curriculum, having collaborated with Italy, Japan, Mexico, and South Africa. She received a Ph.D. in Italian from the University of Wisconsin- Madison, a Ph.D. and a Master of Research in History from the European University Institute, and a Laurea (M.A. equivalent) in Languages from the University of Florence, Italy. Her research interests and publications include Italian as a second language, cinema, Italian culture, literature, and history.