TILCA

Teaching Italian Language and Culture Annual

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2024 Issue:

Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, “Redefining ‘Cultural Importance’ in the Italian Classroom: Languages Across the Curriculum via MADE IN ITALY1”

Tom Means, “The Power of Story in Film for Language Learning”

Roberta Pennasilico, “Come costruire un corso efficace di Advanced Placement© di italiano.”

Emanuele Pettener, “Insegnare la lingua italiana attraverso la letteratura”

Ilaria Serra, ““Italia cantata”: Insegnare storia e lingua attraverso la canzone”

 

2023 Issue:

Anna Cellinese, “Words Matter: Rethinking Vocabulary Acquisition in Light of Critical Pedagogy.”

Chiara De Santi, “Non tutto il male viene per nuocere durante una pandemia: Connecting Teaching, Scholarship, and Service.”

Rossella Di Rosa and Julia Heim, “Tying Thoughts and Forging Bonds in Language and Content Instruction.”

Morena Svaldi, “Engaging Students in Conversations about Social Justice and Change in Italy.”

Tom Means, “A Trip Deep into the Italian Alps,” Film Review of The Eight Mountains.”

Anthony Julian Tamburri, “Italian Americans and African Americans 50 Years Later”

 

2022 Special Issue: The Importance of (Multimedia) Input for Italian Second/Foreign Language Acquisition

Tom Means Interviews Stephen Krashen for TILCA’s Special Issue on Input

Rossella Di Rosa, “Enhancing Foreign Language Learning and Interaction Inside and Outside the Classroom through Video Streaming Services.”

Fabio Battista, “Black Italians And the Case of Zero: Developing Intercultural Competence through Authentic Audiovisuals in the Beginner Italian Classroom.”

Francesca Muccini, “Teaching Culture: Exploring, Viewing, Discussing and Simulating an Opera Production.”

2022 Peer-reviewed Teaching Module:

Chiara Trebaiocchi, “L’evoluzione dell’italiano medio: tra stereotipi, satira e realtà”

 

2021 Issue:

Cellinese, Anna ENVISIONING WHAT THEY CAN’T SEE Tips and Tools for Teaching a World Language to Visually Impaired Students

Ferrante Perrone, Lisa and Ferrara, Giuliana C. SURVEY SAYS: College Student’s Perception of Community in the Online Italian Classroom

Roberto Dolci, Language Teachers and Textbooks as Cultural Ambassadors and Mediators

 

2020 Issue:  “Teaching During Covid.”

Bjekovic, Nina and Tumolo, Joseph ITALIAN IN THE DIGITAL SPHERE Online Teaching During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Conoscenti, Rosalia Incoraggiare la partecipazione dell’apprendente la scommessa (vincente) della didattica digitale

D’Elia-Zunino, Renée The Decameron’s Lessons, and My 100 Days of Seeking Ways to Alleviate the Pain of COVID-19 in My Italian Classes

Eibenstein-Alvisi, Irene Blogging Italy

Forlino, Marino Culture-Based and Community-Engaged Courses From languages and cultures in the community to communities of language and culture learners

Picicci, Chris Going from Face-to-Face to Online Teaching during the COVID-19 Pandemic Designing Curriculum in the Digital Age

Porcarelli, Angela Challenging Social Distancing with Online Teaching

Vegna, Veronica Teaching in the Time of COVID-19 Reflections on Teaching Italian Film during the Pandemic

Bartalesi-Graf, Daniela et al Creating a Global Online Learning Community The Case of a Language MOOC During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic

 

2019 Issue:

Bonanno, Richard The Seven Cardinal Virtues of Italian Studies

Means, Tom Responsible Language Teaching: A Definition in Flux

 

2018 Issue:

Ghelli, Samuel Insegnare senza il tradizionale textbook: Vantaggi del ‘manuale’ autoprodotto nell’insegnamento dell’italiano in Nord America

Iannuzzi, Giulia Là dove ‘l sì suona. L’italiano lingua seconda nei conservatori di musica italiani*

Tancredi, Francesco La sfida di decentramento nel laboratorio di “scrittura teatrale documentata”

Perrone, Lisa Ferrante (Re)Learning to Read

Morosin, Maria Simona Performative Pedagogy and Choreography for the Classroom

 

2018 Issue: Special issue

Innovation in Italian Programs and Pedagogy. Special Issue. 2018

 

2017 Issue:

Nicoletta Cherubini “CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING: STATE OF THE ART AND INSIGHTS INTO FUTURE GLOBAL SCENARIOS. AN INTERVIEW WITH DAVID MARSH”

Francesco Diodato “BELIEFS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING:RESEARCH ON JAPANESE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS STUDYING ITALIAN”

Samuel Ghelli BOOK REVIEW Bruna Petrarca Boyle and John Giovannelli. Chiarissimo: Uno (2014) and Due (2016). Freeport, ME: Wayside Publishing.

 

2016 Issue:

Tom Means and Larry Selinker, “Interlanguage Stretching within a Task-based Empirical Pedagogy”

Louise Hipwell and Donatella Melucci, “From Traditional to Hybrid: A Comparative Study of Student Performance and Perceptions”

Mirella Pederzoli, “Il materiale visivo nei manuali di italiano L2“

Erika Piazzoli, “Mapping an Ethnography of Change in Teachers of Italian (L2) Learning Process Drama“

 

2015 Issue:

Janice M. Aski, “Hybridity and Elementary Italian Language Courses: A Leap of Faith?“