List of some of the sources for readings/articles/excerpts included in the course:

 

QUOTIDIANI

• Corriere della Sera (quotidiano di orientamento di centro)
• Il Fatto Quotidiano (quotidiano di orientamento di centro-sinistra)
• Il Foglio (quotidiano di orientamento di centro-destra)
• Gazzetta dello sport (quotidiano sportivo)
• Libero (quotidiano di orientamento di centro-destra)
• Il Manifesto (quotidiano di orientamento di sinistra)
• L'Osservatore Romano (quotidiano del Vaticano)
• Il Sole 24 Ore (quotidiano di finanza e economia)
• La Stampa (quotidiano di orientamento di centro)
• La Repubblica (quotidiano di orientamento di centro-sinistra)

LIBRI e OPERE DI LETTERATURA

• Fratello Bancomat di Stefano Benni
• L'Infinito di Leopardi
• Si fossi foco di Cecco Angiolieri
• excerpts from La lunga vita di Marianna Ucria di Dacia Maraini
• excerpts from Fabio Volo articles and books
• excerpts from La scrittrice abita qui di Petrignani
• excerpts from La Divina Commedia di Dante
• excerpts from Essere scrittore di Elio Vittorini
  

List of some of the sources for audiovisuals included in the course:

• http://www.rai.it/dl/rai/news.html (audiovideo - servizio radiotelevisivo nazionale)
• http://www.storiainrete.com/i-documentari-di-storia-in-rete/
• http://www.treccani.it/webtv/video_enciclopedia.html?page=2
• La Repubblica video
• Dialetto e Lingua italiana di Camilleri
• Il futuro della lingua italiana di Umberto Eco
• Radio and TV advertisements
• Interview with Gino Strada, founder of Emergency
• Interview with journalist and writer Tiziano Terzani

 

List of suggested movies to be watched during the course (students have to watch at least 2 movies during the course. They can choose from our selection or they can propose different movies to the teacher who will have to approve them):

• L'avventura di Antonioni
• Storia di ragazzi e ragazze di Avati
• Johnny Stecchino di Benigni
• Down by law con Benigni
• Il giardino dei Finzi Contini di De Sica
• Ladri di biciclette di De Sica
• Amarcord di Fellini
• l clowns di Fellini
• Prove d'orchestra di Fellini
• Lo sceicco bianco di Fellini
• La strada di Fellini
• La dolce vita di Fellini
• Caro diario di Moretti
• Il postino con Troisi
• Roma città aperta di Rossellini
• Paisa' di Rossellini
• Mediterraneo di Salvatores
• Padre padrone dei fratelli Taviani
• La notte delle stelle cadenti dei fratelli Taviani
• Nuovo Cinema Paradiso di Tornatore

See more here: https://www.cyberitalian.com/en/html/shopping_movies.html (Please note: some of the movies – e.g. La dolce vita – might be considered rated. Please watch the movie before you recommend it.)

 

List of suggested singers and composers to listen to during the course (students have to listen to at least 16 songs during the entire course. They can choose from our selection or they can propose different  songs to the teacher who will have to approve them):

 

Pop (Musica leggera)

• Renzo Arbore
• Franco Battiato
• Lucio Battisti
• Edoardo Bennato
• Andrea Bocelli
• Angelo Branduardi
• Fred Buscaglione
• Paolo Conte
• Lucio Dalla
• Pino Daniele
• Fabrizio De Andrè
• Francesco De Gregori
• Tiziano Ferro
• Matia Bazar
• Mina e Celentano
• Gino Paoli
• Patty Pravo
• Laura Pausini
• Eros Ramazzotti
• Vasco Rossi
• Ornella Vanoni
• Zucchero

See suggested songs: https://www.cyberitalian.com/en/html/shopping_music.html

 

TRIAL LESSONS AND ACTIVITIES

SELF-ADMINISTERED LESSONS FROM THE CYBERITALIAN WEBSITE

 

Intermediate Lesson 2 - Pino e Rossini a Milano

Pino begins his voyage through Italy to understand what friendship is.

Learn to express yourself with more complex sentences and make comparisons. "Se, che, perché"; comparative and superlative. Idiomatic expressions.

Activity: opera.

http://www.cyberitalian.com/en/html/i_2.html

 

Advanced Lesson 2 - Pino cerca lavoro e ne parla con Dante

Pino wants to be rich and famous, he looks for a job and talks about it with Dante.

Learn to write a resume. "Infinito", "gerundio" and "participio"; verbs with prepositions; "diminutivi, peggiorativi".

Activity: write your resume.

http://www.cyberitalian.com/en/html/a_2.html

 

 

ACTIVITIES FROM THE CYBERITALIAN WEBSITE

 

5 consigli per praticare con le canzoni:

https://www.cyberitalian.com/en/html/act_212.html

 

10 consigli per praticare con i film:

https://www.cyberitalian.com/en/html/act_211.html

 

10 consigli per praticare con il telegiornale:

https://www.cyberitalian.com/en/html/act_213.html

 

Is Grammar scaring you? (Structure of the Italian phrase)

https://www.cyberitalian.com/en/html/act_225.html

 

To stay or to go? (verbs: andare, venire, restare)

https://www.cyberitalian.com/en/html/act_165.html

 

 

PLEASE NOTE: ACCESS TO ALL CYBERITALIAN SELF-ADMINISTERED LESSONS (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced) AND ACTIVITIES IS AVAILABLE FOR ONLY $4.95 MONTHLY.

 

Teacher and students can access the lessons online, (print the lessons if they wish), and use them in class or at home. Students can complete the lessons, exercises and exams online for automatic grade recording and www.cyberitalian.com a personalized Progress Report.

Teacher or students can print out the Progress Report at the end of the semester (this is a big help for teachers.)

In this way teachers have more time to help students in class and reinforce their language learning with conversation, role-playing and engaging activities.

 

AP teachers could use the CyberItalian lessons and activities as part of their syllabus

 

LIST OF LESSONS: https://www.cyberitalian.com/en/html/lessons.html

 

LIST OF ACTIVITIES: activities

 

MORE INFO: https://www.cyberitalian.com/en/html/self_study_schools.html

 

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