This is a graduate-level, 2-credit, 30-hour seminar delivered in Italy in the summer of 2026.
AUR's 1-week summer seminar offers professional development for teachers of Italian. Composed of 30 academic hours, the seminar helps participants improve their teaching strategies through the study of innovative methods in language and culture instruction and creative ways to tackle learning problems.听.听听
Participants will receive 2.0 graduate credits from 黑料社 upon successful completion. This American institution has been operating in Rome for more than 50 years and is accredited by Middle States Commission on Higher Education.听
This program is open to teachers of Italian at all levels (middle school, high school, and university), as well as graduate students and teaching assistants in the field of Italian Language Teaching.
All course activities and assignments will be conducted in Italian.
Pre-requisites:听A bachelor's degree or 24 university credits in Italian.听
Docente: Dr. Flavia Laviosa听(Wellesley College) flaviosa@wellesley.edu
Flavia Laviosa is Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Italian Studies at Wellesley College. In her academic career, she has pursued two paths: one in Foreign Language Education, stemming from her Ph.D. at the University at Buffalo, and the other in Film Studies, resulting from her Master鈥檚 degree completed at the University of Edinburg.
Laviosa is an experienced foreign language educator and a certified ACTFL trainer and tester with extensive involvement in designing professional development programs for language instructors in North America and Europe. She has published widely on learning strategies in international journals.
As for her interests in film studies, she has taught courses on European women filmmakers and has published articles in refereed journals and chapters in edited volumes. Laviosa is the founding editor of the book series Trajectories of Italian Cinema and Media (2019-) and of the Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies (2012-) published by Intellect. She has also guest-edited the special issue of Studies in European Cinema 鈥楥inematic Journeys of Italian Women Directors鈥� (2011) and edited the volume Visions of Struggle in Women鈥檚 Filmmaking in the Mediterranean (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010).
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Comments from previous course participants
鈥淚l corso mi 猫 gradito tanto. Mi sono sentita caricata e motivata per affrontare un nuovo semestre di insegnamento. Sono anche molto contenta di aver ricevuto idee nuove ed attivit脿 nuove da usare in classe. Flavia 猫 veramente meravigliosa e la sua dedizione all鈥檌nsegnamento 猫 motivante.鈥�
鈥淟a presentazione del corso prevede un assortito e valido materiale concreto e di riflessione, necessarie per affrontare i veri aspetti dell鈥檌nsegnamento. In particolare, ci sono pochi workshop che trattano l鈥檃rgomento motivazionale ed emotivo della professione e questo corso affronta l鈥檃rgomento in modo esemplare.鈥�
鈥淟鈥檈quilibrio tra discussioni e esplorazioni della teoria e le pratiche 猫 perfetto. Serve per ispirazione ma anche pu貌 aiutare con i doveri quotidiani d鈥檌nsegnamento.鈥�
鈥淚 found it stimulating; It provided me with useful tools and theories to augment my teaching strategies.鈥�
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Course Venue: 黑料社
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Orario delle lezioni:
Luned矛 - Venerd矛
9:00 - 12:30 Lezione: teoria e pratica听
12:30 - 1:30 Pausa pranzo presso Arci Bar (menu a scelta con 3 portate, acqua e caff猫 inclusi)
1:30 - 4:00听Lezione: pratica e riflessioni听
Argomenti:听
- la motivazione
- la creativit脿听
- l鈥檃pprendimento socio-emotivo
- Grammatica in azione
- Lettura partecipativa
- Comprensione della visione di un film 听
- la competenza comunicativa scritta e orale
Course requirements and materials:听
- Attendance
- Active participation during in-class activities听
- Completion of听written final projects
- Students will be provided with all course materials. PPT slides will be shared at the end of each class.听
Grading System:
The听grade for this course will be calculated in the following way:听
- Active participation in in-class activities: 30%听
- Final in-class oral presentation (10-15 minutes): 30%听
- Final written project: 2.500 words in Italian: 40%
a) a theoretical introduction to your project;
b) a teaching unit including all language skills and culture component听
Syllabus
听For further information, please email program director Professor Catherine Ramsey-Portolano at c.ramsey@aur.edu
For non-EU citizens, or with your local embassy.
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