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Riccio, Rose Marie – Italica, 1974
The need for extra-curricular activity to supplement Italian classroom learning is discussed. Five programs are described which focus on individual needs and active student participation. These include: tutorial work; language laboratory use; independent study; group activities, and work with the Italian community. (AM)
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Field Experience Programs, Independent Study, Individualized Instruction
Birnbaum, Lucia Chiavola – 1987
The assimilation of Italians into American culture led to the loss of the Italian language, and an oral tradition of Italian peasants in which Italian feminist philosophy was grounded. The legends, parables, and proverbs told by these Italian women challenged the teachings of Catholicism, perpetuating an underground religious tradition which…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Activism, Females, Feminism
Novak, Michael – Center Magazine, 1974
Defines the new ethnicity as an effort to attain an accurate self-knowledge on the part of members of the 3rd and 4th generation of southern and eastern European immigrants in the United States. Discusses opposing trends and argues for a new multicultural pluralism to replace the single recipe of the melting pot. (EH)
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Blacks, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background
Tomasi, S. M., Ed. – 1977
The essays prepared for this symposium range from the scholarly and highly structured to the impressionistic and subjective. Together, they comprise a substantive exploration of Italian American life and serve as a model for research into American ethnicity. In the papers three different areas are addressed: (1) current research and issues in the…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Status, Ethnicity

Carlisi, John A. – 1979
An exploratory research study was undertaken to determine the extent of drug abuse in three ethnic neighborhoods. The nature and scope of drug use among Italian and Polish Americans in three working class neighborhoods were examined in the light of the role class and cultural identity plays in the development and treatment of drug abuse. Results…
Descriptors: Community Role, Cultural Influences, Drug Abuse, Drug Use
Chapin, Helen Geracimos – 1977
The literature of Polish, Greek and Italian American women has been largely neglected in the American literary tradition. Through an analysis of female characters in a number of white ethnic autobiographical novels, this paper stresses the importance of an awareness of women's struggles which coincide with immigration history. It also points out…
Descriptors: Authors, Autobiographies, Characterization, Females

GILLERS, LILLIAN M.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE FIRST PART OF THIS CURRICULUM GUIDE FOR SUPERVISORS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS OF ITALIAN IS DEVOTED TO AN EXPLANATION OF THE PHILOSOPHY, OBJECTIVES, COURSE CONTENT, AND METHODS OF TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. IN THE SECOND PART, THE TOPICS TO BE TAUGHT ARE DEVELOPED IN DETAIL. EACH TOPIC FOR THE FIRST, SECOND, AND…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Curriculum Guides, FLES, Instructional Materials
Berretta, Monica – 1977
A generative semantic model for a componential analysis of prepositions in Italian sentences is described and critiqued. According to the model, a sentence is analyzed in terms of a "predicate" plus one or more "arguments." The model emphasizes the semantic role of prepositions and regards this role as the basis for a syntactic…
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Componential Analysis, Deep Structure, Grammar
Butovsky, Lillian; McHugh, John – 1978
This book of Italian-English phrases intended for Italian-speaking immigrants is divided into two main sections. Part One contains the grammatical section, a pronunciation guide, and basic words and phrases a newly arrived Italian-speaking person would need to get along in an English speaking environment. Grammatical notes in Part One indicate…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Vocabulary, English (Second Language), Grammar
Rocklyn, Eugene H. – 1965
This Foreign Service Institute (FSI) introductory course in Italian is designed especially for use by U.S. personnel at overseas missions. The text is a field manual for instructors trained and operating under the supervision of an FSI Regional Language Supervisor. The fifteen units of the text cover basic vocabulary, pronunciation exercises,…
Descriptors: Institutes (Training Programs), Instructional Materials, Italian, Language Instruction
Defense Language Inst., Washington, DC. – 1971
This booklet has been assembled in order to provide students of Italian with a compact source of cultural information on their target area. Chapters include discussion of: (1) introduction to Italian; (2) origins of the Italian population; (3) geography; (4) history including the Roman Era, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the "Risorgimento," and…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Cultural Education, Demography, Foreign Countries
Schroeder, Konrad – Neusprachliche Mitteilungen, 1977
A student questionnaire at Augsburg University revealed that students overwhelmingly favored continuing to study foreign languages begun in school, but also beginning Italian, Spanish or Russian. Speaking and auditory understanding were rated higher than reading and writing. Over two-thirds favored English as a common European language. (Text is…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Italian

Radford, Andrew – Journal of Linguistics, 1978
All modern Romance languages except Rumanian have a class of causative + infinitive construction in which the infinitive subject surfaces as an agentive. This article investigates the question of how agentivization of the infinitive subject is to be handled in these languages. (DS)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Italian, Language Patterns

Purbhoo, Mary; Shapson, Stan – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1977
A pilot bilingual project was set up for children of Italian immigrants. Before entering first grade, the children attend junior and senior kindergarten classes with children of similar linguistic and cultural background. The classes are designed to make the children's adjustment to school more comfortable and to facilitate parent involvement.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), Italian, Kindergarten

Passi, Michael M. – Journal of Ethnic Studies, 1975
Asserts that the history of white ethnics has been written far too long as the story of disorganization and disintegration. Argues that the themes of rebirth and creativity should be explored, discarding the myth of the American as a new man emerging after stripping away Old World traditions and institutions. (Author/RJ)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Church Role, Cultural Influences, Ethnic Groups