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AATI @ ACTFL CONFERENCE PHILADELPHIA Nov. 16-18, 2012
Program
Friday, November 16, 2012
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Opening General Session
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Exhibit Hall Open with Welcome Coffee
11:00 a.m. – Noon
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 105A
AP® Italian Language and Culture Exam
Session Chair: Frank Nuessel, University of Louisville
Nicoletta Villa Sella, Linsly School, West Virginia Preparing for the new AP® Italian Language and Culture
Frank Nuessel, University of Louisville Giuseppe Cavatorta, University of Arizona Results of the 2012 AP® Italian Language and Culture Exam
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 106A
Italian Cinema Session Chair: Matilde Fava, SUNY, Farmingdale
Annunziata Pugliese, University of Colorado, Boulder From Canvas To Screen: Paolo Sorrentino’s Le conseguenze dell’amore
Matilde Fava, SUNY, Farmingdale Life is Beautiful: Fable or a Sanitized Outlook of the Holocaust 2
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 106B
Representing Work & Labor in Italian Culture I
Session Chair: Norma Bouchard, University of Connecticut
Juliann Vitullo, Arizona State University
John Alcorn, Trinity College
Marco Pacioni, Università della Tuscia
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 107A
Strategies and Best Practices for Exploring Global Challenges
Chair: Mario Costa, LaGuardia High School
Paola Morgavi, Northwestern University AP Italian: Strategies and Best Practices for Exploring Global Challenges.
Mario Costa, LaGuardia High School The Music of my iPod: Italian and Spanish Hip Hop
Cristiana Panicco, Sorrento Lingue, Study Abroad in Italy: Strategies for Authentic Cultural Exchange
Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 105A
Italian Pedagogy I
Session Chair: Laura Bresciani, New York University
Laura Bresciani, New York University Amicizia, Affetto, Amore: Engaging Students with the Topics of Love
Peter Alfieri, Roger Williams University Cultural Encounters and Similarities Across the Mediterranean 3
Salvatore Di Maria, University of Tennessee Italian Culture, History, and Language through its Songs
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 106A
Life Is Beautiful: Fifteen Years Later
Session Chair: Antonio Vitti, Indiana University
Virginia Picchietti, University of Scranton Present Absences in Life Is Beautiful
Millicent Marcus, Yale University Italian Holocaust Cinema in the After-Life of Life Is Beautiful
David Neumeyer, University of Texas, Austin Music and the Work of Fantasy in Life Is Beautiful
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 106B
Representing Work & Labor in Italian Culture II
Session Chair: Valerio Ferme, University of Colorado
Paolo Chirumbolo, Louisiana State University
Paola Bonifazio, University of Texas
William van Watson, Arizona State University
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 107A
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Reflections on the AP Exam a Year Later
Session Chair: Nicoletta Villa Sella, Linsly School, WV
Nicoletta Villa Sella, Linsly School, WV 4
Ida Wilder, Greece Athena High School, NY
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 105A
Italian Pedagogy II
Chair: Luisa Canuto, UBC
Rina Miraglia, Elementary and Middle School, New Jersey 21st Technology in the Italian Classroom
Luisa Canuto, UBC Micro-blogging in the Language Class: Driving from the Students' Seat
Valeria Palladino, International Heritage Language Association Storie Digitali e Podcasting
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 106A
Italian Culture
Session Chair: Augustus Mastri, University of Louisville
Augustus Mastri, University of Louisville Mito e simbolo in Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
Roberta Ricci, Bryn Mawr College Umanesimo: studi e testi, influssi e sviluppi
Louise Rozier, University of Arkansas Writing the Unthinkable in Romana Petri's Il baleniere delle montagne
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 106B
A National Data Base to Sustain the AP Italian Program
Session Chair: Daniel Stabile, National COPILAS
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Cristiano Maggipinto, Embassy of Italy in Washington
Paola Ebranati, Consulate General of Italy
Anna De Fina, Georgetown University
Daria Mizza, SAIS The Johns Hopkins University
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 107A
Incontri con il cinema italiano e la letteratura
Session Chair: Antonio Vitti, Indiana University
Claudio Mazzola, University of Washington Tra fiction televisiva e telenovelas: la psicosi di gruppo del cinema italiano oggi
Natalia Gionta, Miami Palmetto Senior High School La percezione del fenomeno mafioso attraverso il cinema
Andrea Ciccarelli, Indiana University Montalbano: un personaggio telegenico
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 105A
Italian Pedagogy III
Session Chair: Morena Svaldi, Mount Holyoke College
Morena Svaldi, Mount Holyoke College Building and Making Connections: The Value of an Internship in Italy
Francesco Fiumara, Southeastern Louisiana University Amadis , Palmerin & Co.: From Spanish Bestsellers to Italian Chartbusters
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 106A
L’italiano entra nell’era digitale: digital workbooks, interactive grammar, interactive quizzes and games, blogs, wikis and more, in an innovative multi-platform for Italian.
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Session Chair: Antonella Albano, Edizioni Edilingua
Cristiana Panicco, Sorrento Lingue
Rita Pasqui, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 107A
Using Surveys to Assess Students’ Perceptions: An Experience
Chairperson: Anna De Fina, Georgetown University
Donatella Melucci, Georgetown University
Anna De Fina, Georgetown University
3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 105A
Pedagogy IV
Session Chair: Roberta Waldbaum, University of Denver
Roberta Waldbaum, University of Denver Imagining and Imaging Rome
Ilaria Serra, Florida Atlantic University Women in Lyrics. Italian Women Protesting Through Music
Henry Batterman, Gonzaga University Grammar through Imagery: Inductive and Deductive Approaches
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 106B
Perspectives: Sustainability of AP Italian Language Program - Global Competition
Session Chair: Daniel Stabile, National COPILAS
Cristiano Maggipinto, Embassy of Italy in Washington
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Roberto Pennazzato, Consulate General of Italy
Daria Mizza, SAIS, The Johns Hopkins University Ilaria Costa, IACE
Ilaria Costa, Italian American Committee on Education
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 107A
Intercultural Competence
Session Chair: Paola Ebranati, Consulate General of Italy
Franca Riccardi, America-Italy Society, Philadelphia Miti culturali italiani attraverso la pubblicità e gli idiomi
Tiberio Snaidero, Queens College, CUNY Sviluppare la competenza (inter)culturale nella lezione di Italiano
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 105A
Pedagogy V
Session Chair: Roberto Dolci, Università per Stranieri di Perugia
Marco Salardi, Consulate General of Italy Italian Credentials in California
Giacomo Pierini, Alma Edizioni Nuovi materiali e nuove metodologie per l'insegnamento dell’italiano ad anglofoni
Roberto Dolci, Università per Stranieri di Perugia Who is the High School Italian language Student?
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 106A
Meeting of AATI Executive Council – By invitation only
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 106B
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La fata italiana
Session Chair: Lucia dalla Monta, Embassy of Italy, Washington, DC
Simona Rodana, Incanto Productions
Room 107B
6:15 p.m. -7:15 p.m.
AATI General Business Meeting
Room 107B
7:15 p.m. -8:30 p.m.
AATI Reception
Saturday, November 17, 2012
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 105A
Swap Shop Breakfast
Session Chair: Lucrezia Lindia, Eastchester High School
Bruna Boyle, University of Rhode Island
Lucrezia Lindia, Eastchester High School
Ida Wilder, Greece Athena High School
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Exhibit Hall Visit Free Time 9
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 105A
Italian Pedagogy VI
Session Chair: Rita Pasqui, University of Pennsylvania
Francesco Fiumara, Southeast Louisiana University Advertising Italian-style: Targeting and Marketing in the Age of Carosello
Sarah Annunziato, University of Virginia “Alla Fine Dei Corsi, Tutti al Mare:” Teaching with Carosello
Rita Pasqui, University of Pennsylvania Captioning and Subtitling as a Tool for Foreign Language Learning
Ilenia Pitti, La Scuola d’Italia, G. Marconi Educating the Bilingual Mind in the Bilingual School: A Successful Rreality
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 106A
AP Italian Language and Culture 2012 edition
Session Chair: Cristiano Maggipinto, Embassy of Italy in Washington
Lucia Dalla Montà, Italian Embassy
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 106B
Incontro con direttori di riviste: I
Session Chair: Anthony Mollica, Emeritus, Brock University
Nicoletta Marini-Maio, Dickinson College
Giuseppe Gazzola, Stony Brook University
Luigi Fontanella, Stony Brook University
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Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 107A
Innovative Approaches to the Italian Language and Culture Curriculum
Session Chair: Colleen Marie Ryan, Indiana University
Alessia Blad, University of Notre Dame
Karolina Serafin, Cornell University
Giorgio Corda, University of Colorado
Silvia Dupont, University of Virginia SCPS
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 105A
Italian Pedagogy VII
Roberto Pennazzato, Consulate General of Italy Italian Exists and it is in Good Health
Gisella Lange, Ministry of Education Italy - US: from Virtual Acquaintance to Face to Face Meeting
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 106A
Gli indimenticabili anni cinquanta nel cinema italiano
Session Chair: Flavia Laviosa, Wellesley College
Magda Novelli-Pearson, Florida International University Totò e Monicelli e la maschera del “sottoborghese”
Antonio Vitti, Indiana University Il cinema e il giornalismo durante la Guerra Fredda
Maria Rosaria Vitti-Alexander, Nazareth College Il gioco degli specchi nel cinema di Carlo Mazzacurati
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Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 106B
Incontro con direttori di riviste: II
Session Chair: Anthony Mollica, Emeritus, Brock University
Anthony Mollica, Emeritus, Brock University Mosaic
Dino Cervigni, UNC-Chapel Hill Annali d’Italianististica
Marcel Danesi, University of Toronto and Sara Maida-Nicol, University of Toronto Cultura & Comunicazione
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 107A
ISL at the University Level: Cultivating Teaching, Cultivating Learning
Session Chair: Michel Lettieri, University of Toronto
Salvatore Bancheri, University of Toronto
Salvatore Di Maria, University of Tennessee
Frank Nuessel, University of Louisville
Paul Colilli, Laurentian University
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 105A
Pedagogy VIII
Session Chair: Mario Costa, LaGuardia High School, New York
Paola Ebranati, Consulate General of Italy New Italian Idioms Through Film Clips 2.0
Monica E. Lapenta, LaMa House Publishing Company 12
Opera as a Powerful Educational Medium
Mario Costa, LaGuardia High School Pick up the Right Material
Daniela Pozzi Pavan, Northwestern University Business Italian: Economic, Business, and Work Environment
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 106B
Incontro con gli autori IV: Materials for AP exams
Session Chair: Lucrezia Lindia, Eastchester High School
Nicoletta Villa-Sella Ace the Italian AP Examination. Editrice Farinelli, 2012
Bruna Boyle and Lucrezia Lindia Cinque film italiani, Soleil 2012.
Monica Gardenghi Sfogliando I giornali. Soleil publishing. 2012.
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 107A
Italian Literature 1300-1800 and the Undergraduate Curriculum: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Session Chair: Kristen Grimes, Saint Joseph’s University
Kristen Grimes, Saint Joseph's University
Clorinda Donato, California State University, Long Beach
Suzanne Magnanini, University of Colorado
Rachel A. Walsh, University of Denver
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 105A 13
Hybrid and Online Courses: Are Students Really Learning?
Session Chair: Chiara M. Dal Martello, Arizona State University
Sandra Palaich, Arizona State University
Gina R. Pietrantoni, Arizona State University
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 106A
Incontri con il cinema italiano contemporaneo
Session Chair: Antonio Vitti, Indiana University
Elisabetta D'Amanda, Rochester Insitute of Technology Nouvelle Vague intimismo in un incontro tra la realtà e la finzione nel cinema di Mimmo Calopresti
Fulvio Orsitto, California State University Kammerspiel Italian Style: La stazione di Sergio Rubini
Maria Stella Plutino-Calabrese, Nazareth College This Must Be the Place by Paolo Sorrentino
Ryan Calabretta-Saijder, Rice University Outsiders In, Insiders Out: Migration as Seen through the Eyes of Crialese
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 106B
Incontro con gli autori: I
Session Chair: Anthony Mollica, Brock University
Laura Bresciani, Donna Caludia and Alessandra Garolla Amicizia, Affetto, Amore, edizioni Farinelli, 2011. New York University
Irene Marchegiani, SUNY Stony Brook Percorsi, Prentice-Hall, 2011 (co-author: Francesca Italiano). SUNY-Stony Brook
Elissa Tognozzi, UCLA. Ponti: Italiano terzo millennio. (Co-author Giuseppe Cavatorta, University of Arizona)
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Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 107A
Italian Studies: Dissertations in Progress
Session Chair: Paul Colilli, Laurentian University
Matteo Ugolini, University of Toronto
Ziba Ahmadian, University of Toronto
Adam Muri-Rosenthal, Harvard University
Laura Di Bianco, CUNY, Graduate Center
Anita Pinzi, Graduate Center, City University of New York
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Exhibit Hall Visit Free Time
3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Posters and Roundtables
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 105A
Mafia nel cinema italiano
Session Chair: Antonio Vitti, Indiana University
Sebastiano Lucci, Middlebury College Romanzo criminale
Veronica Vegna, University of Chicago La mafia al femminile: un'analisi di Angela di Roberta Torre
Colleen Marie Ryan, Indiana University Fragile Identities: Masculinity and Madness in Incerti’s L’uomo di vetro
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 106A 15
Literary and Cinematic Responses to Feminism
Session Chair: Virginia Picchietti
Laura Salsini, University of Delaware
Anna Iacovella, Yale University
Patricia Lyn Richards, Kenyon College
Amelia Moser, Columbia University
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 106B
Incontro con gli autori: II
Session Chair: Anthony Mollica, Emeritus, Brock University
Nicoletta Marini-Maio, Dickinson College
Luigi Fontanella, Stony Brook University
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 107A
Italy and America, Myths and Stereotypes
Session Chair: Paolo Giordano, University of Central Florida
Paola Giordano, University of Central Florida Italian American Protagonists in Contemporary American Fiction
Ambra Meda, University of Central Florida Ritratti italoamericani: La rappresentazione degli immigrati nel reportage del ventennio
Anthony Julian Tamburri, Queens College/CUNY Luigi Barzini, Jr.: From Italian “Immigrant “ to “Italian American”?
Mark Pietralunga, Florida State University Italians in America: “Neither Fish Nor Fowl”
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5:45 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 105A
New Media, New Challenges: Dispatches from a 21st Century Classroom
Session Chair: Barbara Garbin, Mount Holyoke College
Barbara Garbin, Mount Holyoke College
Michael Farina, Yale University
Carol Chiodo, Yale University
Mattia Acetoso, Yale University
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 106A
Social Issues and Cultural Awareness in Language Teaching
Session Chair: Veronica Vegna, University of Chicago
James M. Fortney, University of Chicago
Veronica Vegna, University of Chicago
Chiara M. Fabbian, University of Illinois
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 106B
Incontro con gli autori: III
Session Chair: Anthony Mollica, Emeritus, Brock University
Nicoletta Marini-Maio, Ellen Nerenberg, and Tom Simpson, Marco Baliani, Body of State. The Moro Affair. A Nation Divided.
Tom Means, Means Language Center A Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Task-based Versus Traditional Instruction of Intermediate Italian. Mellen Press, 2011.
Roberta Vera Ricci, Bryn Mawr College Scrittura, riscrittura, autosegesi. Voci autoriali intorno all’epoca in volgare. ETS, 2011. 17
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 107A
5:45 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
Multimedia Pedagogy in the Italian Classroom
Session Chair: Annalisa Mosca, Purdue University
Antonietta Di Pietro, Florida International University
Annalisa Mosca, Purdue University
Tiziana Serafini, UW-Madison
Sunday, November 18, 2012
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Visit Exhibit Hall Free Time
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 105A
Strategies for enhancing learner’s lexico-syntactic autonomy through dictionary use and production.
Session Chair: Nicoletta Villa Sella
Carla Marello, Università di Torino
Gisella Lange, Ministry of Education
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 106A
Representing the War: World War II in Italian Cinema
Session Chair: Laura Salsini, University of Delaware
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Thomas Cragin, Muhlenberg College Remaking the War in its Immediate Aftermath: Leftist Cinema, 1948-1950
Laura Benedetti, Georgetown University Roma città occupata, tra opera e film
Nicoletta Marini-Maio, Dickinson College Voicing the Archive, Unburying the Dead: Second-Degree History in L'uomo che verrà by Giorgio Diritti
Giorgio Melloni, University of Delaware Nuove luci sulla strage di Marzabotto: Le querce di Monte Sole di Gherardi e L'uomo che verrà' di Diritti
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 105A
Tips on Instructional Strategies for Language Teachers
Session Chair: Ida Wilder, Greece Athena High School, NY
Bruna Boyle, University of Rhode Island
Lucrezia Lindia, Eastchester High School
Ida Wilder, Athena Greece High School
Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 106A
Representing the War: World War II in Italian Literature
Chair: Laura Salsini, University of Delaware
Gabrielle Popoff, Colorado Mountain College Elsa Morante’s Roma: Una Città Not So Aperta
Elizabeth Schreiber, Rider University Bisogno distinguere l’esperienza dalla memoria: The Changing Face of the Partigiano from Rossellini and Levi to Veresi
Barbara Zaczek, Clemson University 19
The Mystery of Women Partisans in Contemporary Fiction: Una strana fortuna by Luce d’Eramo and Rossoamaro by Bruno Morchio
Laura Salsini, University of Delaware Stefania Lucamante: Truce is Never for a Woman: Liana Millu and the Literature of (No) Return