Dagli Usa a Macerata per imparare lingua e cultura italiana

Sarà  perché in America c’è molto dell’Italia,  sia tra la gente, sia nelle vetrine dei negozi di moda. Sarà perché l’Italia è uno dei Paesi più belli al mondo. Sarà perché…… Sta di fatto che ormai da diciotto anni una media di 80 giovani americani ogni anno vengono a vivere …

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Picture Yourself Studying in Macerata, Italy

(That’s mah-cheh-rah-tah – Italy’s best kept secret!) “The experience in Macerata is quite different from Rome or Florence… one learns more about real Italian culture in a place like this.” Sarah Morgan University of Colorado Macerata, winter 1997 “It was the most intense learning experience of my life! I learned …

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Living in Macerata

Students will have the opportunity to experience life as part of an authentic Italian neighborhood, living in apartments with other students throughout the town of Macerata. Each apartment is within walking distance of the AHA Center and classrooms, as well as near small local grocers, restaurants and cafes unique to …

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Writing In and About Italy

Instructor: Sharon Schuman Location: Macerata Term: Fall Semester 2014 only Language: English Contact Hours: 45 Course Description This class explores Italy mainly through writing. Each student will develop a body of essays, interviews, and other work, all rooted in the experience of living and traveling in Italy. Class discussion will …

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Painting: The Italian Experience

Instructor: Prof. Teresa Marasca Location: Macerata Term: Fall Semester, Spring semester Language: English Contact Hours: 50 Course Description A studio course to strengthen skills in painting techniques. It will focus on the technical pictorial research and the poetics of the image. Particular attention will be devoted to critical analysis of …

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Modern Italy: History and Culture of the Italian People

Instructor: Prof. Antonio Zampa Location: Macerata Term: Fall Semester, Spring semester Language: English Contact Hours: 45 Course Description This course serves as a thorough introduction to life and culture in modern Italy. Beginning with the geography of the boot, emphasizing the vast geographical, economic and cultural diversity of the area, …

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Italian Language Levels 1 through 4

Instructor: Language Instructors alternate each term Location: Macerata Term: Fall Semester, Spring semester Language: Italian Contact Hours: 80 Course Description The Italian Language courses include four courses corresponding to the different levels: Beginning, Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced. The courses include the development of the four linguistic skills (listening, speaking, reading …

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Imagining Italy in Anglo-American Literature

Instructor: Peter Goodrich Location: Macerata Term: Spring semester 2014 only Language: English Contact Hours: 45 Course Description The Mediterranean peninsula and islands of Italy have always served the imaginations of English and American writers as an exotic geography— a near-oriental space of coasts and mountains, ancient cities and towns, mystery, …

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