why take italiano? perché?
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Why take italiano?
Perché?
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/rll/langinstruct/whyitalian.html
The food is DELIZIOSO!
il PAESE è BELLISSIMO!
ITALIANO È LA LINGUA D’AMORE
Romantic language • Similar to French & Spanish
• Almost 25% of Sudbury’s population is of Italian descant
• Over 270,000 Italians in Ontario • Many Italian clubs and restaurants: Caruso Club, Italian
Club, Verdicchio, Respect is Burning, Bella Vita Cucina, Pasta e Vino, Pat & Mario’s, Ripe, Regency Bakery, Azzurri caffé…..can you think of others?
• Communicate with more people & travel around the world
Wealth of Knowledge
• Italy is a world leader in art, fashion, design, culinary arts, manufacturing etc.
• According to UNESCO, over 60% of the world's art treasures are found in Italy.
• Many famous artists, inventors and designers are Italian like Giotto, Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Versace etc. Knowledge of Italian is vital to understand the contexts of this art. (Mona Lisa, The David).
Business
• Italy is one of the top 5 economies in the world. It is a major advantage to speak both English and Italian.
• Thousands of American companies do business with Italy
• Businesses such as IBM, General Electric, Motorola, Citibank, and Pricewaterhouse Coopers have offices in Italy
It’s easy & it’s similar to English, French & Spanish
COGNATES:
1. SCUOLA 2. CIOCCOLATO
3.STUDENTE 4. STUDENTESSA
5. AMICO/A 6. JEANS
7. PADRE 8. COMPUTER
9. PIZZA 10. AMORE
11. INTERESSANTE 12. INTELLIGENTE
It is home to many incredible people….
• In 2nd year italian class you learn to cook Italian food
Home to Enzo Ferrari!
•DONATELLO
•RAFFAELLO
•MICHELANGELO
•LEONARDO DA VINCI
UN BUON LAVORO!
• OBTAIN A GOOD JOB
• UNIVERSITY EXCHANGE PROGRAM
• TRAVEL ABROAD & COMMUNICATE WITH MORE PEOPLE
• GAIN A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE
• LEARNING A LANGUAGE IS GREAT EXERCISE FOR YOUR BRAIN
La bellezza d’Italia
• You can travel to Florence, Venice & Rome with wonderful companies like EF Tours
• http://www.eftours.ca/browse-tours/video-gallery.aspx
Buon viaggio!!!!!