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SUMMARY:“Global Italy: Bringing the Contemporary Society in Class”: Francesca Ca
	lamita
DESCRIPTION:\nThe talk series &ldquo\;Global Italy: Bringing the Contemp
	orary Society in Class&rdquo\; will virtually bring to campus four speak
	ers with the goal of enriching the colleagues&rsquo\; expertise in topic
	s that are currently re-shaping the Italian study field and beyond\, suc
	h as immigration\, gender equality\, inclusive language\, and the LGBTQ+
	 community. Each speaker is going to offer a talk on one of these contem
	porary topics that affect the global society\, not just Italy\, and a re
	flection on how to implement these topics in Italian classes (and beyond
	) starting from language classes. The structure of each talk includes a 
	first part where the guest speaker presents their topic in a lecture mod
	eling how to integrate this kind of material in class\, and\, then\, a s
	econd part where the guest speaker addresses the pedagogical implication
	s of the topic selected.&nbsp\;\n\nProfessor Francesca Calamita&nbsp\;(A
	ssociate Teaching Professor of Italian Studies\, Director of the Italian
	 Language Program\, University of Virginia)\n\n&ldquo\;The Quest for Gen
	der Equality in Italian Language Courses: Feminist Pedagogy in SLA Meets
	 Research on Women&rsquo\;s Studies&rdquo\;\n\nCarolyn M. Shrewsbury not
	es that feminist pedagogy &ldquo\;begins with a vision of what education
	 might be but frequently is not&rdquo\; (1987\, 6)\, thus suggesting tha
	t it attempts to bring changes to the status quo. Feminist pedagogy can 
	be applied to all disciplines\, including language learning\, rendering 
	it paramount not only for socio-cultural advancements\, but also to impr
	ove the gender gap\, gender equality\, and gender concerns. Therefore\, 
	educators must ensure that classroom language education grounded in femi
	nist pedagogies pervade the confines of academia\, and thus promote soci
	al activism through and their application in social context. In this tal
	k\, Professor Calamita will share language learning projects&nbsp\;&nbsp
	\;framed in feminist pedagogy\, active citizenship and global citizen ed
	ucation\, with a focus on her co-authored textbook&nbsp\;DiversITALY\, t
	he first textbook of its kind to teach and learn Italian with gender equ
	ality and inclusive language.&nbsp\;\n\nFor more details: https://events
	.la.psu.edu/event/global-italy_110922/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head></head><body><p>The talk series
	 &ldquo;Global Italy: Bringing the Contemporary Society in Class&rdquo; 
	will virtually bring to campus four speakers with the goal of enriching 
	the colleagues&rsquo; expertise in topics that are currently re-shaping 
	the Italian study field and beyond, such as immigration, gender equality
	, inclusive language, and the LGBTQ+ community. Each speaker is going to
	 offer a talk on one of these contemporary topics that affect the global
	 society, not just Italy, and a reflection on how to implement these top
	ics in Italian classes (and beyond) starting from language classes. The 
	structure of each talk includes a first part where the guest speaker pre
	sents their topic in a lecture modeling how to integrate this kind of ma
	terial in class, and, then, a second part where the guest speaker addres
	ses the pedagogical implications of the topic selected.&nbsp;</p><p><b>P
	rofessor Francesca Calamita</b>&nbsp;(Associate Teaching Professor of It
	alian Studies, Director of the Italian Language Program, University of V
	irginia)</p><p><b>&ldquo;The Quest for Gender Equality in Italian Langua
	ge Courses: Feminist Pedagogy in SLA Meets Research on Women&rsquo;s Stu
	dies&rdquo;</b></p><p>Carolyn M. Shrewsbury notes that feminist pedagogy
	 &ldquo;begins with a vision of what education might be but frequently i
	s not&rdquo; (1987, 6), thus suggesting that it attempts to bring change
	s to the status quo. Feminist pedagogy can be applied to all disciplines
	, including language learning, rendering it paramount not only for socio
	-cultural advancements, but also to improve the gender gap, gender equal
	ity, and gender concerns. Therefore, educators must ensure that classroo
	m language education grounded in feminist pedagogies pervade the confine
	s of academia, and thus promote social activism through and their applic
	ation in social context. In this talk, Professor Calamita will share lan
	guage learning projects&nbsp;&nbsp;framed in feminist pedagogy, active c
	itizenship and global citizen education, with a focus on her co-authored
	 textbook&nbsp;<i>DiversITALY</i>, the first textbook of its kind to tea
	ch and learn Italian with gender equality and inclusive language.&nbsp;<
	/p><p>For more details: <a href='https://events.la.psu.edu/event/global-
	italy_110922/'>https://events.la.psu.edu/event/global-italy_110922/</a><
	/p></body></html>
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