Cultural Immersion in Italy- Live, Learn,Teach,Travel
Stretching my cultural rubber band.
Carnevale in Via Reggio Traveling with millennial undergrads
Stretching my cultural rubber band.
I was selected, relocated and supported to do what was mine to do - lead a new education track study abroad program in Siena, Italy with female undergraduates. Teaching, mentoring and studying Italian with lively American college students immersed me in the culture of 19-20 year olds. Living alone in a small studio, within a 5-minute wal
I was selected, relocated and supported to do what was mine to do - lead a new education track study abroad program in Siena, Italy with female undergraduates. Teaching, mentoring and studying Italian with lively American college students immersed me in the culture of 19-20 year olds. Living alone in a small studio, within a 5-minute walk to the Piazza del Campo, in the local commune of Siena, a UNESCO Heritage site with 52,000, mostly Italian mono-lingual residents, presented its own challenges. (p. i)
Teaching English to School children
Carnevale in Via Reggio Traveling with millennial undergrads
Stretching my cultural rubber band.
Barbara, “It is quite plausible that children who are required by the Ministry of Education to study English from age 6-16, will never, over their entire school career, learn the language by listening to a native English speaker. That is why what you and your students are doing in the schools here, is so important… to me and the entire community.” p. 82
Carnevale in Via Reggio Traveling with millennial undergrads
Carnevale in Via Reggio Traveling with millennial undergrads
Carnevale in Via Reggio Traveling with millennial undergrads
Students research and secure the best rates on hostels, fares, and admission for every semester “break” and long weekend: Carnevale, Spring Break, Easter, Liberation, and May Day weekends. Not only am I amazed by their savvy planning, diligence, research, and organization, but I benefit too, as I tag along on planned excursions.
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