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Alice Astarita
<astarita@wisc.edu>
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Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 3:49 PM
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Reply-To:
astarita@wisc.edu
To:
Rita Prigioni <WisItalia.Info@gmail.com>, Giovanna Miceli Jeffries <gmicelij@wisc.edu>
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Hello Giovanna and Rita!
I am in the process of planning my dissertation in Second Language Acquisition. The general topic I want to investigate is Service-learning and how it can be used for the development of linguistic skills and cultural awareness.
The general plan is to follow students from UW-Madison (or another
institution) as they take a course in Italian that incorporates a
certain number of hours performing service to an Italian-speaking
population.
I need to identify a population of native Italian speakers with whom learners who are seeking to improve their Italian skills and cultural knowledge might interact. I wondered if either of you were aware of older immigrants or heritage speakers of Italian who may reside in local nursing homes. This is just one idea I had in order to identify a population that may benefit from interacting with Italian-learners-- if you have other ideas, please share them with me!
Thank you so much!
Alice
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Alice Astarita
Doctoral Student in Second Language Acquisition
The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Project Assistant
The Language Institute
1322 Van Hise Hall
Madison, WI 53706
608- 890-1428
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