Language Teaching & Learning: Italian
The Language Teaching and Learning programs are specially designed to provide a comprehensive study of how languages are taught and learned, whether in a second or foreign language context. In this program, the specific focus is on the Italian language.
Honours Bachelor of Arts
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Renowned Italian film stars Roberto Benigni and Nicoletta Braschi visited U of T Mississauga as part of a celebration of convocation and Italian heritage. The award-winning actors were special guests at the 2015 UTM Arts convocation ceremony, where they received honorary doctor of law degrees in recognition of their respective contributions to Italian arts and culture.
Experience Italian history and culture through food! You will cook, eat, and learn in an all-inclusive trip through Rome, Bologna, and Florence as you become ever more familiar with the history and cultural traditions of Italy along-side fellow UTM students, your professor, and a staff member.
Italian Studies has been a part of UTM’s curriculum and identity since the campus (then Erindale College) first opened its doors in 1967. From its inception, Italian Studies has adopted informed classroom methods and ground-breaking research initiatives as the two core pillars of its teaching practices.
Sample Courses
An in-depth analysis of Machiavelli’s The Prince, from historical, social, and political perspectives.
This course is designed to enhance students' Italian language skills through digital writing, editing, and translating. Projects include media production, digital analysis of primary texts, and comparisons between human-generated and computer-generated translations.
This course will conduct a critical appraisal of online course materials, and formulate appropriate pedagogical strategies for their exploitation. This course is taught in English and is open to students from other disciplines.
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