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Marco Salardi *** Consolato Generale d’Italia ***
Marco Salardi *** Consolato Generale d’Italia *** San Francisco
People of Italian descent in the USA: 17 million +
People of Italian descent in CA: 1,26 million – 5% of the population in California 3% in the other Western States Italian speaking people in CA: 84.000 Italian citizens resident in CA: 20.000
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there are 130.000 students of Italian in American schools, Colleges and Universities
+ 48% in the last ten years 64,000 High School
students of Italian in 2000 1% of language students
but 350% increase since1960. Only 43,6% of HS students are enrolled in language courses (20,9% in 1960)
In Colleges/Universities, in 2002/3: ◦ 307 B.A. ◦ 54 M.A. ◦ 20 Ph.D.
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NEW: Supporting Italian language for all interested in our language and culture
OLD: Supporting Italian language only for Italian immigrants
Education Offices in all Italian Consulates in USA. 2002 Los Angeles, 2006 San Francisco, 2008 Philadelfia
The director is an Italian Principal
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Support the AP Program The AP-Italian started in 2006 About 1.900 High School students were enrolled in 2007 50% passed the test Our goal is 3000/4000 students In California only 100 in 2006 and 93 in
2007
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The Education Offices organize workshops for teachers of Italian for improving their skills.
Our professors are from the University of Perugia, Siena, Venezia, Roma and sometimes from Italian Departments in local Universities
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Only San Francisco State and Long Beach Universities can grant Credentials
Presently, no Test is offered for credentialing
Italian Credentials can be converted in CA but only if you have passed through the SSIS
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The most terrific websites about Italy are the ***.rai.it websites. RAI is the National Broadcasting Corporation.
About 400, mostly free◦ You can download cultural and non cultural
programs (except movies). You are linked to all important Italian cultural sites.
◦ http://www.perlacultura.rai.it/site/it-IT/◦ http://www.rai.it/dl/portal/tuttisiti/E.html◦ http://www.italica.rai.it/ for the language
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Marco Salardi [email protected] [email protected]
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