LICEO CLASSICO STATALE

CARLO ALBERTO

NOVARA

I FASE

a.s.2006-2007

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WHAT DO WE THINK ABOUT THEM…

…AND ABOUT THEIR COUNTRIES?

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Ideas & Opinions about partnersSee what portuguese students think

about the partner countries and their people.

ITALY

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Funny

UnkindHardworking

Religious

Calm

Conceited

Punctual

Mafiosi

EducatedNice

Hospitable

Pragmatic

Traders

Happy

Romantic

Lively

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Gazipasa Primary School,Turkey here you will find what the Turkish students have in their minds about other partner countries.52 students aged between 11-14 from 4 different classes are involved in this brainstorm.

ITALYBoots

Juventus, CollinaSpagetti,pizza

RomePizza Tower

Cristianism, VaticanRenaissance, Reform

Versace, GucciVenice, gondola, canals

FerrariLeonardo da Vinci

GalileoBerlisconi

Mafia2006 World Cup

CaesarRoman Empire

PavarottiEros Ramazotti

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When I hear about Italy and Italian People

Frindship between Turkey and Italy

Rome,Milano,Venice

Pizza tower

Warm hearted,friendly, sincere and hospitable

Delicious meals, they like pizza and pasta

They talk in a strange way

mafia

Ambitious people

They talk in a strange way

Good at football. They won the 2006 World Cup

pickpockets

“All the ways unite in Rome”means there is only one truth in life.

They have many historical places.

Chicanery in football.Boot-shaped country

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SCOALA 80 BUCURESTI ROMANIA

Italians and Italy seen by Romanian students

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What do you consider specific for Italian people?

grade VIII-14 years old

• latin origin• voluble people• loving pastes”macaroni”• famous soccer teams AC Milan,

AS Roma• pizza• balls and carnivals• smiling, open,optimistic peopl• loving music• mafia• smart cars• Catholic religion• legend of Romulus and Remus

and the she wolf

clasa V a, grade V -11 years old

• famous singer Pavarotti• fashionable leather shoes• famous fashion designers• loudy speaking people

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boot shape country tender climate,mediterranean vegetation flourishing tourism famous towns Rome, Venice, Milan impressing history and culture Colosseum Pisa tower Traian Column well developed country flag colours red-white-green Vatican centre of Catholicism tender climate luxury vegetation

What images, impressions , ideas are coming in your mind when you are talking about :Italy ?

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Sweden: Gudlav Bilderskolan on ITALY Here is the result of our students' brainstorming on Italy.

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Italy, the people

• Social, gesticulate a lot big families, la mamma • warm-hearted, friendly, emotional black hair, well done, curly, back slick • sensual language, very loud-voiced hairy chests,• speak funny, crazy bushy eyebrows, • brown eyes, moustache • romantic thin girls • many men are flirtatious kisses on the cheek • good-looking chicks, • sexy men, but they are always hanging around you • Swedish girls want to be with Italian men • small crooked ladies wearing aprons and a kerchief • La Maffia, Don Corleone, Al Capone

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Italy, the country

Geography Culture and art

Boot-shaped country Tourism important Sicily Historical buildings

volcanos , Etna, the Colosseum in Rome, gladiators Rome, Venice, Florens, Milano, the leaning tower in Pisa

fishing ports, villages museum, statues great nature, the Alps

Marco Polo, da Vinci, Mona Lisa Republic, opera, dance Flag:green,white and red

gondolas, gondoliers soccer, Zlatan, Alessandro Nesta, Canavarro, Dolemino

the World Championships mincemeat sauce, tomato sauce, Giro d'Italia

mutton, Parma ham, sausages, gliazurri, Super Mario olives, olive oil grapes, wine

Food and drink Pasta, lasagne, pizza, Margarita,

cheeses, mozzarella Lucia, fruit, raisins Religion catholic

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Cars and traffic, The Pope, the Vatican, churches Ferrari, Lamborghini, Fiat, Mazerati, Alfa Romeo Mancini, small cars Miscellaneous many mopeds homeless cats and dogs chaotic traffic many sheep narrow streets The Lady and the Tramp warm climate Fashion beautiful houses: Gucci, Armani, Dolce Gabbana, Prada expensive luxury cruisers a lot of perfumes They didn't deserve their gold medal in soccer

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Italy, the people

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Italy, the country