Rosa Cantoro - English

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Here you can find the link to the free online conference with the whole programme.

Parents speaking at least one foreign language are becoming more and more natural throughout Europe. At the same time, very few of these multilingual parents dare bring a foreign language to their children. The project aims at developing a set of support materials that will help parents acquire skills necessary for introducing a foreign language to their children aged 4-6. The materials will require neither professional pedagogical nor linguistic education from the parents.

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Italy is going through a "delicate" period. Reading the following article, I noticed the words in bold. They made me stop and think about their importance today. You can read the complete article in its original version with JFK's inaugural speech.

"We have been going a little vintage lately, and we’ll have to do it one more day. For today marks the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s inauguration, the begining of a presidency that inspired many, even though it lasted scarcely more than 1000 days. Kennedy’s inaugural speech ran 1364 words and took 14 minutes to deliver. That makes it significantly shorter than the longest inaugural address (William Henry Harrison took 8,445 words in 1841) but longer than the tersest one – George Washington spoke merely 135 words during his second address. With 50 years of hindsight, we still consider Kennedy’s speech one of the finest inaugural addresses because, as E.J. Dionne writes this week, it challenged the nation (and still does today) “to harness realism to idealism, patriotism to service, national interest to universal aspiration,” especially with the eternal line: “And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.” You can revisit the speech in full above, and also find other great archival footage within the new YouTube Channel sponsored by the JFK Presidential Library."

This class is for beginners. We'll learn about the personal pronouns, the gender of the German words. After that we're going to do some exercise by learning the words and their gender you're interested in and to learn some typical German expressions and greeting.

For attending this class, you should already know the German alphabet so that you won't have any problems with the pronunciation of the new words.

If you like to attend this class, please register HERE!

For all those who already know some Italian and would like to practise it. If you have time, why don't you join us?

Take time to Work: it's the price of success

Take time to Think: it's the source of power

Take time to Play: it's the secret of perpetual youth

Take time to Read: it's the foundation of wisdom

Take time to Be Friendly: it's the road to happiness

Take time to Dream: it's hitching your wagon to a star

Take time to Love and to Be Loved: it's the privilege of the gods

Take time to Look Around: the day is too short to be selfish

Take time to Laugh: it's the music of the soul