Sicilian Level 3 Language Online Course

Name: Sicilian Level 3 Language Online Course
Start: 2024-09-28T09:30:00-04:00
Location: Italian Charities of America

Schedule

Sat Sep 28 2024 at 09:30 am

UTC-04:00

Location

Italian Charities of America | Jackson Heights, NY

Italian Charities of America promotes the Regional Languages of Italy
Italian Charities of America firmly stands with respecting and celebrating each regional language in Italy. Our mission of promoting and preserving Italian and Italian American culture, history, heritage and culture is closely intertwined with the promotion of preserving Italian regional languages. Unfortunately, the tone and mindset for many years have degraded regional languages by simply referring to them as “dialects”. The actual meaning of a dialect is a form or branch of a language. How can we simply call regional languages dialects when in fact they are not a branch from one particular language but over centuries were already in use as independent languages deriving from years of ancient influences. Regional languages of Italy are all beautifully formulated with influences of their indigenous population, conquests, culture and history forming a distinct language of an area and its people. We must start looking at Italian regional languages as actual languages, as none of these languages are a form of or a branch of the Italian language. In fact, the Italian national language we know today was one of the regional languages of Tuscany before becoming the official language of all the regions in Italy. We must embrace the uniqueness of each Italian region by celebrating the diversity of each region’s history, culture and native languages. The native language/s of each region is a direct connection to its people, culture, heritage and should be preserved. Italian Charities of America recognizes each regional language as an independent language and not a dialect. As part of our mission we have taken the lead in America as the premier organization to offer Sicilian language courses since 2009. Italian Charities of America is proud to expand on our regional language courses and will now be offering Neapolitan language courses. We hope you join us on our mission to promote and preserve Italy’s magnificent regional languages.
Sicilian Level 3 Course-
Our Sicilian Level 3 language course is for students who have already completed our Sicilian Level 2 course and are confident to advance. This course starts off with a review of important aspects of Level 2 and then continues to dive deeper into the language with grammar, past perfect tense and more. Our Level 3 course will be focusing on reading, writing and conversation skills. This course will also incorporate aspects that connect the Sicilian language to its people, history, culture and arts. Weekly course assignments will be offered to practice content learned in each lesson. This course is taught by a professor who is a native Sicilian speaker. As always, our courses are in a judgmental free atmosphere for your comfort. This course will begin on Saturday, Sept. 28th from 11:15 am to 12:45 pm EST and ends on Saturday, Dec. 21st (skipping over Nov. 30th). The course will be offered virtually on Zoom and will consist of 12 lessons. The registration fee is $200.00 which must be paid in full by the first day of the course. A textbook is required, and a confirmation email will be sent out to registrants along with information to purchase the textbook. If you have any questions regarding this course, please contact Italian Charities of America by calling us at 718-478-3100 or email us at [email protected].