Digital Citizenship Education in Foreign Language Learning
By Lavinia Bracci, Fiora Biagi and Isabelle Sophie Thaler A new article, released last October was co-authored by our own Lavinia Bracci and Fiora Biagi as well as our colleague, Isabelle S. Thaler. It stemmed from a deep analysis of European documents and frameworks concerning democratic competences and digital citizenship education and proposes the first steps towards a structured assessment of digital citizenship. You can find it as keynote article 1 in the ICC Journal (Autumn 2022, Vol. 4, Issue 2, ISSN 2747-9862). Or you can click the following link! https://icc-languages.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ICC-JOURNAL-Volume-4-Issue-2-Autumn-2022.pdf
New Publication from SIS Faculty Fiora Biagi and Lavinia Bracci!
"Language Teaching, Education for Democracy and Cross-curricular Connections" A special issue of the Iranian Journal of Language Teaching that contains the article "Language Teaching, Education for Democracy and Cross-curricular Connections" has just been released and is available online at https://ijltr.urmia.ac.ir/article_121225.html. Together with other experts and scholars, SIS has contributed with an article about in-person, digital and hybrid experiences of the Democratic Reflective Syllabus in Second Language Acquisition, a hallmark of the SIS study abroad program. We hope it may be of interest to those working in the field, in Europe and beyond. https://ijltr.urmia.ac.ir/article_121225.html
Ciao Riga (Latvia)! SIS faculty at the DiCE.Lang Transnational Project Meeting
The DiCE.Lang project has reached its third and final year! This final phase will be dedicated mostly to dissemination activities. After working on key intellectual outputs, such as a large set of Open Educational Resources and a Teacher Training Package, both focused on Digital Citizenship Education vis-à-vis Foreign Language Learning, the consortium is now aiming at finalizing the policy framework and planning several multiplier events in local contexts for the year 2023. On Oct.3-5 the project’s second last TPM took place in beautiful Riga, where the Latvian partner kindly and efficiently hosted
A Chance To Discover Siena, Italy This Spring
☀️🇮🇹Maymester in Siena, Italy: May 14 - June 4, 2023🇮🇹☀️ Did you know that you can squeeze a 3-week study abroad experience in before your summer begins? Don’t let opportunities pass you by! SIS Intercultural Study Abroad has options for everyone! For example, take a look at this experience that we’ve created for May, 2023. Program Highlights: Dates: Sunday, May 14-Saturday, June 4, 2023 Experience the beauty of Siena and Tuscany Use Siena as a home-base for exploring Italy and Europe, or stick around and enroll in the 8-Week SIS Summer program! 4 Credits
Special 3-Week “Jan-Term” Opportunity For 2023
❄️ December 29th - January 17th, 2023 in Siena, Italy ❄️ You know that you should be thinking about a study abroad experience, but squeezing it into your tight schedule is difficult. Don't let opportunities pass you by! SIS Intercultural Study Abroad has options for everyone! For example, take a look at this experience that we've created for January, 2023. Program Highlights: * Immersion: Live with a host family. * Culture: Experience the magic of Siena, Italy. * 2 courses for 4 credits: Italian Language Course 15 hours = 1 credit Italy- Land of Migrations:
J-Term 2022: Students are loving it!
Our first ever J-Term (January mini-program) is up and running and so far it's been a success! While getting a study abroad program off the ground these days is a formidable task, the team at SIS is up to the challenge. Right now, seven students from Siena College are discovering what an authentic experience in Italy is really like. All of them are living with our wonderful host families where they get to practice the Italian that they learn. There's more to the J-Term than just Italian. Everyone is going to go