It has only been 2 days since my last post but a lot has been going on!
1) Class has started and it is going very well. The school day is broken up into two parts. From 8:30am-11:00am we have our "language" class. We pretty much just talk and practice the language.We then have a 15 minute break and from 11:15am-1:30pm we have our grammar section. We go over little grammar tidbits and details because our teacher wants us to speak italiano perfetto! My class is about 20 people. There are students from Japan, Korea, China, Yugoslavia, Slovakia, Russia, Italy, Lybia, Saudi Arabia, Australia, and US. Right now, it's mainly reviewing passato prossimo (past participle) and imperfetto (imperfect past) which is painfully, tear my eyes out, easy. But the professors, one for each section, are awesome and the classroom dynamic is really strong. So far so good!
2) For those who saw my Facebook status Tuesday evening, I went out with a UMass professor and some of my friends for drinks! Kyle Johnson, one of the most eccentric professors at UMass was teaching an abroad winter session course with the University of Delaware in Siena where we're studying. My friend, who had him last semester for Linguistics 201, had been emailing him and we met him Tuesday night. (Yes I had him as a professor as well. No I'm not stalking him...)We talked about everything from how Prof. Johnson got into linguistics to poisonous Australian spiders to telling stories about crazy people at Dunkin Donuts. None the less, it was quite an experience.
I thought there was more but maybe it will come to me later...OH! I've been cooking up a storm for my friends over here. Vegetable ragu, alfredo sauce over chicken and veggies, and homemade pomodoro sauce over pasta...BUONISSIMO!
1) Class has started and it is going very well. The school day is broken up into two parts. From 8:30am-11:00am we have our "language" class. We pretty much just talk and practice the language.We then have a 15 minute break and from 11:15am-1:30pm we have our grammar section. We go over little grammar tidbits and details because our teacher wants us to speak italiano perfetto! My class is about 20 people. There are students from Japan, Korea, China, Yugoslavia, Slovakia, Russia, Italy, Lybia, Saudi Arabia, Australia, and US. Right now, it's mainly reviewing passato prossimo (past participle) and imperfetto (imperfect past) which is painfully, tear my eyes out, easy. But the professors, one for each section, are awesome and the classroom dynamic is really strong. So far so good!
2) For those who saw my Facebook status Tuesday evening, I went out with a UMass professor and some of my friends for drinks! Kyle Johnson, one of the most eccentric professors at UMass was teaching an abroad winter session course with the University of Delaware in Siena where we're studying. My friend, who had him last semester for Linguistics 201, had been emailing him and we met him Tuesday night. (Yes I had him as a professor as well. No I'm not stalking him...)We talked about everything from how Prof. Johnson got into linguistics to poisonous Australian spiders to telling stories about crazy people at Dunkin Donuts. None the less, it was quite an experience.
I thought there was more but maybe it will come to me later...OH! I've been cooking up a storm for my friends over here. Vegetable ragu, alfredo sauce over chicken and veggies, and homemade pomodoro sauce over pasta...BUONISSIMO!
Grace, So glad you are bogging your experience in Italy. Matthew did that when he spent is semester in Ireland and I got to virtually visit Ireland with him. Take lots of pictures (hope you brought a digital camera). They will be your best memories. Have a great time. Love, Cousin Michelle
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