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Lingua Inglese 3 (L-11) - GILBERT 2023-2024
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◄ “America” from the 1961 film of the musical West Side Story (music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Broadway theatrical production 1957).
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L-11 Lingua inglese 3 Lettorato Program
Material to prepare for the written and/or oral examination
Plagiarism
Annunci
“America” from the Bookends album (1968) by Simon & Garfunkel
Song "Winter in America" from the album by the same name (1973) by Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson
Song “This is America” (2018), Childish Gambino (Donald Glover)
Childish Gambino: Analyzing "This Is America”
Hidden Meanings Behind Childish Gambino's 'This Is America' Video Explained
U.S.A.: Where are you from?
The Origins of the Death Penalty & Its Stain on America
Maps of U.S.A.
Ellis Island Essay
Ellis Island in New York Harbor
"Ellis Island scene" from the film Hitch (2005, Director Andy Tennant, with Eva Mendes & Will Smith)
Introduction to Course on Language and Culture of the U.S.A.
Humorous video on "Why the U.S.A. should have a 'White History Month'"
Semi-humorous video on "The Origin of Race in the U.S.A."
“How Italians Became White” by Brent Staples, 12 October 2019, The New York Times
From Standard English to World English
Map of World English
Spelling and Pronunciation
History of English cloze exercise
History of English paragraph reordering exercise
Differences in British and North American English
North American ("General American") English vowels & British ("Received Pronunciation"} English Vowels
British-North American Spelling Differences
Video on British and North American Spelling Differences
British-North American Lexical Differences
Humorous video on BE & NAE lexical & pronunciation differences
English in the Americas
Lexical Contributions to North American English
Regional Varieties of North American English
Map of Regional North American English
links to examples of varieties of North American English
video from Jeanne Robertson "Don't Waste a Southern Accent"
Song “Ode to Billy Joe” (1967) by Bobby Gentry
“The thickest US Southern accent I've ever heard"
Afro-American Vernacular English (AAVE)
Song “Doo-Wop (That Thing)” by Lauryn Hill - from her debut album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
Video on African-American English in North Carolina
Unit 7: Latino/Latin@/Latinx/Hispanic English
“America” from the 1961 film of the musical West Side Story (music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Broadway theatrical production 1957).
"Mexican American Disambiguation" by José Olivarez
Unit 8: The Multicultural Origins of Halloween
Halloween paragraph-reordering exercise
Halloween paragraph reordering exercise - ANSWERS
In 1952, Disney produced a cartoon called “Trick or Treat” featuring Donald Duck (“Paperino”), his nephews Huey, Dewey & Louie (“Qui,” “Quo” & “Qua”) & Witch Hazel (here 1956 release)
Trick or Treat cartoon
"Christopher Columbus," adapted from Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States (NY: Harper Collins, 1999).
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506): Dictionary Entries
Lies My Teacher Told Me About Christopher Columbus: What Your History Books Got Wrong by James W. Loewen, The New Press, 2014
“The Invention of Christopher Columbus, American Hero” by Edward Burmila, The Nation, 9 October 2017
“Columbus Day No Reason to Celebrate” By Mary Annette Pember, 6 October 2006 The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah
Answers - Columbus Day No Reason to Celebrate
Cities and States Recognizing Indigenous Peoples' Day, 2021
“Italoamericani, dimenticare Colombo: Proteste. La difesa delle statue indica slittamento a destra, a difesa di privilegi acquisiti nei decenni” by Luca Peretti, in ALIAS del manifesto, 1 August 2020.
Thanksgiving: Myth and Reality
“New England once hunted and killed humans for money. We’re descendants of the survivors” by Dawn Neptune Adams, Maulian Dana and Adam Mazo, The Guardian, 15 November 2021.
Video: “The Addams Family Thanksgiving” from the 1993 film Addams Family Values.
exercise on “Native Americans and Thanksgiving”
Answers exercise "Native Americans Thanksgiving"
Video: What Native Americans Actually Ate Before Europeans Came (grunge.com)
“The Un-Pilgrims” by Russel Shorto, 27 November 2003, The New York Times
Answers ex. "The Un-Pilgrims"
The Origins of May Day
Answer sheet to exercise on The Origins of May Day.
The Origins of 8 March - International Women’s Day (exercise 1)
Answer sheet to ex. on The Origins of 8 March - IWD (ex. 1).
The Origins of International Women’s Day (exercise 2)
Answer sheet to exercise on "The Origins of International Women's Day" (ex. 2)
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 25 March 1925 - Horror in Manhattan
Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community
1960s background to the Stonewall Rebellion
“Say it Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud” by James Brown (1968)
“I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die Rag – the Vietnam Song” by Country Joe McDonald and the Fish
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young "(4 dead in) Ohio"
The Stonewall Rebellion
Stonewall Rebellion language exercise
"I Have a Dream" text
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech with Italian Subtitles
"Mexican American Disambiguation" by José Olivarez ►