PERCHE STUDIARE
L’ITALIANO?
Why study Italian?
Italiano I/Sig.ra Rizzuto
BRAINSTORM!
With your partner, think of
some reasons why you should
study Italian. Write them down!
(be specific!)
Use these categories to
help you:
★Food
★Clothing
★Business
★Music
★Arts
★Travel
★Culture
★Literature
Allora...Perche?
• Italian is spoken on 5 continents!
• It is the official language of 6
countries, including: Italy,
Switzerland, Ethiopia, & Somalia
• There are large Italian communities
in: United States, Canada,
Germany, Australia, Argentina,
Brazil, & Venezuela
• Italy is one of the TOP 5 economies
in the world!
Chi parla l’italiano??
Who speaks Italian?
MUSIC speaks ITALIAN
• Luciano Pavarotti
• Giuseppe Verdi
• Antonio Vivaldi
• Giacomo Puccini
• Opera
LUCIANO PAVAROTTI
famous opera tenor
• Forte, fortissimo, allegro,
adagio, crescendo
movies speak italian
• La Vita e’ Bella (Life is
Beautiful)
• La Dolce Vita
• Cinema Paradiso
• Roberto DeNiro
• Sofia Loren
• Martin Scorsese
• Roberto Benigni
tourism speaks italian
• Alitalia Airlines
• Toscana - Tuscany
• Roma - Rome
Alitalia Airlines
Italia
• Capri - Capri
• Firenze - Florence
• Venezia - Venice
La Fontana di Trevi, Roma
l’Isola di Capri
• Napoli - Naples
• Sicilia - Sicily
Art speaks italian
Il Davide Michelangelo
• Raffaello
• Da Vinci
• Michelangelo
• Botticelli
La Gioconda Leonardo Da Vinci
• Affresco (Fresco)
• Museums
La Nascita di Venere Sandro Botticelli
fashion speaks italian
• Giorgio Armani
• Valentino Garavani
• Salvatore Ferragamo
• Guccio Gucci
Valentino Garavani
• Gianni Versace
Gianni Versace
Finalmente...WHAT WE ALL
KNOW AND LOVE!!!!
ITALIAN FOOD!!!!
Food speaks italian
• Pizza
• Spaghetti
• Mozzarella
• Polenta
• Nutella
• Pane
• What else can you
think of?
automobiles speak italian
• Lamborghini
• Ferrari
• Maserati
• Alfa Romeo
• Fiat
literature speaks italian
• Dante Alighieri
• Petrarca
• Boccaccio
• Italo Calvino
• Luigi Capuana
• Machiavelli
• Pirandello
Fun Facts!
• Students who take the SAT tend to
score higher on vocabulary and
grammar. Why? Because Italian
developed from Latin and an
estimated 60% of the English
vocabulary also comes from Latin.
Italy is a world leader in culinary arts,
interior design, fashion, shipbuilding,
graphic designer, & furniture design
• Italian is the 4th foreign language
most spoken in US homes
• An estimated 7,500 American
companies do business with Italy
Italian is the easiest foreign
language to read, write, and
pronounce.