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The Accademia Italiana di Lingua (AIL) is a professional association of schools, institutions and experts in the field of teaching Italian as a foreign language [1] [2]. They organise instruction and testing of students interested in having a diploma for Italian language studies. The AIL initiated the first diploma exams for the study of modern ...
The Rose Tattoo: Won First Italian actress to win for Best Actress. 1957 Wild Is the Wind: Nominated 1960 Sophia Loren: Two Women: Won Second Italian actress to be nominated. First Italian actress to win for Best Actress in an Italian-language film. First individual to win for a foreign-language performance. 1964 Marriage Italian Style: Nominated
The Accademia della Crusca (Italian: [akkaˈdɛːmja della ˈkruska]; lit. ' Academy of the Bran '), generally abbreviated as La Crusca, is a Florence-based society of scholars of Italian linguistics and philology. It is one of the most important research institutions of the Italian language, [1] as well as the oldest linguistic academy in the ...
[1] The Certificato di Conoscenza della Lingua Italiana (Certificate of Knowledge of Italian Language), or CELI, is an internationally recognized qualification of the Italian language destined for foreigners wanting to validate their relative Italian fluency, offered by the Università per Stranieri di Perugia.
The origins of the modern CILS qualification are said to date back to 1588 when the Grand Duke of Tuscany Ferdinand I created a school for learning of the then Tuscan Italian language for German students. Subsequent movements for the dissemination of the Italian language and Italian culture have also been established and promoted throughout ...
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs established the school in 1977. [1] The Italian government accredits the school, and the New York State Association of Independent Schools accredited the school in 2006. [1] It is the sole bilingual English-Italian preK through Grade 12 day school in North America.
The Lorenzo de' Medici Institute (Italian: Istituto Lorenzo de' Medici, LdM) is a private institution of higher education located in Florence, Italy, with smaller campuses in Tuscania and Rome. LdM has been a study abroad provider to students from all over the world since 1973, and began primarily as an Italian language institute.
They ally with each other or even the local chapter of Cosa Nostra. They have similar rituals and rules. There is also a membership tattoo. Older members use a needle and black and blue ink to carve a five-pointed star on the initiate's right hand between the thumb and index finger. This tattoo is known as stiddari.