Introduction to listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Italian and to the culture of Italian-speaking regions. This course meets three (3) hours per week in the classroom and requires at least ...

Writers and poets shaped its style and vocabulary over centuries, with beauty and sound as some of their primary considerations. It happened again the other day. I was walking down the street in my ...

The main goal of the Department of German Studies and Italian Studies at Smith College is to offer a program of study that provides opportunities for students to acquire both proficiency in Italian ...

Editor’s Note: Silvia Marchetti is a Rome-based freelance reporter and writer. She covers finance, economics, travel and culture for a wide range of media. Silvia has a master degree in journalism, ...

ROME (Reuters) - It's official. The language of Italy is Italian -- but not everyone is happy about it. While it might seem obvious, the Italian-ness of Italian has only just been enshrined in the ...

Hear Miles Hoffman's examples of Italian musical terms in action. Even when it isn't sung, the Italian language sounds like music, which is part of why Italian words are used to tell musicians how to ...

ROME, March 20 (Reuters) - Italy's courts should stick to tradition and avoid the novelty of gender-neutral symbols in official documents, according to the institution that acts as the guardian of the ...