Wish you had a paid opportunity to experience the Italian language and culture while making a difference in the classroom? We have exciting news to share with you.
We have recently developed a partnership with the Study, Intercultural Training, and Experience Program (SITE) to ensure two recent majors in Italian paid internships in Lombardy as English Teaching Assistants. Our first two interns are in Italy right now, and they are having a very exciting time of their lives. You could be the next one!
For information about the program and to submit your application please contact Professor Susanna Ferlito (ferli001@umn.edu) by December 15, 2016.
To learn more about the SITE program, please click here: http://siteprogram.pacioli.net/.
"Italy, and specifically Crema, is fantastic! The city is very charming, and I'm enjoying my experience with a host family (I have my own apartment, but they live below). The program itself is also going well. I teach hour-long English conversation/listening lessons to first and third-year students at the moment, and I'm having a lot of fun doing that. Eventually, they will have me teach CLIL, which involves teaching specific subject material in English. On the side, I do private lessons in order to live more comfortably, and this, too, is very enjoyable. I've been starting to travel around northern Italy, and I've found that in the last two months alone I have become very"comfortable with the pace of life here and the local culture. My Italian is also rapidly progressing too!"
-Nick Lambert
"The SITE program has been one of my best experiences so far! I love everything about it and am having the time of my life! Not only do you get work experience, but it also teaches so many other important life lessons that can be applied to a number of different things. The workload isn't heavy either, so there's plenty of time to travel and make friends. I'm enjoying it so much so that I already am thinking about signing up again for next year!"
-Emily Irsfeld
