Sine Nomine is a group of language teachers who meet regularly at various university sites in the Boston area. Founded in 1981 and managed by Wilga Rivers, Professor Emerita, Harvard University, for many years, the group gets together several times each year to discuss the latest developments in language pedagogy, materials development and classroom techniques.

Improving Language Teaching Through Use Of The Internet
(Actual classroom experiences)
Saturday, April 4, 1998 
1:30pm to 4:30pm 
Technology Classroom,  Cushing Hall,  3rd Floor 
Merrimack College 
North Andover, MA


1:30-2:00  Welcome and Refreshments


2:00-3:15  "Taming the Web... Adesso"

      Internet activities integrated with first year Italian textbook  
      Adesso by Marcel Danesi.
      Elvira Di Fabio,  Harvard University


      "How to integrate web sites with your Italian courses"
      Tips and ideas.
      Francesca M. Gagliardi,  Merrimack College


      Demonstration of Merrimack's new Divace Language Laboratory


3:15-3:30  COFFEE BREAK


3:30-4:15  "The Web as Tool and Resource"

      Some Ideas for the Foreign Language Classroom 

      Adriana Gutierrez and Margarita Ribas Groeger,  MIT


4:15-4:30  Conclusion


Merrimack College is located in North Andover, MA  only 25 minutes 
north of Boston.  Ample free parking is available.  For further information 
please contact Francesca M. Gagliardi at (978) 837-5000 ex. 4492 or 
Francisca Gonzalez-Arias at extension 4526.

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