Resources available to students at the IIS Italian School

Resources available to students at the IIS Italian School

Learn Italian from the Italians, at the Istituto Italiano Scuola, 425 Washinton Ave, San Francisco, CA 941111, Phone/Fax: (415) 788-0242

				Students at the IIS Italian school in San Francisco, in cooperation with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, has a wide range of resources available.











				IIS and IIC physically share the same building, and work closely together to provide an unparalleled environment in which to experience the vast offerings of the Italian culture. These two powerful arenas of knowledge are combined and presented so that one can pick and choose amongst the huge "menu of experiences" in accordance with their specific interests. Lectures, exhibits, films, readings, theatrical performances, regional culinary presentations, that take place in the Galleria, are all a part of studying the Italian language here at the school.

		Memorable music events have been performed here featuring the classics and regional pieces not often heard here in the US. Shown in the picture to the left, a classe a tema or "theme class" is discussing a film just shown in which the students are learning the language by using it to convey and understand dynamics in the world of cinema.

Italian school resources, San Francisco Bay Area

State-of-the-art technology such as imported DVD players, VCRs and TVs are powerful tools used to play a growing collection of native (area 2 from Italy) videocassettes and DVDs. They are shown on many "film nights" at IIC (click on IIC logo in banner above) and used in language classes as an entertaining venue with which to learn.



	IIC membership provides: Priority seating at IIC events and programs Discounts or free tickets for events sponsored by the IIC Use of the library and videotape collection One-year subscription to the IIC quarterly calendar and bulletin

Left: Famous Italian author, Claudio Magris, after a lecture to a full house in the galleria.

One event, in which the IIC takes part in sponsoring, is the N.I.C.E. or New Italian Cinema Events. Most recent was a film brought for its US premier, Francesca and Nunziata, directed by Lina Wertmueller. Ms. Wertmueller was in attendance for the screening and took questions from audience at this event ... quite the treat for those fans of us in attendance.