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About Us |
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Little Language is an on-going program tailored to
the particular needs of the children enrolled. Each child is placed in a
class based on many factors including age, language skills, and social
development. Little Language is committed to giving individual attention
to each child; therefore our classes are kept small to facilitate the
full participation of every student. Each one hour language class is
conducted exclusively in Italian in a structured, stimulating and
playful environment so children can be nurtured, praised, encouraged and
feel self confident. We emphasize the importance of multi-sensory
foreign language learning through verbal-visual-tactile association. An
interactive approach is achieved through singing songs, telling
traditional stories, colorful pictures, puppets, toys and instruments.
By engaging each student through “educational play”, your child will
understand and learn the Italian language naturally and effortlessly. |
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About
The Founder/Director/Head Teacher |
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Alberta Gulotta, is a former Staten
Island, NYC Public School teacher of Italian and Spanish. For over
fifteen years, she has been teaching the Italian language, art and
culture to children. She has taught High School as well as adult courses
at the Garibaldi Meucci Museum in Staten Island, New York. Alberta has lived and studied in Florence, Italy
attending La Lorenzo de Medici studying advanced Italian grammar,
literature and art history. She holds a degree in Romance Languages and
Education. She attended Hunter College’s graduate program studying
Italian Literature. Aside her studies, she has traveled extensively to
Italy and Europe and exudes a love and passion for the Italian language. |
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Prior to teaching, Alberta worked in Italian
commercial banking for Banca Nazionale dell’ Agricoltura (BNA) as an
administrative assistant and Banca Commerciale Italiana (BCI) utilizing
her bi-lingual abilities in the Credit Department. Research has
proven and she firmly believes, that there is an educational
advantage gained through early exposure to a foreign language.
Studies show that a secondary linguistic experience accelerates
brain activity and enhances children’s overall cognitive
development. It has been proven that children possess their greatest
capacity to absorb and retain language from birth to age eight.
Alberta also believes that learning foreign languages can only be
beneficial and creates a more well rounded and cultured individual. As a resident of Dyker Heights Brooklyn, Alberta
realized that there was a need for a unique bi-lingual program. Through
years of experience teaching, she has devised an effective program that
immerses children in the Italian language in an interactive, enjoyable,
nurturing and playful environment. |
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Our
Teachers/Assistants |
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Our teachers are carefully
selected and personally trained by the founder of Little Language. Each
teacher is native Italian, qualified and brings her creativity to the
curriculum. Our faculty consists of individuals who are dynamic,
enthusiastic, passionate, dedicated and love the Italian language and
culture. |
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Maria Grazia Notarnicola has her degree in
Fine Art History from Istituto Europeo di Design, Rome, Italy. She
has studied foreign languages and literature at Universita La
Sapienza, in Rome, Italy as well as Istituto Linguistico Enrico Medi,
Frosinone, Italy. Maria, who is native Italian, has been a volunteer
artist for a children’s non-profit charity organization and exudes a
passion and love for children and art. Maria Grazia taught Italian
adult classes at Manhattan Language School and has joined Little
Language as an Italian/Culinary Arts teacher. She helped design a unique
enrichment culinary program where children learn essential kitchen
skills and techniques such as measuring, mixing, grating, peeling,
whipping & slicing while preparing regional Italian dishes. Maria’s fluency,
enthusiasm and lively personality makes her an asset to our faculty. |
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Anna Laura is native from Sicily, Italy
and has lived in the United States as well as joined our Italian
Playgroup since September 2007. Having worked with children in
Italy, she happily assists our "maestra" and her classes. Anna Laura
speaks very little English and immerses the students of Little
Language in Italian with patience and genuine smiles. Her warm
personality, fluency and dedication to our students makes her an
asset to our Italian team of assistants and instructors. |
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