{"id":1167,"date":"2017-03-27T13:34:10","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T17:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2017\/?page_id=1167"},"modified":"2017-06-15T10:11:26","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T14:11:26","slug":"delfico-daniel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2017\/italy\/delfico-daniel\/","title":{"rendered":"Delfico, Daniel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Daniel Delfico<\/p>\n

E-mail:\u00a0<\/strong>ddelfico@nd.edu<\/p>\n

Language: \u00a0<\/strong>Italian<\/p>\n

Location of Study: \u00a0<\/strong>Sorrento, Italy<\/p>\n

Program of Study:\u00a0<\/strong>Sant’Anna Institute<\/p>\n

Sponsors:\u00a0<\/strong>Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures and\u00a0Albert J. and Helen M. Ravarino Family International Scholars in Italy Program<\/span><\/p>\n

Blog URL:\u00a0<\/strong>http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2017\/author\/ddelficond-edu\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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A brief personal bio:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m from Ridgewood, New Jersey, and I am currently a first year student intending to major in Finance and ACMS with a minor in Italian. I’m on the Men’s Club Lacrosse team and I’m involved in a variety of extracurricular activities on campus from the fishing club to SIBC. I really enjoy traveling and learning about different countries and cultures.<\/p>\n

Why this summer language abroad opportunity is important to me:<\/strong><\/p>\n

My SLA Grant is important to me for a variety of reasons. First, learning the Italian language has been a part of my education since freshman year of high school, so I really hope to achieve fluency at some point in the next few years of my education. Additionally, I hope to incorporate some international aspect into my career in the future and a strong knowledge of the Italian language will definitely help me achieve this goal. Half of my family comes from Italy, and I believe that understanding the language and culture will definitely help me gain a better understanding of my ancestry.<\/p>\n

What I hope to achieve as a result of this summer study abroad experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n

During my summer study abroad experience, I hope to greatly improve upon my conversational skills in the Italian language. While I believe that I currently have a strong base in the language, I definitely think that my speaking skills could use a lot of improvement. I hope to get to the point where I can confidently hold lengthy conversations with native speakers. I also hope to improve my writing and reading skills to the point where I can read a majority of written works without having to stop every few sentences to translate certain advanced words or phrases.<\/p>\n

My specific learning goals for language and intercultural learning this summer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. At the end of the summer, I will be able to hold conversations with native speakers without having to pause every few sentences to think about how to say what I want.<\/p>\n

2. At the end of the summer, I will be able to speak about a topic at length without hesitating while I am mentally translating what I am trying to say.<\/p>\n

3. At the end of the summer, I will be able to read most written works without having to stop to translate certain words or phrases every few sentences.<\/p>\n

4. At the end of the summer, I will have developed strong relationships with my host family and the other students in the program to the point where I will continue to keep in touch with them after the program ends.<\/p>\n

My plan for maximizing my international language learning experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  Name:\u00a0Daniel Delfico E-mail:\u00a0ddelfico@nd.edu Language: \u00a0Italian Location of Study: \u00a0Sorrento, Italy Program of Study:\u00a0Sant’Anna Institute Sponsors:\u00a0Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures and\u00a0Albert J. and Helen M. Ravarino Family International Scholars in Italy Program Blog URL:\u00a0http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2017\/author\/ddelficond-edu\/     A brief personal bio: I’m from Ridgewood, New Jersey, and I am currently a first year … Continue reading Delfico, Daniel<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1169,"featured_media":0,"parent":215,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1167","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1167"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1889,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1167\/revisions\/1889"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}