According to the US State Department’s website, federal law does not mention dual citizenship or require a person to choose one citizenship or another. And luckily, US citizens who are granted citizenship of another country do not risk losing…
If you are a US citizen with Italian ancestry you could be eligible for Italian citizenship by descent! Since the time of Italy’s unification, citizenship has derived by being born to an Italian parent not by being born in the Country. This…
I was born in Rome, but spent the majority of life abroad, including Chicago where I met my husband. We recently moved to Rome, and the first few months were quite a learning experience. In this short series of posts…
Ah, la dolce vita. You’ve finally attained your dream of being able to study in Italy! Get together with friends and have a glass of prosecco! Congratulations! …Or are these celebrations happening too soon? Have you considered what really goes…
English Lorena Trapasso Ciao, mi chiamo Lorena Trapasso, ho 39 anni e vivo in Italia in Calabria in provincia di Catanzaro. Dal 2007 lavoro con ICAP, dove negli ultimi anni il mio ruolo è questo: quando ICAP mi assegna una…
Here we are with another post, this time dedicated to food (incidentally, the theme of EXPO, open now until October 31, 2015 in Milan).
Students ask many questions about linguistics, culture, and food: two most common questions from American students are appropriately about food: “How come in Italian pizzeria I get a pizza with vegetables when I order a pepperoni pizza?” and, “Why can’t I find Neapolitan ice cream in a gelateria?”
English Eccoci a un nuovo post, questa volta dedicato al cibo (tema, tra l’altro, dell’EXPO presente fino al 31 ottobre 2015 a Milano). Gli studenti fanno sempre molte domande, linguistiche, culturali, alimentari; due domande frequenti da parte degli americani sono…
Welcome to the Italian blog: I’m Michela, an Italian teacher, and I live in Italy’s finance and fashion capital (Milan of course). So do I speak Italian or Italenglish?
English Benvenuti sul blog di italiano: mi chiamo Michela, sono una teacher di italiano e vivo nella Italy’s finance-and-fashion capital (Milano, of course!). Parlo dunque italiano o italenglish? Ebbene sì, le parole inglesi sono usate ogni giorno da molti italiani…
Did your Italian ancestor naturalize as a US citizen? You might search all the dusty boxes from family attic collections without finding a definite answer. For some, an ancestor moved to the US more than 100 years ago, and their…