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=Learning Plan=

July 10, 2012 Susan Catanzaro I would like to learn how to express my dietary needs in the Italian language when I visit Italy in August. I have celiac disease and cannot eat wheat or wheat-like grasses or wheat gluten. In Italian it is called (intolleranza al glutine) or gluten intolerance. There are categories of products that are too closely related to wheat grass and therefore, although not wheat, I still suffer if I ingest them. There is also a cross-contamination issue…if someone handles wheat products or uses a facility where wheat products are made to make wheat-free products, there is a chance that I may become ill. I am safest eating foods that are labeled “this was made in a gluten-free dedicated facility.” If a product claims to be gluten-free and the packaging reads “This product was produced in a factory that also handles wheat products,” then I am at risk. My concern is that I will not be able to properly communicate my special needs diet while visiting Italy, although it is a well-known condition in Italy. Children are routinely screened and tested in Italy by age six and if identified as having gluten intolerance, they are government-supplemented with 1500euros per year to offset the addition costs of purchasing wheat-free foods. **2. Learning Goals and Objectives:** Goal 1: To learn to speak, and correctly pronounce my condition and convey it to restaurant staff. Goal 2: To understand the probable responses a restaurant staffer would give me upon learning of my intolleranza al glutine. Objective: Using OER and OCW resources and web tools and by my arrival date of July 29th in Rome, I will master the Italian words needed to communicate my dietary needs. Youtube.com, www.celiactravel.com/cards/italian/, = touritaly.org/phrasebook/phrasebook06.htm =
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 * Phrases listed in blogs from waiters in Italy **
 * Helpful greetings/courtesies**
 * ** English ** || ** Italian ** ||
 * are you crazy? || sei pazzo? (say patz-zoh) ||
 * bottoms up || alla salute (ahl-lah sah-loo-teh) ||
 * by God || per Dio (pehr Dee-oh) ||
 * cheers (toasting) || cin cin (chin chin) ||
 * crazy, nuts || svitato (svee-tah-toh) ||
 * damn! || accidenti (ah-shee-dehn-teh) ||
 * god bless you (congratulations) || Dio ti benedica (Dee-oh tee behn-neh-dee-kah) ||
 * god bless you (sneeze) || salute (sah-loo-teh) ||
 * good luck || in bocca al lupo (een bohk-kah al loo-poh) ||
 * great || magnifico (mag-nee-fee-koh) ||
 * hit the road || vada via (vah-dah vee-ah) ||
 * how beautiful || che bello (kay bel-loh) ||
 * hurry up || muoviti (moo-ohv-ee-tee) ||
 * Leave me in peace || mi lasce in pace (mee lash-eh een pah-cheh) ||
 * look || guardi (goo-ahrd-ee) ||
 * never mind || non importa (nohn eem-pohr-tah) ||
 * no way, impossible || Ma che! Impossibile (mah kay! Eem-pohs-see-bee-leh) ||
 * ouch || ahi (ah-ee) ||
 * really? || ma va (mah vah) ||
 * really? || veramente (vehr-ah-men-teh) ||
 * shut up || stai zitto (stah-ee zeet-toh) ||
 * so what || e allora (eh ahl-lohr-ah) ||
 * thank God || grazia a Dio (grahtz-ee-ah ah Dee-oh) ||
 * that's enough || basta (bah-stah) ||
 * thats fine || va bene (vah behn-eh) ||
 * what a beauty || che bellezza (kay bell-etz-ah) ||
 * what a pity || che peccato (kay pek-kaht-oh) ||
 * with pleasure || con piacere (kon pee-ah-cher-eh) ||
 * wonderful || splendido (splen-dee-doh) ||
 * wow || caspita (kah-spee-tah) ||

Podcast from iTunes, Skype, websites, video. In the next eighteen days, I will spend at least thirty minutes per day listening to Italian audio conversations in restaurants and view videos on ordering gluten- free foods with audio in Italian. Save on Wiki Website, journaling, email.
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