{"id":5774,"date":"2018-12-07T15:02:59","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T15:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages-draft\/?p=5774"},"modified":"2019-01-22T17:55:20","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T17:55:20","slug":"richard-lisi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/languages\/2018\/12\/07\/richard-lisi\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Lisi"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cStudying Italian has improved the way in which I form ideas and construct sentences. It also helped me to become a better listener, which is an important quality for physicians.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Richard Lisi wasn\u2019t sure what to expect when he enrolled in his first Italian<\/a> class at URI. The kinesiology<\/a> student and aspiring physician already had a demanding schedule, and had not taken a language class since high school.<\/p>\n

Making time for language study was a priority for him though, because the Italian language and culture is an important part of his heritage. Richard\u2019s grandfather lived through World War II in the province of Frosinone, about 50 miles southeast of Rome. When the town was attacked by the Nazis, Richard\u2019s grandfather, then only ten years old had to be sent to an orphanage for a few months.<\/p>\n

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\u201cLanguage is a medium that helps people become more self-aware, and it has the power to transmit values across generations.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Richard describes with pride the challenges his grandfather faced, emigrating to the U.S. and adapting to a new country. \u201cGrowing up, the phrase I always heard was, \u2018Non mollare<\/em>,’ or \u2018never give up.’ Language is a medium that helps people become more self-aware, and it has the power to transmit values across generations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Italian Professor Alfred Crudale<\/a> recalls the first time he met Richard in class: \u201cAt the beginning of class, when I ask them questions in Italian, students are very quiet in the beginning, but Richard wasn\u2019t afraid to throw himself right into the conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Richard enjoys speaking Italian not just in class, but in email correspondence, instructions for assignments, and hallway conversations. \u201cOur goal is to build language proficiency and cultural competence so that students are prepared to study abroad,\u201d says Department Chair Karen De Bruin<\/a>. \u201cBut we also want to provide the best experience possible for all students who may not have the resources to go abroad so we always look for ways to support a culture of immersion right here on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI really love reading and writing in another language,\u201d Richard says. \u201cStudying Italian has improved the way in which I form ideas and construct sentences. It also helped me to become a better listener, which is an important quality for physicians.\u201d<\/p>\n

Richard is working at an athletic training center while he applies to medical school. \u201cStudying a language will help me be more open to the diverse needs of my patients,\u201d he says. \u201cIt gives people a cross-cultural empathy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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