NYSTCE Italian (125) case studies
NYSTCE Italian (125) · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Italian (125) is a Content Specialty Test in the New York State Teacher Certification Examinations (NYSTCE) program. Candidates take it to demonstrate the Italian language and pedagogy knowledge that New York certification requirements call for in this field. The NYSTCE Italian (125) case studies are 5 cases and about 2,588 words.
1Tuscan Accent in a District Listening Benchmark
You teach Italian III in a suburban high school with 26 students: 9 heritage speakers whose families come from Calabria and Sicily, and 17 second-language learners. The district benchmark listening test uses a 90-second clip of a Florentine news reader discussing a local election.
530 words, about 3 min2Rater Disagreement on a Constructed-Response Essay
You are scoring the Italian IV constructed-response section: 32 persuasive essays on 'Le sfide dell'immigrazione in Italia,' each 200–250 words, using a 6-point analytic rubric with three criteria: content, organization, and language. Two raters independently scored all essays.
504 words, about 3 min3Passato Prossimo Overgeneralization in Narrative Writing
You teach Italian II to 24 students in a 42-minute period. After three lessons on the passato prossimo and imperfetto, 18 students still write background descriptions with the passato prossimo, for example 'Ieri mentre ho mangiato, ha squillato il telefono' instead of 'mentre mangiavo.' They conjugate both tenses in isolated drills at 85% accuracy and recognize the difference on a 10-item multiple-choice quiz at 70%.
530 words, about 3 min4Food, Identity, and Stereotype Avoidance in a Culture Unit
You are designing a four-week unit, 'Cucina e identità,' for Italian IV at a diverse urban high school with 30 students. One student moved from Albania two years ago and has Italian citizenship through her grandmother; another is vegan and has commented that Italian food lessons always center on salumi and formaggio; several students' families are from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic and have no Italian heritage; the local Main Street has an Italian-American bakery and a Sicilian-owned café.
513 words, about 3 min5Freeze During an Oral Proficiency Interview
You are administering a 10-minute oral proficiency interview to 22 Italian III students. The interview has three phases: warm-up, picture description, and a conversation about future plans.
511 words, about 3 min