Becoming A Secondary School Teacher In Italy
Some call the teaching profession ‘a mission’. Given the uncertainty and Italy’s constantly changing recruitment rules, it truly is that.
Dialects, Languages And International Schools: Different Ways To Be Bilingual
Bilingual schools prepare children for a new globalized market. But what about Italy's already strong history of native bilingualism?
DAD Doesn’t Always Know Best: The Struggle To Save Italian Schools
Distance learning seemed like a silver lining in the COVID-19 pandemic, but the consquences of isolation and uncertaintly are profound.
Amila Omanović: The Teacher Who Made The Balkans Learn Italian
How a young Bosnian linguist started giving online Italian language classes, making her students fall in love with the Bel Paese.
We Don’t Speak English
According to a study by Education First, Italians are the worst English speakers in Europe.
Refighting The Punic Wars
Minister Roberto Cingolani's comments about Italian students focusing on the Punic Wars too much made many headlines. Is he right or is he ignoring a larger issue?
Fearscapes Of Italian Grammar
While watching a program on the relationship between wild dogs and marsh bucks, it occurred to me that the dynamic might shed some light on the development of language.
How To Truly Reform The Italian School System
Dated teaching methods and de facto barriers to entry are holding everyone back.
The Challenges To Teaching English In Italian Public Schools
Why the disparity between the levels of communication skills in English acquired by Italian students and their European counterparts? At the risk of over-simplifying, we can focus on a few, clear reasons.
Italian English
Who exactly is teaching Italians how to speak English? Let’s take a look at some recent and not-so-recent examples.