Language Tourism: Learning Italian During A Pandemic
Giorgio Massei, director of Edulingua, explains the challenges for language tourism and what it means to teach Italian during a pandemic.
Giorgio Massei, director of Edulingua, explains the challenges for language tourism and what it means to teach Italian during a pandemic.
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.
With the establishment of Florentine as the literary language of choice, all the other regional languages came to be regarded as dialects, creating a unique situation that Italians have struggled with to this day.
It might be time to panic about the Italian language, as mother tongue speakers continue to dwindle every year. Is there a solution out there?
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A small but vibrant arts collective is reviving Sicily's rich tradition of myth and legend.
Dated teaching methods and de facto barriers to entry are holding everyone back.
If universities in Italy want to continue to attract Italian students, they need to make sure that they are stepping up to the plate and meeting demand.
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