This site is designed as a collaborative resource for teachers of Italian in secondary schools in the UK and their students.  If you would like to contribute in any way to the building of this site (contributing materials, editing or in any other way), please get in touch by sending an email to teachitalianuk@gmail.com.
NB: We are aware that many schools are now blocking emails sent from teachitalianuk@gmail.com. If you teach Italian in a school in the UK and have not received any email from us in recent days (and wish to receive communications from us in future), then please get in touch to arrange so we can reach you!
Recently published
Booklet for teaching the A Level 'Divario Nord-Sud' sub-theme produced by Ruth Glynn and Cecilia Brioni of the University of Bristol and Peter Langdale. For more information and to download, click here.
Click here for information and download material prepared for the AQA GCSE session of 26/3 which has had to be cancelled..
Interesting resources to check out:
  • Poetry Sound Library - archive of poets (many Italian) reading their own work.
  • Online Italian Club. Masses of online grammar and listening materials in particular. Well worth checking out and subscribing to.
  • Easy Italian News  for weekly news bulletins with transcript....
  • www.cinericordi.it  an online archive of material related to post-war Italian culture, and cinema in particular. There are in particular 160 video interviews that could be used in part or as a whole for listening comprehension.
  • Vocabolario visivo on the RAI Educational site - short videos with transcripts of the audio on a whole range of topics.
  • ITALIAN CHILDREN'S STORIES .... read with associated texts and translations. From The Italian Experiment (also available in French, Spanish and German).
Do get in touch!
Do let us know of any news about teaching Italian in UK schools. Has your school introduced Italian this year? Have you introduced a new course? Has a new teacher of Italian joined your school?
And don't forget to share materials and ideas with colleagues by publication on this site. Just email them to teachitalianuk@gmail.com
Opportunities for students
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Original Writing Competition 2020

ISMLA has  launched a writing competition. Entries in Italian are invited from students in all UK schools in years 11 to 13. Click here to download instructions and titles. Deadline for entries (one per school) is Monday June 8th. Buon divertimento!
The Stephen Spender Prize for Poetry in Translation

This annual competion has categories for young people (14-and-under, 16-and-under, and 18-and-under) as well as an open category for adults.This is a great opportuity to engage your students with both poetry and issues in translation.  Closing date: 17 July 2020. Visit the Stephen Spender Trust website for more details
Coronavirus-related teaching materials
  1. Reading Comprehension on 'La scuola a distanza' (School and daily routine)
  2. Two texts on coronavirus (Higher level GCSE - health and daily routine)
  3. Advanced text with listening (sound track) and translation on Il Paziente 1 (video below)  
Recent GCSE materials:GCSE topic material - Probably best for revision and exam preparation:
Useful External Links 
Exam boards