THE ITALIAN TEACHERS NETWORK
This site is a collaborative effort by and for teachers of Italian in the UK. If you like what we do or use any of these resources, then the best way to say thank you is to send in some of your own materials to share with the community. Original material only to [email protected]
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Translation Competitions Stephen Spender Prize
"The prize is the leading annual prize for poetry in translation, with categories for pupils, teachers and individual young people in the UK and Ireland, as well as an Open category for adults from all over the world." Tender to run courses at ICI London ICI London is conducting a tender for the concession of the services related to the organization and management of Italian language and culture courses at the Italian Cultural Institute in London (2025 – 2027). DEADLINE: Tuesday 20th of May 2025
If interested (or know any institution that might be), full information can be found at https://amblondra.acquistitelematici.it/tender/911 Italian Teaching in the UK Below you will see a link to a map we are working on of where Italian is taught in secondary schools and universities in the UK.
Is your school or university not listed? Any notes you would like to add your school or department? Email all suggestions to [email protected]
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Corso di Formazione in London Sunday 27th April You might be interested in this training day fronted by Enrico Cecconi of Bath University and Sara Giovinazzo of SIAL. Full details and how to book, follow this link https://sial.charity/it/sial-events/ornimi-editions-formazione-2025/
Italian Language Assistants 2025-6 Applications are now open for Italian Language Assistants through the British Council. Do consider employing a language assistant for next year. For full details and for the link to apply, go to this page on the British Council site.
Costs Post Brexit there are two ways of employing an assistant, on a short (November – April) or a long term basis (1 September / October - 31 May). See here for more details. Sharing an assistant Your department may not be large enough to justify an assistant, but have you considered sharing one with (a) nearby school(s)? Ofqual Subject Matter Specialists OFQUAL are looking for Subject Matter Specialists in Italian. This could be an important role in representing the Italian teaching community, so do consider applying. All the relevant information can be found here.
Fancy Examining for GCSE? AQA are looking for examiners for GCSE Italian Writing. The link to apply is HERE.
Estorick collection
This wonderful collection of Modern Italian Art in North London offers learning programmes designed for students from Key Stages 1-5, including exclusive self-guided visits, workshops, resources, CPD events for teachers and Teachers' Private Views.
School visits happen on Mondays and Tuesdays when the Collection is closed to the public and students will have exclusive access to the collection. |
Sites to explore
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Il Libraio Scuola
Reading material for young adults. Obviously for 'madrelingua' pupils but useable or adaptable. Has a free monthly newsletter with lots of texts (www.illibraio.it/scuola - www.illibraio.it/scuola.
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A site with lots of vocabulary and grammar material mainly for A1 / A2 level students.
See their Christmas material including a free LIBRO DELL'AVVENTO MATERIALI DIDATTICI
Materiali didattici produced by Adalgisa Serio and Anna Maria Sheikh at CDLCI in Manchester contains a wealth of teaching and revision materials for Primary, GCSE and AS level. Suitable links have been put on individual thematic pages. |
LINGCOOKIES
Have a look at this site - lingcookies.com - where there is a whole host of interesting looking material for students (and teachers)
ONLINE ITALIAN CLUB
Huge site with masses of materials
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Promote Italian
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