Appeal: This site depends on contributions from teachers in order to grow and become ever more useful. Even one good worksheet or activity from each user would make a huge difference. So please help the community by emailing just a few of the 'best' resources you have created to teachitalianuk@gmail.com. Your colleagues will be very grateful!
Competition for Schools
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ISMLA Original Writing Competition 2021

The competition is back again and (for Italian) open to all schools in the UK. For more information go to this page or download the instructions and Italian  titles here.
The deadline for submission is Friday 16th April.
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Express yourself in Lockdown
A celebration, not a test or a competition, but an opportunity for students to create and share a short performance to be viewed by others. Speaking in a foreign language, students perform a poem, a presentation, as sketch or dialogue which everyone can enjoy listening to. All to be completed by 28th February. For full information click here.
Resources to check out
     Survey of Schools Teaching Italian

Many thanks to all those who took the time to complete the survey recently. If you would like to see what emerged, a summary of the findings can be downloaded from here. If anyone wants further information, just contact teachitalianuk@gmail.com

     AQA Speaking Endorsement 2021 

AQA have made available a recording of one of their live training sessions on the 2021 GCSE Speaking endorsement along with all the supporting materials and a FAQs booklet here:  Notes and guidance: Speaking endorsement

Dante 700
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2021 is the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri. There are bound to be numerous celebrations and events to mark this year. Here are some ideas for you or for your students: Suggested reading in English: More:
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
  4. YouTube video : Il coronavirus spiegato ai bambini  
Useful Links
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The Italian Cultural  Institute in London  is arranging an amazing variety of events in this period, so do sign up for its newslettter and explore its Vimeo channel for material from past events. Some may be of interest to students such as an  interview with Carofiglio and a discussion about Il giardino dei Finzi Contini.
Exam boards
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.