Talking the Talk in French, German, Italian and Spanish
Words: Joanna Alexander, The University of Nottingham talking the Talk French, German, Italian and Spanish is a series of books aimed at helping the learner to feel confident in chatting in social situations. Topics covered include: getting to know people, lifestyle...
Come nell’indolenza di una caldissima estate, tra sonnellini e zanzare, ci siamo innamorati di Milano
Rana Mohamed, University of Greenwich Lo scorso luglio sono andata a Milano con il mio fidanzato per tutto il mese. Ho studiato l’italiano presso l’Università degli Studi di Milano per tre settimane. Il corso era organizzato dal Calcif, il Centro d’Ateneo...
Early Language Learning: Complexity and Mixed Methods
Words: Lisa Stevens, Primary language teacher and ALL Council member Early Language Learning: Complexity and Mixed Methods, edited by Janet Enever and Eva Lindgren Early Language Learning: Complexity and Mixed Methods is the first in a series of books published by...
Festival of Italian Literature
The Festival of Italian Literature in London / Festival Italiano di Letteratura a Londra (FILL) will take place at the Coronet Theatre Notting Hill on October 21 and 22, 2017. Two days of events, over 30 speakers, authors and thinkers from different backgrounds,...
An appraisal of ‘Flipped Learning’ in the Italian classroom
Daniela Standen FHEA, Institution Wide Language Programme T&L Coordinator, University of Reading. ‘An appraisal of ‘Flipped Learning’ Pedagogy as applied to an IWLP Italian stage 3 module’ This video appraises the application of Flipped...
An Italian Year Abroad
Sono una studentessa di Tedesco e Italiano all’Università di Reading, sono andata in Italia per 5 mesi (Febbraio 2017 – Luglio 2017) e ho studiato all’Università degli Studi Bergamo. Ho studiato corsi linguistici e ho seguito anche un corso di lingua italiana, livello...
Flying the flag for minority Italian languages
Guest post by Maureen Millward I was brought up in a monolingual household near Glasgow. I had no access to foreign languages until I went to high school. At university I studied post A-level Spanish and also some Italian as a beginner. I was keen to start with...
Celebrating Ferragosto
Victoria Mitchell (Association for Language Learning) The 15 August is known as Ferragosto in Italy and marks the start of the Italian holiday period. If you happen to be in the country on that day, you will no doubt notice that most shops and restaurants will be...
Summer Reads
The long and relaxing summer break provides an opportunity to not only unwind with a good book, but to also practise your reading skills, enjoy reading in a different language or simply immerse yourself in another culture. With this in mind, the Editorial Language...
Reflections on the design and delivery of a specialist language course
Dr. Enrico Bertelli (University of York) 1 PRESENTATION OF ITALIAN FOR MUSICIANS The didactic application of music and songs in foreign language education boasts a long and interesting history; the use of ‘sound records’ inside the classroom appears as early as 1936...