Welcome to ALL’s Italian website

Benvenuto al sito italiano dell’ALL

Giornata Italiana 2011

The South of England Italian Day on 15th October was another resounding success. Our warmest thanks again to ENAIP for their generosity in hosting the event in Clerkenwell, famous as London’s ‘Little Italy’. Our thanks also to our exhibitors The Italian Bookshop and ELI Magazines for their fantastic range of learning resources and for providing some very generous prizes. This year the European Commission also provided some excellent free books and goodies. Thanks also to the 10 delegates who signed up as ALL members!  read more

 Who are we?

This site is managed by ALL’s Italian committee to let you know about events and other support.  ALL is the Association for Language Learning, the subject association for languages professionals in all sectors. The committee runs lively and friendly events for teachers of Italian in the North, Midlands and South of England. It also acts as the editorial board for ALL’s Italian journal Tuttitalia, and promotes the interests of Italian teachers and learners. Belonging to ALL is a great way of meeting other teachers of Italian, keeping up to date with developments and sharing ideas.  Benefits include a choice of language journal, a free subscription to Languages Today magazine, a weekly e-newsletter and discounts on events.

News and events

Would you like to contribute to our journal Tuttitalia?

We are keen to seek new contributors for Tuttitalia, especially if you have some successful classroom activities that you would like to share – a worksheet to accompany your article would also be welcome. Articles may be written in Italian or English. For more information see http://www.all-languages.org.uk/publications/submitting_articles_2

Refresh your Italian in Italy

There are several opportunities (in the form of structured training courses) to full immerse yourself in the language and culture of Italy and improve your knowledge and understanding of methodology. These courses are an excellent opportunities  to improve your practice in the classroom by sharing good practice and meeting other practitioners. These courses can be fully funded through the Comenius / Grundtvig  in-service training grants. More information is available on the Lifelong Learning Programme website: www.lifelonglearningprogramme.org.uk or contact Emilia at emilia.quaranta@gmail.com

LinkedUp Award Scheme

Don’t miss the amazing resources that are available from LinkedUp!  Downloadable resources and imaginative teaching ideas from over 100 teacher-led projects can be accessed on www.linksintolanguages.ac.uk/linkedup.  There are 9 projects that feature Italian, for both primary and secondary classes, and many more wonderful ideas that can be easily adapted from other languages.

PLEASE COMPLETE OUR SURVEY

The Italian Committee is conducting a SURVEY to find out what kind of support teachers of Italian would like.  We would be most grateful if you could spare a few minutes to complete the questions and return the survey by email or post.  Download the survey

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