Refresher course for teachers of Italian as a second/foreign language

What do we mean by "Italian culture"? What does it mean to teach Italian culture? How can culture teaching and language teaching be integrated? What is the relationship between “classical” expressions and new forms of cultural expression?

The 2026 edition of the professional development course for L2/FL Italian teachers seeks to provide an interpretative key to all these and many other questions that teachers ask themselves when preparing a syllabus for the Italian language and culture class.

The course offers a training path that aims to provide teachers with knowledge of the various dimensions that represent Italian culture (or rather, Italian cultures) and the skills to use and integrate them into teaching practice.

The course therefore intends to delve deeper into the cultural aspects of teaching the Italian language and culture, understood as a dynamic interweaving of tradition, innovation, and plural identities. The proposed approach values Italian culture as a layered system of languages, knowledge, and practices, where elements of the artistic, literary, and musical heritage coexist with contemporary expressive forms connected to digital media and multicultural society.

Through lectures, workshops, and opportunities for discussion, participants will be guided in developing intercultural and multimodal teaching strategies, capable of integrating the different languages of culture—visual, auditory, narrative, and digital—into the Italian L2/FL classroom.

The course is aimed at teachers of Italian to foreigners, both in Italy and abroad, as well as anyone wishing to update or expand their glottodidactic and intercultural skills. It is also open to graduates and professionals in the cultural and linguistic sector who are interested in developing innovative and integrated teaching approaches to Italian culture.