Teachers of Italian are invited to participate in the 6th National Conference for Teachers of Italian in Australia, which will be held during the XXI International Language Week in October. The conference will be held on Saturday 23 October 2021.

The theme for this year is Dante, l'italiano – I grandi maestri da Dante a oggi: spunti per la classe d'italiano. 2021 celebrates the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri.
The conference has been organised online due to COVID19 restrictions, in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Culture, Sydney and Co.As.It. Sydney, who will co-ordinate the Zoom conference.
 
Program and registration details are on the attached flyer.

Teachers of Italian are invited to participate in an afternoon workshop hosted by Co.As.It. to celebrate XIX settimana della lingua italiana. This year’s theme is L’italiano sul palcoscenico – Italian on stage.

Date: Wednesday 30 October 2019
Time: 4:00-5:30pm
Venue: Italian Bilingual School, 30-32 See St Meadowbank
Guest speaker: Vincenzo Diglio  
Topic: Il palcoscenico scuola di vita – l’esperienza scolastica italiana
RSVP: 29 October 2019 by emailing Learning@coasit.org.au

Vincenzo Diglio, from Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, is an actor, assistant director and teacher of Italian theatre. Some of his works/films include I ragazzi del muretto, Songbirth and Nuovomondo. Vincenzo Diglio is presenting at the  national Italian teachers’ conference in Melbourne and will be joining us in Sydney for this special and unique presentation.

Co.As.It is organising the annual competition for students of Italian. There are 2 categories, Primary and Secondary. Please see attachments for further information.

This year's national Italian teachers' conference is organised as a collaboration between the Italian Embassy, Italian Institute of Culture Melbourne and Co.As.It Melbourne.

This year’s theme is L’Italiano sul Palcoscenico.  
 
To register:
Send an email to: iicmelbourne@esteri.it 
Subject: CONFERENZA 26 OTTOBRE 2019
Please include your full name, title, work place, city and contact details.
Registrations close 14 October 2019.

​Co.As.It. and the Department of Italian Studies, University of Sydney are holding a book launch on Friday 12 April. The book is "Italians in Australia: History, Memory, Identity" by Dr Francesco Ricatti, Monash University, and documents Italian migration to Australian over the past 150 years. 

The launch is at the Italian Forum in Leichhardt at 6.45pm. Everyone is welcome.