With support from the Istituto di Cultura Italiana in Chicago, the Department of French and Italian and the Center for Languages, Literatures and Cultures, OSU hosted the first ever gathering (or ‘summit’) of Italian instructors at the high school and university level throughout Ohio. At the university level, we have noted a decrease in the number of students taking and continuing their studies in foreign languages in general and in Italian in particular, despite the increased need for speakers of foreign languages in our increasingly globalized world. This is the time to build awareness of the importance of foreign language study in our communities and to work together to build our language programs at all levels. Presentations and notes from the summit are available below.

Italian Summit 2018 Notes

Kathleen Shelton - Adding an Italian Program to your High School

Sandro Corso - Promotion of teaching Italian in public schools in Ohio and the Midwest

Alberta Lai - Support for the teaching of Italian at the university level in Ohio and the Midwest

Janice Aski - The state of foreign language study in the United States