The 4th edition of the Master in Didactics of Italian as a Second and Foreign Language offered by the Department of Philological and Linguistic Studies of the University of Palermo is about to begin.

The Master aims at training students in teaching according to the two dimensions of Italian as a foreign language: as a second language (L2: for people who learn Italian while living in Italy) and as a foreign language (LS: for people who learn Italian while living in other countries). Students will be able to teach Italian as L2 to migrants living in Italy, and Italian as LS to foreigners in any other countries. The project of the Master is carried out in blended modality. Online activities allow students from all over the world to attend the Master.

Along with seminars, workshops, classes and online activities, students will take up a traineeship, the most part of which will take place in the Italian
Language School for Foreigners of the University of Palermo, that participates in the program of the Master. Students can complete their traineeship in their home country or in other institutions outside Italy.

To apply for the Master, students must have an Italian First Level Degree or an equivalent qualification obtained in their own home country, as well as a language certificate attesting an adequate level of Italian.

You can find the announcement of the Master on the University of Palermo website here.

The application can be mailed or delivered by hand to the Administration Office of the Master in Viale delle Scienze - Ed. 3 – 90128 Palermo and must be submitted by 1.00 PM on January 11, 2013. (postmark date not accepted)

The application form can be downloaded here: 
http://portale.unipa.it/master/home/Modulistica/index.html

In order to smooth procedures, applicants are requested to send an email tomasteritastra@unipa.it and inform us they have submitted their application .