Un progetto didattico plurilingue. La scuola Italiana a Tirana, Albania

Abstract

This contribution gives an insight into the makings of a multilingual school by focusing on the early phases of the project, the didactic  planning and the bureaucratic aspects. The author analyses the Italian-Albanian historical relationship, dwelling on the development of  the teaching of Italian language in Albania during the last decades. A brief panorama of the current international Italian schools around  the world introduces the steps that led to the birth of the Scuola Italiana a Tirana, followed by its various activities as a cultural and learning centre, culminated in the affiliation of the school with the Dante Alighieri Society. The last part of this contribution is dedicated to  the didactics, methods, techniques and strategies currently used in the Italian School in Tirana and its future perspectives.