Accademia della Crusca warns: initiatives needed to strengthen the

Accademia della Crusca warns: initiatives needed to strengthen the Italian language

An article in Tecnica della Scuola echoes the Accademia della Crusca president's concern about a gradual reduction in the use of Italian, intensified by the growing presence of English. The piece outlines proposed measures to bolster the language within educational systems and public life.

Publication date: 2026-04-12

• Strengthen Italian language teaching in schools, with particular support for non-native students.
• Language integration pathways for young immigrants, including initial periods focused exclusively on learning Italian.
• Widespread Italian courses for adults across the territory, open also to Italian citizens to improve communication skills.
• Reassess some educational approaches such as mandatory CLIL in final years and promote more oral practice in Italian.
• Promote Italian in universities, using English only where strictly necessary.
• Critically select loanwords, translate or create Italian equivalents for new technical and cultural terms.
• Value dialects and Latin as historical and cultural resources to boost linguistic awareness.

The report emphasizes that these proposals require coordinated action among schools, universities, cultural institutions and media to counter the trend toward anglophone dominance without relying on purely prohibitive measures. The call is for a broad cultural effort to preserve and renew the Italian language.