The Italy ELT Archive
An archive of materials for Italian learners of English in the 20th Century
Ca’ Granda, the main seat of the University of Milan (Photo credits: Emanuela Tenca)
The Italy ELT Archive, a project led by Professors Luciana Pedrazzini and Andrea Nava at the Department of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Mediations, University of Milan, promotes research into ELT history in Italy and provides scholars, students, and teachers with a tool to understand the principles underpinning ELT materials production in the Italian context.
The project’s main objective is the creation of an open access database of ELT materials published in the 20th century targeting Italian learners of English. The database includes bibliographic entries of primary sources housed in the physical collection built up by Professors Luciana Pedrazzini and Andrea Nava at the University of Milan, as well as of further sources which can be consulted in Italian libraries.
In addition to the catalogue Books dedicated to the primary sources, the Italy ELT Archive includes a catalogue dedicated to their Authors and one to the Publishers.
Information about the overall design of the Archive and ways for consulting it is given on the Catalogues main page.
To find out more about the project, visit the website and browse the catalogues!
News & Events
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Looking back to 2025: The International Inter-Association Conference on the History of Language Learning and Teaching (ICHoLLT), University of Insubria, Como, 5-7 June 2025
In this post we look back to 2025 by focusing on one of the main events of the year which saw the participation of members of the IELTA research team, the International Inter-Association Conference on the History of Language Learning and Teaching (ICHoLLT) 2025. The conference took place at the University of Insubria (Como, Italy),…
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Latest publications about the Italy ELT Archive
In the last few months, the research team of the Italy ELT Archive have been busy disseminating the results of the project not only by giving paper presentations at academic conferences, but also by publishing articles in scientific journals. In March, an article presenting the Archive was published in the proceedings of the 21st Conference…
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A sociolinguistic historicisation of foreign language teaching – International seminar at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 8 January 2024
Earlier this year, prof. Luciana Pedrazzini, the co-founder (with prof. Andrea Nava) of the Italy ELT Archive, and principal investigator in the project, was invited to give a talk at the international seminar “A sociolinguistic historicisation of foreign language teaching”, organised by prof. Maria Rosa Garrido Sardà at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at…
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