Call for Book Chapters: “Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language to Children"

Vernon Press invites book chapter proposals for a forthcoming edited volume, “Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language to Children” (editor, Alberto Regagliolo).

We are preparing an edited volume that explores how Italian as a Foreign Language (IFL) can be effectively taught to children across a range of contexts, from preschool and primary classrooms to after-school programs and community-based settings. We welcome contributions from teachers, researchers, and practitioners who design creative, inclusive, and evidence-based learning experiences for young learners of Italian.

We invite chapter proposals on a broad range of approaches. Possible themes include (but are not limited to):

1. Teacher training and materials development
2. Curriculum design & progression
3. Play-based and multimodal pedagogy
4. Digital and tangible tools
5. Literacy and oracy development
6. Inclusive education
7. CLIL / Content integration

We welcome practice-based reflections, action research, classroom-based case studies, and theoretical or empirical contributions. Submissions must be original and not under review elsewhere.

How to contribute

Abstract deadline: 15 January 2026

Length: 150–200 words (plus up to 5 keywords)

Acceptance notifications: 5 February 2026

Full chapters due: 3 September 2026

Chapter length: 4,000–7,000 words

A short bio (max 100 words) with affiliation and contact details.

Please email your abstracts to: a.regagliolo@uksw.edu.pl