Italian is one of the more popular European languages. It’s a Romance language and it’s the official language of Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, the Vatican City, and a few other places. Travelers and ...

Late one chilly evening last September, I excused myself from a small group huddled around a campfire to peck at and mumble into my phone. No way was a camping trip going to make me miss my Italian ...

I envy my bilingual friends, but I must admit my ugly-American monolingualism never really hindered me. I’ve traveled all over the Middle East and what I couldn’t understand there, translators could.

I'm taking Italian lessons, in part because it's a beautiful language and culture, and in part because I'm headed to Italy this fall. Speaking French fluently and Spanish decently already, it's been ...

VICENZA, Italy – Army Community Service is hosting English as a Second Language (ESL) at U.S. Army Garrison Italy in an effort to provide the skills needed to learn and improve the language for those ...

I wanted to practice my Italian, but as soon as Italians heard my American accent, they answered me in English — the language they wanted to practice. However, I found a few good places to practice my ...

Michelle Sheehan has received funding for her research and outreach activities from the British Academy, Language Acts and World Making and the Philological Society. According to a recent survey ...