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[Mrguay84]

Okay, so I know this is a Teaching English as a Foreign Language site but I'm asking on behalf of a native Italian friend with a good level of English and want to know if anyone knows how easy (or difficult) it is to teach Italian (as a foreign language) in the UK and what qualifications would be needed, where is the best place to look for jobs etc.
The only thing I know of is the British Council language assistant programme.
Any help/advice greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot.

[scot47]

Italian is very much a minority, i.e "exotic" foreign language. Little demand for native speakers to teach it in the Yookay.

[Mrguay84]

[the_thinker]

The Italian Cultural Institute in London certainly used to do teacher training courses in IFL � probably something like CELTA but for Italian. I'm not sure if they do any more, but the qualifications certainly exist. I think if she had a background in linguistics (I mean an undergraduate qualification in Italian or something similar) and a qualification like that she'd be able to pick up some hours teaching evening courses at universities or FE colleges. I'm not sure how much I agree that Italian is considered 'exotic', as I think it's actually pretty fashionable; you can do a search on hotcourses and see how many courses there are during term time. But I would have thought it would almost certainly be a case of teaching a couple of hours in one college, then the next day a course at a university, then the next day a different college etc. etc., rather than a full-time position.