• 12 interactive live lessons

    From Old English all the way to Post Colonialism: take a journey through literature and history with the support of LanguagEd experts Emma Meade-Flynn and Chiara Bruzzano

  • Preparation for the domande disciplinari

    We have analysed hundreds of domande disciplinari to design this course: by the end of the course, you will be ready to answer all kinds of domande disciplinari.

  • Recordings with subtitles

    Can't attend all the lessons live? Not a problem: catch up with the recordings and enjoy the English subtitles.

  • Certificate of attendance (25 hours)

    Attend the course and get your official certificate of attendance for 25 hours automatically

  • All the slides available straightaway

    Worried that your exam is soon and you won't have enough time to study? Fear not, because *all* the lesson slides will be available from the start, so you can revise them all as soon as the course begins.

  • Flexible attendance options

    Don't want to attend the whole course? No problem: you can choose to enrol only in the lessons you want to attend.

  • 2 year access

    Enjoy access to all the domande disciplinari, quizzes, lesson recordings, timelines and slides for 2 years from the date of purchase

  • Self-study option

    Study in your own time with the recordings of the live lessons!

What you will learn

Come with us on an interactive journey from Old English all the way to the present day

    1. Welcome and key information

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    2. How to join the Zoom lessons

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    3. Structure of the course and lessons

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    4. Free preview of Lesson 3: Shakespeare

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    1. Pre-lesson task 1: question

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    2. Pre-lesson task 2: Historical timeline

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    3. Note-taking worksheet

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    4. Lesson 1 - Recording

    5. Lesson 1 - Slides

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    6. References and quizzes

    7. Post-lesson task: domande disciplinari

    1. Pre-lesson task 1: question

    2. Pre-lesson task 2: historical timeline

    3. Note-taking worksheet

    4. Lesson 2 - Recording

    5. Lesson 2 - Slides

    6. References and quizzes

    7. Post-lesson task: domande disciplinari

    1. Pre-lesson task 1: question

    2. Pre-lesson task 2: Historical timeline

    3. Note-taking worksheet

    4. Lesson 3 - Recording

    5. Lesson 3 - Slides

    6. References and quizzes

    7. Post-lesson task: domande disciplinari

    1. Pre-lesson task 1: question

    2. Pre-lesson task 2: Historical timeline

    3. Note-taking worksheet

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    4. Lesson 4 - Recording

    5. Lesson 4 - Slides

    6. References and quizzes

    7. Post-lesson task: domande disciplinari

    1. Pre-lesson task 1: question

    2. Pre-lesson task 2: Historical timeline

    3. Note-taking worksheet

      FREE PREVIEW

    4. Lesson 5 - Recording

    5. Lesson 5 - Slides

    6. References and quizzes

    7. Post-lesson task: domande disciplinari

Your trainers

Expert Teacher Trainer Emma Meade-Flynn

Emma Meade-Flynn is a teacher, teacher trainer and course designer based in Ireland. Over her 20 years in the profession, Emma has gained a wide range of experience teaching and training across the private and public sectors in the UK and Ireland, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. She is currently runs a Trinity DipTESOL programme at DublinTEFL and is passionate about teacher development. Our teachers describe her as "such a competent and encouraging teacher trainer, who will help you achieve your goals".

Lead Instructor Chiara Bruzzano

Chiara Bruzzano (BA, MA, Cambridge DELTA 1, PhD) is a teacher trainer and researcher in language education. She is the founder and manager of LanguagEd, with which she has helped hundreds of Italian teachers pass their concorso. After teaching English in Italy, Spain and the UK, she gained her PhD at the University of Leeds with a research study on the teaching of English listening in Italian high schools. She is now the Principal Investigator on her research project "Forced Migrants, IELTS and Access to Higher Education" for the British Council. Chiara has been a language teacher trainer for many years and she specialises in the Italian school context. She has collaborated with a number of schools in Italy and is an English trainer at the Università degli Studi di Milano. She also collaborates on TESOL MA degrees with the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and the University of Leeds. Chiara has published research and presented at international conferences on language teaching methodology. Further, she has developed teacher training materials for Oxford University Press Italia, and she is a resident writer for Modern English Teacher.

What teachers say about us

Paola Inesi

Being a full-time teacher, I didn't have a lot of time to organize all the materials, so having a course that could guide me through all the topics was indispensable. I bought the bundle and Chiara's lessons were well-structured and never boring, while the slides were clear and very helpful. I would recommend this platform to any foreign language teacher out there, and not just for the concorso!

Giada Zicchitella

LanguagEd è stata la rivoluzione copernicana della mia preparazione concorsuale. Oltre al corso specifico per il concorso, ho acquistato le lezioni live sul lesson planning, ho partecipato ad almeno una sessione di tutti gli incontri di "conversation" sulle tematiche concorsuali e studiato il corso sulla didattica della letteratura. Risultato? 100 scritto e 100 orale! Thanks LanguagEd

Alessandro P.

LanguagEd has helped me become a better teacher and grow in so many ways. I attended most of their courses, and I got 100 to my AB24 concorso exam!! The committee also came out after my exam and congratulated me! I don't (and can't) know what's coming next, but surely that is a moment I will never forget. So far, the LanguagEd team has helped me making one of my biggest dreams come true!

Beatrice Ripoli

Ho seguito il corso il "live course" con Chiara ed è stato fantastico. Chiara è precisa, ha molta esperienza e non serve fare domande perché per come ha strutturato il corso prima o poi lei ti chiarisce tutti i dubbi, anche quelli che pensavi di non avere. E' un corso completo e veramente lo consiglierei a tutti. Se ho passato l'esame, il corso di chiara mi ha aiutato veramente tanto.

Frequently Asked Questions

When does the course take place?

The live lessons take place in the afternoon, from 4.30 to 6PM Italy time, on Mondays and Thursdays. The live lessons will start on Thursday 6 March 2025 and continue for 6 weeks.

Where does the course take place?

The course takes place on Zoom. Once you purchase your access on this platform, you will find the Zoom links directly in the course.

I can't attend the lessons live: can I watch the recordings after?

Absolutely yes. The day after each live lesson, you will find the video recording directly in your course, complete with English subtitles that you can decide to activate to help you follow along more easily.

You will also find all the lesson slides for all the lessons 1-12 available in the course straightaway, so you can start revising even before the live lessons.

What topics will we study and how were they selected?

In the 12 lessons, you will study a wide variety of topics. These were chosen based on our analysis of hundreds of domande disciplinari, as well as common literature coursebooks used in Italian schools and universities:

1 From Old English to Middle English

2 The English Renaissance and The Elizabethan period

3 Shakespeare

4 The Jacobean and Restoration  periods

5 The 18th century and the Augustan age 

6 Romanticism and the Romantic period

7 The 19th Century: from Regency to the early Victorian age 

8 The late Victorian Age 

9 Modernism and the early 20th century 

10 The history and literature of the USA

11 Post World War II to present day

12 Colonialism, post-colonialism and African-American voices

Download the full programme of the course in pdf at this page.

Is this course only for the people taking the oral exam or can I do it even if I'm not doing a concorso?

This course is going to be very useful for the people taking the concorso, but it will also be a great opportunity to revise literature and history, learn about potentially new authors and get ideas for how to present literature in the classroom.

I don't want to attend all the lessons, only some: can I do that?

If you only want to attend some of the lessons, you can sign up for just the ones you want to attend individually via the following pages:

1. From Old English to Middle English

2 The English Renaissance and The Elizabethan period

3 Shakespeare

4 The Jacobean and Restoration  periods

5 The 18th century and the Augustan age 

6 Romanticism and the Romantic period

7 The 19th Century: from Regency to the early Victorian age 

8 The late Victorian Age 

9 Modernism and the early 20th century

10 The history and literature of the USA

11 Post World War II to present day

12 Colonialism, post-colonialism and African-American voices

Can I get an official certificate of attendance for this course?

Yes, you can: as a new added bonus, for this LanguagEd course, you will be able to download your certificate of attendance automatically from your account. It will be an official certificate of attendance for 25 hours (as the live lessons are 18 hours in total, plus 7 hours for pre and post lesson tasks).

I don't have a credit card: can I pay the course with a bank transfer or PayPal?

You absolutely can. The PayPal option is now available directly on the payment page, together with credit or debit card, Apple and Google Pay. If you prefer to pay via a bank transfer, just drop us an email at [email protected].

Can I pay the course with the carta docente?

Unfortunately, despite sending in our application in October 2023, we have still not heard back about our application from the Ministry; therefore, carta docente payments are still not available on our courses.

I'm worried that I need to study quickly because my exam is soon: what can I do?

We are aware that some teachers have their exams coming up soon, which is why we have decided to upload all the slides for the lessons to the course straightaway, so you can view them and start getting ready even before your

Will you run this course live again?

We have no immediate plans to run this course live again. We will however make the course available in a self-study form so you can revise by yourself.

What English level do I need to participate in the course?

You need approx. a B1-B2 level to participate in this course. Your main trainer, Emma Meade-Flynn, has worked with many Italian teachers preparing for the concorso, so she knows how to grade her language to maximise learning.

You will also have access to the slides and video recordings of the video lessons, with subtitles, so that if you miss anything, you can always catch up in your own time the following day.

Will I need to speak during the live lessons?

No, you won't be required to speak during the live lessons. If you do want an opportunity to practise your speaking, have a look at our conversation classes.

Questions?


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