The students from the Italian School of Montevideo have won the contest.
The XXII Week of the Italian Language in the World (SLIM) now has a subtitle: “Come scusa? Non ti followo” (“Excuse me? I don’t follow”). Indeed, the contest “Invent the title of SLIM 2022” – through which the Farnesina involved Italian state and private schools abroad in the drafting of a proposal that could interpret, in an innovative way, the topic chosen for this edition: “Youths and the Italian language” – has come to an end.
Students from over thirty classes from twenty schools took part in the initiative, with 80 titles submitted, eight of which were pooled for the final table of the Jury in charge of the selection, which met on 30 May and was formed by Farnesina staff and traditional partners for language promotion abroad (Accademia della Crusca, Centro per il Libro e la Lettura, Consiglio Generale degli Italiani all’Estero, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Education, Ministry of University and Research, RAI Offerta Estero, Società Dante Alighieri, Treccani). The winners were the boys and girls of class 2-L of the Italian School of Montevideo, coordinated by their teacher Anna Monini.
Their proposal, “Come scusa? Non ti followo”, convinced the jury because of its ability to ironically combine how the constant renewal of youth languages placed stimulates the Italian language, with the idea of the communication breakdown experienced by the very generation of “digital natives”, to whom this edition of SLIM is expressly dedicated.
The other seven finalist titles are also worth mentioning:
SCIALLA E PARLA ITALIANO!
Lycée Scientifique Leonardo da Vinci, Paris.
II Liceo EsaBac sec. A, contact teacher: Prof. Maria Marra
A WEEK IN SLANG
Leonardo da Vinci High School, Lugano.
III Liceo Scientifico, contact teacher: Prof. Lucia Giuffreda.
YOUNG PEOPLE SMIRK ITALIAN
I.I.S. Italian International School Enrico Mattei, Lagos.
II Liceo Linguistico, contact teacher: Prof. Giuseppe Esposito.
SLIM 2022: KE TRIP ST’ITALIANO!
Torino Foundation, Belo Horizonte.
I Liceo Scientifico sez. B, contact teacher: Prof. Daria Porseo.
FATTI NON FOSTE A VIVER COME BOOMER
Don Bosco Salesian High School, Lugano.
II Liceo Scienze Umane LES sect. B; contact teacher: Prof. Valeria Airaldi.
OUR CREW SPEAKS ESKERE
Italian school in Montevideo.
II Liceo, contact teacher: Prof. Anna Monini.
THE NE(X)T GENERATION SPEAKS ITALIAN
Liceo Scientifico Leonardo da Vinci, Paris
III Liceo EsaBac sec. B; contact teacher: Prof. Maria Marra.
