75 anni di politica glottodidattica nella scuola italiana: il contributo dell’ANILS.

The aim of this contribution is to highlight the central role of language teach er associations in enhancing the quality of language teaching practices through profes sional development opportunities, training and updating events, research programs, collaborative learning practices, shared experience and best practices. The second part of the work focuses on ANILS, the oldest Italian association of foreign languages teachers, which promotes and support initiative aimed at improving teachers’ profes sional knowledge, both on the educational and on the methodological teaching front, by means of its own study and research facilities and through collaboration with other associations or research centres.