The University for Foreigners of Perugia issues a certificate in “Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language” (DILS-PG) Level II,  designed and e provided by the Centro per la Valutazione e le Certificazioni Linguistiche (CVCL) (“Language Evaluation and Certification Center”). It consists of a practical exam, which tests  the essential language knowledge and teaching language skills that native and non-native teachers of Italian as a foreign  language (diploma and Bachelor’s degree holders)need to possess indipendentently from the teaching context, the age, and the level of learners. Such knowledge and skills are the core teacher competencies: knowledge, thinking ability and know-how.
The professional figures this work is addressed to are Italian teachers or foreign teachers of Italian at IICs; language schools; University Italian language assistants abroad; CEL (Language Experts and Collaborators) at the Universities for Foreigners of Perugia and Siena and at the Language Centres of Italian Universities;  CTP and Italian school teachers at all levels and of all grade levels,  involved in teaching foreign students.
The handbook  aims to describe the DILS-PG exam in terms of contents, format, methods, timing, exam evaluation criteria,scoring, and is also available in digital version.