The book "Italian Language Teaching in the 21st Century" by Daniel Reimann offers a comprehensive collection of essays that address language teaching research, didactics, and methodology of Italian language instruction. The texts, written between 1997 and 2007, are published here for the first time in a collected form and in unabridged, partially revised original versions. The topics range from the history of Italian language teaching to (school) language policy, as well as empirical language teaching research and literature didactics. Additionally, aspects of media education and the didactics of cultural studies are discussed. This interdisciplinary approach allows for an integrative view of contemporary Italian language teaching and provides both students and practicing teachers with valuable insights and suggestions for the further development of their teaching.