OVERVIEW

The course provides the students with theoretical and practical elements related to teaching Italian as a foreign language, also through workshops aimed at experimenting language teaching.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, students are expected to be able to:

- describe the different contexts where Italian is learned and taught;

- describe the main theories of language acquisition;

- describe the evolution of teaching methods;

- understand the role of the Common European Framework;

- identify the principal elements of planning, design and assessment involved in teaching Italian as a foreign language;

- analise teaching materials;

- create exercises and activities to practice language skills (reading, listening, writing, interaction);

- planning a learning unit.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, students are expected to be able to:

- describe the different contexts where Italian is learned and taught;

- describe the main theories of language acquisition;

- describe the evolution of teaching methods;

- understand the role of the Common European Framework;

- identify the principal elements of planning, design and assessment involved in teaching Italian as a foreign language;

- analise teaching materials;

- create exercises and activities to practice language skills (reading, listening, writing, interaction);

- planning a learning unit.    

TEACHING METHODS

This is a face to face course (36 hours) but students can use Aulaweb to get further materials to study. 

The face to face course adopts a double approach (a frontal approach to explain the theoretical aspects and a "hands on" approach to get the students to practice the work of a language teacher). 

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course aims to describe the different contexts where Italian language is learnt and taught. It also focuses on the theories, the approaches, the methods and the exercises to learn and teach Italian as a Second Language as well as on the Common European Framework. Furthermore, the course explores how to plan and design lessons and how to assess linguistic competence.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Diadori P., cur., 2011, Insegnare italiano a stranieri, Le Monnier, Firenze (only PART ONE: p. 2 - 319, except chapter 7); 
• multimedia presentations downloadable from Aulaweb;
• students who not attend classes shoul read also the SECOND PART of  Diadori P., cur., 2011.
• further readings could be assigned ongoing.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

FRANCESCA MOLINARI (President)

LORENZO COVERI

MANUELA MANFREDINI

LESSONS

LESSONS START

The classes will start during second semester (February 2020).

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Assessment consists of an oral exam. 

Before the oral exam students prepare a written work (project or essay). Further information will be given during classes.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The course is based on ongoing and final assessment. 

For ongoing assessment students who attend lessons have to plan and present a lesson of Italian as a Second Language (individual or collaborative work) (project). Students who do not attend classes have to prepare an essay (ten pages). The subject of the essay will be defined by writing an e-mail to the teacher. Two weeks before the oral exam, students have to submit their essay via email. 

The final assessment consists on an oral exam (at least one question for each of the main themes of the course). 

Exam schedule