The course introduces to the key theoretical elements related to teaching Italian as a foreign language and develops key foreign language teaching skills.
The students will learn how to describe key theoretical elements related to teaching Italian as a foreign language. This course also includes a practical part aiming to develop students’ practical teaching skills.
This course aims to enable students to learn to describe:
- the different Italian language acquisition contexts;
- the different learner types;
- the role of variation in language acquisition;
- the main theories of language acquisition and the evolution of teaching methods;
- the Council of Europe language policy;
The course also aims to enable students to learn to:
- assess teaching materials;
- identify and implement language teaching techniques;
- create exercises and activities to practice language skills;
- plan a learning unit;
- understand the key elements of testing and evaluation.
The course is made up of weekly lectures (3 hours a week). Attendance is not compulsory but recommended, especially for the practical part.
The 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 skills required by language teaching.
AulaWeb will be used, as well as a repository of teaching materials, to:
- provide information about the course and the exams (“annunci”);
- interact with the students (“forum”);
- give online assignements (“compiti”).
The course aims to describe the different Italian language acquisition contexts and learner types, as well as the role of variation in learning foreign languages and the main language teaching theories, approaches, methods and techniques.
The course focuses on how to plan and design lessons and how to assess linguistic competence.
Students will study on the slides presented during lessons and available on AulaWeb.
For further reading: Diadori P., cur., Insegnare italiano L2, Le Monnier Università, 2022 (2019).
GIULIA LOMBARDI (President)
MANUELA MANFREDINI
Classes will be held in the second semester from 18/02/25:
TEACHING ITALIAN AS A 2ND LANGUAGE
The course is assessed through:
The project consists in a Learning unit prepared during the course (attenders).
The essay is a 10-page report on a topic chosen by the students among those discussed during the course (non –attenders) and defined with the Professor. Two weeks before the oral exam, non-attenders will submit their essay via email.
On AulaWeb students will find supporting materials to help them in the preparation of the written papers.
The oral exam for attenders and non-attenders is the same and it will consists in at least one question for each of the following areas:
The written work and the oral exam assessment will be based on rubrics with explicit criteria available on AulaWeb.
EXAM SCHEDULE
Summer Examination Session:
Autumn Examination Session:
Please be reminded to check the section “Annunci” on Aulaweb a few days before the exam for the list of the candidates and time slots.
SPECIAL NEEDS
Special needs students should contact the Professor at the beginning of the course.
