DIDACTICS OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE L1, L2, LS
- Academic year
- 2018/2019 Syllabus of previous years
- Official course title
- DIDATTICA DELL'ITALIANO L1, L2, LS
- Course code
- LM0190 (AF:248241 AR:135828)
- Modality
- Blended (on campus and online classes)
- ECTS credits
- 12
- Degree level
- Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
- Educational sector code
- L-LIN/02
- Period
- 2nd Semester
- Course year
- 2
- Where
- VENEZIA
- Moodle
- Go to Moodle page
Contribution of the course to the overall degree programme goals
L1: Italian is taught to native Italian speakers who have already acquired it, but must improve their proficiency and get a metalinguistic knowledge of their mother tongue;
L2: Italian is taught to foreigners living in Italy and studying Italian at school (where non only BICS but also CALP is to be taught) or in adult courses; L2 acquisition takes place spontaneously out of the Italian classes, which are necessary to provide frames and schemes where acquired competence may become metalinguistic learning;
FL: there are two situations in Italian studied abroad: "ethnic" language, i.e. the maintenance of Italian by descendants of Italian migrants, and "foreign" language proper, i.e. Italian taught in Departments, Language Centres and other schools.
Expected learning outcomes
KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION
How language acquisition works: neuro- and psycholinguistic principles; the contents of language teaching according to the Common European Framework.
APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION
Appication of neuro-psycolinguistic knowledge to the CEF contents by means of appropriate teaching techniques and procedures.
AUTONOMY
Knowing how to organise a course matching the requirements of the context and to evaluate teaching materials.
COMMUNICATIVE ABILITIES
Mastery of the LSP of Language Teaching research.
LEARNING ABILITIES
Note taking, participating in research and work groups, organising autonomous research, carrying out field research
Pre-requirements
P. E. BALBONI, Le sfide di Babele. Insegnare le lingue nelle società complesse, Torino, Utet, 2015 edition.
There is a video course which can be helpful in www.unive.it/meal.
Contents
1. difference among L1, L2, FL, EL, CL in all types of language teaching contexts;
2. communicative competence models in all types of language teaching contexts;
3. Teaching Italian to foreigners in schools and universities;
4. Teaching BICS and CALP in L2 Italian, especially to migrant students in schools;
5. Teaching FL e EL Italian abroad;
6. Linguistic and teaching certifications for Italian to foreigners.
Referral texts
- BALBONI P.E., Fare Educazione Linguistica, Torino, Utet Università, 2013 edition (the operational dimension of Italian teaching in Italy and abroad)
- BALBONI P.E., Insegnare italiano ai ragazzi italiani, Venezia, Marsilio, 2018
a PAPER can be written on one of the following:
- BALBONI P.E., Storia dell'educazione linguistica in Italia, Utet Universita, 2009.
- CAON F., Educazione linguistica e differenziazione, Torino, Utet Universita, 2008.
- CAON F., SERRAGIOTTO G (a cura di), Tecnologia e didattica delle lingue, Torno, Utet Universita, 2012.
- CAON F., SPALIVIERO C., Educazione linguistica, letteraria e interculturale: intersezioni, Torino, Loescher/Bonacci, 2015.
- DALOISO M. , 2015, Scienze del linguaggio e educazione linguistica, Torino, Loescher/Bonacci.
- LUISE M.C., Italiano come lingua seconda, Torino, Utet Universita, 2006 (questo volume riguarda un aspetto particolare: l'italiano a immigrati).
- MEZZADRI M., 2016, Studiare in italiano all’università. Prospettive e strumenti, Torino, Bonacci-Loescher.
- SERRAGIOTTO G., 2016, La valutazione degli apprendimenti linguistici, Torino, Bonacci-Loescher.
Assessment methods
A paper (to be delivered by mail before the exam about one of the volumes in the second part of the bibliography, or about any other topic decided with the teacher's supervision, may be added by students wanting to encrease the final note. The paper deals first with the topic of the volume, summarizing it; then it provides personal opinions about the volume and the topic. Please don't exceed 10 pages, 50% for the summary section and 50% for the personal comment.
The paper gives 0, 1 or 2 points; it must be sent by email to serragiotto@unive.it at least one week before each session of exams.
The online part can recognize up to five points for the final exam according to the activities carried out.
There is the possibility of carrying out field research(see 'exams', below)consisting in 20-hour L2-Italian teaching to migrants, in schools or in other contexts. Other types of field research can be decided with the teacher. Please don't exceed 10 pages, describing the context and then keeping a log of the sessions: what you planned, what you did, a comment. The part can give 0, 1 or 2 points; it must be sent by email to serragiotto@unive.it at least one week before each session of exams.