Course Details

TEACHING ITALIAN AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

LE0484

Course
TEACHING ITALIAN AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
Code
LE0484
Academic Year
2024/2025
Curriculum Year
2023/2024
Degree Programme
MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Curriculum
000 - CORSO GENERICO
Course coordinator
-
Lecturers
Credits
6
Lecture Hours
30
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-LIN/02 - Didactics of Modern Languages
Course Type
Single-subject learning activity
Course Delivery
OPZ - Opzionale
Year
2
Teaching period
Primo Semestre
Campus
VERCELLI
Teaching language
Italian
Course Contents
The course ii dedicated to the teaching Italian as a L2 in mainstream education. It offers theoretical and practical knowledge to design and implement educational interventions aimed at inclusion of immigrant students
Reference Texts
Readings and teaching materials will be made available on DIR.

Guided reading
Pallotti G. (1998), La seconda lingua. Bompiani

Two of the following readings:
Favaro G. (2018), Le lingue, le norme, le pratiche. Il contesto, i dati, i riferimenti della scuola multiculturale e plurilingue, Italiano LinguaDue 2/2018, pp. 1-41.
Bettoni C. (2005), Il bilinguismo dei bambini immigrati, in B. Iori (a cura di), L’italiano e le altre lingue, Milano: Franco Angeli.
Favaro G. (2016), L’italiano che include: la lingua per non essere stranieri, in Italiano LinguaDue 1/2016, pp. 1- 12.
Favaro G. (2010), Una lingua “seconda e adottiva”. L’italiano delle seconde generazioni, in Italiano LiguaDue 1/2010, pp. 1-14.
Favaro G. (2013), Il bilinguismo disegnato, in Italiano LinguaDue 1/2012, pp. 114-127.
Sordella S., Andorno C. (2017), Esplorare le lingue in classe. Strumenti e risorse per un laboratorio di Eveil aux langues nella scuola primaria, in Italiano LinguaDue 2/2017, pp. 162-228.
Sordella S. (2015), L’educazione plurilingue e gli atteggiamenti degli insegnanti, in Italiano LinguaDue 1/2015, pp. 60-110.
Ziglio L., Arici M. (2018), “Compagni di viaggio”. Il dispositivo del tutoring in favore di studenti di origine straniera in condizione di fragilità, in Ricercazione 10/2, pp. 267-284.
Pugliese R. (2017), Tradurre per la compagna di banco. Child language brokering e interazioni costruttive nella classe plurilingue, in L. Corrà (a cura di), Educazione linguistica in classi multietniche, Roma: Aracne.

One of the following readings:
Ferrari S. (2017). Interlingua come origine della differenziazione. In: (a cura di): Caon Fabio, Educazione Linguistica nella Classe ad Abilità Differenziate Plurilingue. p. 169-176, Torino:Loescher Editore
Ferrari S. (2020), Un ponte tra la classe e il laboratorio di italiano L2, Italiano LinguaDue, numero 2, 2020

One of the following readings:
Ferrari S., Nuzzo E. (in stampa), La didattica per task e l’insegnamento della grammatica, in Eva-Maria Hirzinger-Unterrainer (a cura di), Aufgabenorientierung im Italienischunterricht. Ein theoretischer Einblick mit praktischen Beispielen, Narr Francke Attempto Verlag.
Ferrari S., Nuzzo E. (2011), Insegnare la grammatica italiana con i task, in L. Corrà, W. Paschetto (a cura di), La Grammatica a Scuola, Milano, Franco Angeli, pp. 284-295.
Ferrari S., Nuzzo E (2010), Facilitare l’apprendimento della grammatica: dalla teoria della processabilità alla didattica per task, in F. Caon (a cura di), Facilitare l’apprendimento dell'italiano e delle lingue straniere, Torino: UTET, pp. 168-179.
Nuzzo E., Whittle A. (2013), Insegnare la grammatica italiana ai bambini immigrati. Un esperimento sul focus on form nella classe multilingue, in Revista de Italianistica XXVI.

Two of the following readings:
Gabriele P., Ferrari S. (2021), Dalla ricerca alla didattica: percorsi per un’educazione linguistica inclusiva, in Mezzadri M., Daloisio M. (a cura di), Educazione Linguistica Inclusiva, edizioni SAIL.
Pallotti G., Borghetti C., Ferrari S. (2019), Dalla riflessione su oralità e scrittura alla redazione di testi scritti efficaci: uno studio sperimentale, in V. Carbonara, L. Cosenza, P. Masillo, L. Salvati, A. Scibetta (a cura di), Il parlato e lo scritto: aspetti teorici e didattici, Pisa: Pacini editore, pp. 91-104
Ferrari S., Pallotti G. (2005), Favorire lo studio delle discipline scolastiche da parte di alunni con limitate competenze in Italiano, in B. Iori (a cura di), L’Italiano e le altre lingue. Apprendimento della seconda lingua e bilinguismo dei bambini e dei ragazzi immigrati, pp. 49-64, Milano, Franco Angeli,
Ferrari S. (2003), Comprensione e Lettura in L2: uno studio sperimentale sugli effetti della modificazione testuale, in R. Grassi, A. Valentini, R. Bozzone Costa (a cura di), L'italiano per lo studio nella scuola plurilingue: tra semplificazione e facilitazione, pp. 85-110, Perugia, Guerra Edizioni.

One of the following readings:
Ferrari S. (2016), Oggi facciamo pragmatica: un percorso di formazione e ricerca-azione nella scuola primaria, in Italiano LinguaDueITALIANO vol. 8/2020, pp. 270-280
Ferrari S. (2019), Usare le parole per gestire situazioni di conflitto alla scuola primaria, in E-journALL 6 (1), pp. 56-73
Ferrari S., Zanini R. (2019), La pragmatica alla scuola primaria: tra ricerca e insegnamento, in E. Nuzzo, I. Vedder (a cura di), Lingua in contesto, la prospettiva pragmatica, collana Studi Aitla, Milano: Officinaventuno, pp. 185-198
Ferrari S. (2019), Riflettere sulla (s)cortesia nella scuola primaria. Un percorso di formazione e sperimentazione educativa dedicato alla pragmatica linguistica, mediAzioni 24, in Dossier “La scortesia linguistica: tra teoria, didattica e traduzione”, pp. 1-26

One of the following readings:
Borri A., Insegnare Italiano L2 ad apprendenti analfabeti: contesto e indicazioni didattiche, in ILSA
Borri A., Masiero G. (2017), I.D.E.A: Interazioni Dialogiche e affini. Una proposta di didattica ludica in classi eterogenee di adulti, in Italiano LinguaDue 2/2017, pp. 506-532.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and understanding: Acquisition of the necessary knowledge to: design and implement projects for the inclusion of multilingual students, design and implement L2 Italian courses, assess linguistic needs, identify needs and resources of the educational context, develop projects and teaching materials , to experiment with innovative teaching practices (research-action); evaluate the effectiveness of educational interventions.

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: Acquisition of the ability to conduct a need analysis; design and implement inclusive educational interventions; knowing how to select and use appropriate methodological approaches; develop research-action projects.

Expression of judgments: ability to analyze teaching contexts, learning needs, teaching materials.

Communication skills: Ability to explain the concepts learned in an orderly and clear way, using an appropriate language and moving independently among the topics covered.

Study skills: knowing how to plan an Italian L2 course; knowing how to plan language lessons; knowing how to read scientific articles or educational research
Prerequisites
Attendance of a course in General Linguistics or Didactics of Modern Languages
Teaching Methods
Group activities, exercises, simulations, analysis of experiences and research, students projects.
Additional Information
Attending and non-attending students are invited to register on the DIR platform.
Assessment Methods
Essay. The written paper consists in the planning of a teaching intervention or in the detailed analysis of materials or projects for the teaching of Italian L2. The evaluation is based on the degree of knowledge and understanding of the theoretical concepts, the ability to apply knowledge in practice, and on the degree of expressive and communicative ability. The assessment is based on the degree of knowledge and understanding of the theoretical concepts and the ability to apply the knowledge in practice. A test that demonstrates an organic vision of the topics covered , articulated skills of analysis and synthesis, excellent expressive capacity, excellent ability to analyze and re-elaborate the topics covered will therefore be evaluated as excellent. A test that demonstrates: a mostly mechanical and/or mnemonic knowledge of the subject, correct but not always appropriate language, partial ability to analyze and re-elaborate the topics covered will be evaluated as fair. A test demonstrating: important training gaps, inappropriate language, inability to contextualize, lack of orientation within the program will be evaluated as insufficient.
Detailed Syllabus
The course introduces the student to the topic of teaching Italian as a L2 in a school context. It offers the necessary tools to design and implement educational interventions aimed at inclusion and academic and personal success. In particular, students have the opportunity to get to know the regulatory framework of the Italian school system on the issues of inclusion of multilingual learners, learn more about the teaching of a L2, develop knowledge for the analysis of linguistic needs, the planning and implementation of educational and intercultural paths. The course is organized in such a way as to allow students to develop knowledge and skills starting from the analysis of ongoing educational projects and experiences.
Teaching units:
- Bilingualism, plurilingualism and migration
- Teaching Italian L2 in mainstream education
- Need Analysis
- Formative assessment
- From legislation to school projects: operational models
- Learning Italian for academic success
- Language and content teaching
- Develop research-action projects
Expected Learning Outcomes
Ability to develop a project for school inclusion and the teaching of Italian L2; Ability to design a language course; Ability to analyze teaching materials; Ability to evaluate an educational intervention; Ability to explain the concepts and methodologies learned clearly and in appropriate language.
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