TEACHING OF ITALIAN
cod. 1005169

Academic year 2017/18
3° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Didattica delle lingue moderne (L-LIN/02)
Field
Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
30 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Learning objectives

At the end of the course students will have acquired knowledge related to
the acquisition of a language, in particular of Italian as a first or second language and competences on teaching Italian to native and non native students.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Italian language acquisition and teaching.
The first part of the course is dedicated to the exploration of the mechanisms which rule language acquisition.
The second part deals with language teaching processes.

This course complies with D.M.616.

Full programme

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Bibliography

1. Mezzadri M., I nuovi ferri del mestiere, Bonacci, Roma 2015.
For students who cannot attend the classes on a regular basis, the study
of the following book is to be added: 2. Mezzadri M., Studiare in italiano all'università, Bonacci, Torino 2016.

Teaching methods

Lectures; interaction with students during lectures; workshops, further work and interaction online.
The course will also be offered in a blended way on the distance learning platform called Elly.

Assessment methods and criteria

written and oral exam.
The written part will last one hour and thirty minutes. Students will have to give evidence
of their knowledge acquired through the studying of a book on language
teaching methodology: I nuovi ferri del mestiere (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13. The remaining chapters will be part of the oral exam. See the list of recommended readings). The written exam will be based on a set of about 15
items of different kinds (objective and subjective). Students will be
allowed to sit for the oral exam only if they reach 18/30 in the written
part. The oral exam will be based on a discussion about the written part
and of topics dealt with during the classes and through the study
of other materials assigned during the classes and the remaining chapters of the manual which will not have been tested in the written exam.
Students who cannot attend the classes regularly will have to refer to the list of recommended readings.

Other information

Only students enrolled on this course (Didattica dell'italiano) as from the
year 2013-14 are expected to take also the written exam.

As from January 2017, the written exam is based only on the book I nuovi ferri del mestiere (see the list of recommended readings).