ITALIANO L2

Attending the course will give the students theoretical and methodological instruments to:

• reflect on the concept of linguistic typologies, language contact and interlinguistics;
• analyze contemporary Italian’s repertoire and its grammatical structure;
• know principal textual typologies in order to better organize didactical action;
• develop metalinguistical competence in order to teach Italian as a foreign language;
• know the European Framework;
• know how to analyze a movie’s linguistic features;
• project didactic actions based on Audiovisuals.

During the course, made of 18 lessons (36 h.), there will be a mid term test and a laboratory activity.

The students who will choose to do a practical activity will structure a lesson and will present their work to the class. The final version of this work has to be submitted to the teacher one week at least before final exam.

• Structures of Italian language;
• phonetics;
• morphology;
• syntax;
• lexicon;
• textuality;
• language varieties.

• Main theories on Second language teaching and acquisition;
• Italian as a L2 or a LS;
• features of the learners;
• The European Framework;
• linguist evaluation.

• Linguistic landscape if Italian cinema;
• Audiovisual translation;
• The use of cinema for teaching Italian language as a L2 or Ls.

Diadori P., Palermo M., Troncarelli D., Insegnare l’italiano come seconda lingua, Carocci, 2015.

Diadori P., Carpiceci S., Caruso G., Insegnare italiano L2 con il cinema, Carocci, 2020.

D’Achille P., L’italiano contemporaneo, Il Mulino, 2019.

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.