- Docente: Matteo Viale
- Credits: 6
- SSD: L-FIL-LET/12
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Philology, Literature and Classical Tradition (cod. 0970)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Italian Culture and Language for Foreigners (cod. 0983)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Italian Studies, European Literary Cultures, Linguistics (cod. 0973)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student is able to: master the
linguistic contents at the basis of Italian teaching; build
consistent learning paths for the development of linguistic skills;
identify objectives, tools and teaching methods for each
topic.
Course contents
The course, corresponding to 12 CFU, is made of a general part and
a single-subject course.
Students who opt for the single exam of 6 CFU shall attend the
course in the 3rd period of the academic year (1st February – 19
March 2016) with the ad hoc short programme.
General part: Concepts, methods and tools to teach Italian
General part focuses on the main linguistic contents underpinning
the teaching of the Italian language (linguistic and communicative
competence, linguistic skills, variation, norm, text, text
typologies, role of grammar in teaching activities, readability,
cross-sectoral nature of the linguistic elements in the
disciplinary learning processes), the linguistic education in
Italy, from the point of view of its history, most recent research
trends and training methods.
Single-subject course: The teaching of the productive and
receptive lexicon.
In the Indicazioni nazionali per il curriculo della scuola
dell'infanzia e del primo ciclo di istruzione (2012) lexicon is
considered as a specific “learning objective”, subject to tailored
traning actions. The course starts with an overview of the
linguistic contents related to the lexical field in all its aspects
and is devoted to the training activities for the teaching of
productive and receptive lexicon, with special emphasis on the L1
training and multilingual classes.
Readings/Bibliography
References for the 12 CFU exam
1. Texts and material available on the e-learning platform of the
course.
2. Maria G. Lo Duca, Lingua italiana ed educazione linguistica.
Tra storia, ricerca e didattica, Roma, Carocci, 2013.
3. Stefano Telve, L'italiano: frasi e testo, Roma, Carocci,
2013.
4. Elisabetta Jezek, Lessico. Classi di parole, strutture,
combinazioni, Bologna, il Mulino, 2011.
Non-attending students must complement the programme in place of
point 1 with:
A) Luca Serianni, L'ora d'italiano. Scuola e materie
umanistiche, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2010.
B) One of the following texts has to be chosen:
- Silvana Ferreri, L'alfabetizzazione lessicale. Studi di
linguistica educativa, Roma, Aracne, 2005.
- Maria Teresa Prat Zagrebelsky, Lessico e apprendimento
linguistico. Nuove tendenze della ricerca e pratiche
didattiche, Scandicci, La Nuova Italia, 1998.
- Lessico e apprendimenti. Il ruolo del lessico nella
linguistica educativa, edited by Monica Barni, Donatella
Troncarelli and Carla Bagna, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2008.
- Alessandra Corda e Carla Marello, Lessico. Insegnarlo e impararlo, Perugia, Guerra Edizioni, 2004
References for the 6 CFU exam
1. Texts and material available on the e-learning platform of the
course.
2. Maria G. Lo Duca, Lingua italiana ed educazione linguistica.
Tra storia, ricerca e didattica, Roma, Carocci, 2013 (chapters
1-5).
3. Elisabetta Jezek, Lessico. Classi di parole, strutture,
combinazioni, Bologna, il Mulino, 2011 (chapters 1-4).
Non-attending students must complement the programme in place of
point 1 with one of the following texts:
- Silvana Ferreri, L'alfabetizzazione lessicale. Studi di
linguistica educativa, Roma, Aracne, 2005.
- Maria Teresa Prat Zagrebelsky, Lessico e apprendimento
linguistico. Nuove tendenze della ricerca e pratiche didattiche,
Scandicci, La Nuova Italia, 1998.
- Lessico e apprendimenti. Il ruolo del lessico nella
linguistica educativa, edited by Monica Barni, Donatella
Troncarelli e Carla Bagna, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2008.
- Alessandra Corda e Carla Marello, Lessico. Insegnarlo e impararlo, Perugia, Guerra Edizioni, 2004.
Teaching methods
Lectures, seminars and workshops.
Assessment methods
For all students, the exam consists of a written exam (30 multiple
choice questions about the readings 2, 3 and 4) and an oral exam. The written exam aims at assessing the knowledge of the concepts, methods and tools to teach Italian; the oral exam assess the ability to use the conceptual tools to design training paths.
Students who regularly attended the lessons complement part of the
oral exam with the discussion of a short written essay (maximum 5
pages of 2,000 characters, spaces included). The written essay
consists in the preparation of a lesson (materials included) on the
topic of the course agreed with one of the professor. The essay
must follow the guidelines provided in class.
Students whose mother tongue is not Italian must have a good
knowledge of the Italian language, at least level C1 of the Common
European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Erasmus or exchange students must contact the professor before the
beginning of the course.
Teaching tools
Students who regularly attend the lessons can use the reference
material provided online. In particular, an up-to-date calendar of
the classes and an e-learning platform reserved to attending
students.
Office hours
See the website of Matteo Viale