00789 - Italian Linguistics

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student: - knows the historical development of the Italian language and how the use dictionaries and reference grammars; - recognises the characteristics of the different varieties of the Italian language in use; - knows how to approach a text, oral or written, in a critical way, even from an interdisciplinary perspective; - is able to produce a wide range of oral and written texts; - knows how to develop basic skills in language acquisition and learning, in a multilingual context.

 

Course contents

The aim of the course is to approach the main themes and problems of Italian linguistics, taking into account the needs of future kindergarten and primary school teachers, as drawed in the National Guidelines (MIUR, 2012).

In particular, we will focus on the dimension of listening and speech, on the development of prerequisites for understanding text and narrative competence, and about spontaneous approach to reading and writing

Readings/Bibliography

For all students:

R. Setti, La scoperta della lingua italiana. Linguistica per insegnare nella scuola dell'infanzia e primaria, Franco Cesati, 2019 (capitoli 1, 2, 3, 5)

F. De Renzo - I. Tempesta, Il parlato a scuola. Indicazioni per il primo ciclo di istruzione, Aracne, 2014 (capitoli 1, 2, 3, 5)

P. Bonifacci - V. Tobia, Apprendere nella scuola dell'infanzia. Lo sviluppo dei prerequisiti, Carocci, 2017 (cap. 3, 6)

M.G. Lo Duca, Educazione linguistica, Enciclopedia dell'Italiano Treccani: http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/educazione-linguistica_(Enciclopedia-dell'Italiano)/

T. De Mauro, Il nuovo vocabolario di base della lingua italiana, in Guida all'uso delle parole, Laterza, 2019, pp. 157-210): https://www.internazionale.it/opinione/tullio-de-mauro/2016/12/23/il-nuovo-vocabolario-di-base-della-lingua-italiana

Non attending students will also read:

E. Baumgartner - A. Devescovi, I bambini raccontano. Lettura, interazione sociale e competenza narrativa, Erickson, 2001 (capp. 1, 2)

 

Teaching methods

Traditional lectures and practicing

Assessment methods

During the COVID emergence, students will take an oral exam on Teams platform in 15/20 minutes (3 questions to answer). 

Please enroll on the Almaesami Platform.

Criteria for assessing the grade (in a 30-point scale, from 18 to 30L) include both correctness of the answers and formal accuracy.

 

Teaching tools

Lessons' slides and other materials are available on IOL platform

Office hours

See the website of Cristiana De Santis