00789 - Italian Linguistics

Academic Year 2020/2021

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student: - knows the historical development of the Italian language; - knows how to use the main linguistic tools (manuals, dictionaries, grammars); - knows how to evaluate the characteristics of the different contexts of use of the Italian language; - knows how to approach a text, oral or written, in a critical way, even in an interdisciplinary perspective; - is able to produce a wide range of oral and written texts, knowing how to evaluate their effectiveness and structural peculiarities; - knows how to develop basic skills in language acquisition and learning, even 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

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

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

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

 

INCOMING STUDENTS must be fluent in Italian. They can agree with the teacher any modification required to the syllabus.

 

Teaching methods

Remote lectures and practicing.

Assessment methods

Written test (including both closed and open-ended questions) to be held in 90 minutes.

Remote examination will consist of an oral interview on Teams platform to be held in 15/20 minutes.

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

Recording of lectures, slides and other materials are available on virtuale.unibo.it platform

Office hours

See the website of Cristiana De Santis