PROGRAMMA MODULO B “Didattica delle discipline”
CLASSI A345 –A346
AREA COMUNE
Numero modulo
Venerdì 14/11
Docente
Margaria
Giulio
Venerdì 12/12
Data lezione
Titolo
Programma
1
The Common European
Framework : skills and levels of
competence, certifications,
European Projects, CLIL
Brero
2
Speaking skills : pronunciation,
phonetics, fluency, assessing
competence
The common European framework
The European qualifications framework
Certifications
L2 Projects
CLIL
In-Class activities
- The communicative approach
- Accuracy Vs Communication
- The teacher’s role
- Techniques
- Resources
- Workshop
Venerdì 09/01
Brero
3
Listening skills: using video
authentic materials
- How to develop awareness of the context
- The teacher’s role
- Techniques
- Resources
- Workshop
Venerdì 21/11
Gilardi
4
Reading skills : development,
comprehension and
communication DSA/BES
Venerdì 16/01
Cerone
5
Writing skills: incorporating
grammar into writing
instruction. Error diagnosis and
correction
Bernascone
6
Assessment for learning and
How to approach drama: roles and goals
Planning: content and timing
Cultural issues
Samples of drama exercises
Inciting emotional intelligence through creative writing
Cultural transfer: teaching civilisation with writing activities
Making Story Writing interactive
Poetry classes in the EFL classroom
Blogging: a way to foster EFL writing
List of contents:
writing for specific purposes
formal and informal writing
writing e-mails, reports, summaries, reviews
creative writing
use of tenses in writing
common mistakes
assessment grids
workshop
Resources: materials prepared by the teacher; Macmillan Writing Series;
Onestopenglish site.
Teacher's assessment approaches in oral and written tests;
Sabato10/01
Assessing of reading strategies;
Participant's assessment and self-evaluation;
Assessing vs Grading;
Assessing the multi-level class;
Strategies for assessing BES performances;
The role of achievement and non-achievement in the learning process.
Lesson planand time management
Skills integration
Lesson plan in literature teaching
Examples from textbooks
Usingnew media
Finding resources
In-class activity
evaluation practises
Venerdì 30/01
Giulio
7
Lesson plan and finding
resources
A 345
Venerdì 13/02
Margaria
1
Grammar from theory to
practice
Venerdì 20/02
Cerone
2
A basic approach to fiction
Sabato 28/02
Gilardi
4
Using drama and creative writing
in the classroom
Indicazioni nazionali per il curricolo della scuola del primo ciclo 2012
Definition of grammar
Different methodologies ( grammar translation, the direct method, structural
approach etc.. )
Traditional Grammar vs Functional Grammar
Inductive and deductive approaches
Communicative language teaching
Krashen's theories
Metalinguistic awareness
Peer education-Cooperative learning
Group work and open discussion
List of contents:
poetry (figures of speech)
fiction (narrative modes)
drama (role-play)
assessing comprehension and performances
workshop
Resources: materials prepared by the teacher; 700 Classroom Activities,
Macmillan; Macmillan Young Readers.
Approaches in reading in EFL classrooms
Differences between reading skills and reading strategies
A selection of reading strategies:
1. background knowledge
2. predicting
3. self-monitoring/ self-correcting
4. identifying main ideas and summarising
5. making inferences and questioning
6. enhance critical thinking
Procedural prompts for guiding students
Finding suitable material
Building worksheets and follow-up activities
Tips for teaching reading to students with learning disabilities
Indicazioni nazionali per il curricolo della scuola del primo ciclo 2012.
Content and language integrated learning (CLIL ).
Interculturality and cultural identity.
Main aspects of British Culture.
Cultural differences and similarities.
Negative Stereotyping –prejudices.
Positive Stereotyping.
Culture related activities ( songs , poems …..etc ).
Using new technologies and authentic material.
Preparing students for final exam.
Group work and open discussion.
Sabato 14/03
Margaria
5
Civilization and culture
Venerdì 13/02
Afrito
Giulio
1
Teaching language through
literature
Sabato 28/02
Afrito
2
Adapting national guidelines
about literature to class planning
Venerdì 20/02
Brero
3
ESP: teaching vocational English
through simulation of authentic
material / professional
environment
Sabato 07/03
Bernascone
4
Teaching language through
translation
A 346
1.Discussing literature: what do teachers mean and what do students perceive?
2.Using Italian in a literature class: from “strictly forbidden to “sometimes
encouraged”.
3.How to prepare a lesson plan on literature:
3.1.Time management
4.Purpose of a literature class:
4.1 Language skills development
4.2 Vocabulary enhancement
4.3 Reading between the lines
5. Using new media in literature teaching
6. In-class activity
-“Piano di lavoro”: what it is, how to structure it, requested level of detail.
-“Piano di lavoro”, “relazione finale”, “programma svolto”: initial and final task.
-Three year work plans.
-Cross-curricular competencies and multidisciplinary approach.
-Planning and scheduling.
-National guidelines: from “literature” to “culture”.
-Example of a work plan for a penultimate year of Italian high school.
-In-class activity: preparing an annual work plan for a last year of Italian high
school.
- How to enhance the 4-skills in a vocational context
- The key role of authentic material and of simulations
- The key role of glossaries/dictionaries/vocabulary
- The teacher’s role
- Techniques
- Resources
TEACHING LANGUAGE THROUGH TRANSLATION –
Approaches to translation teaching; Historical overview of pedagogical approaches to
translation in foreign language teaching;
Advantages and disavantanges of using translation in class;
How to integrate translation in the curriculum;
Assessing translation.
Sabato 14/03
Gilardi
5
The role of grammar in
communicative language
teaching
Overview of grammar approaches: CLT, GBT, FonF
Investigating methodology: enhancing structure awareness, correcting
errors, examples vs. explanations, recycling and spiraling
Steps of an integrated grammar lesson in CLT
A blended approach to teaching grammar: using poems
Visual aids, videos and the use of ICT to assess grammar goals
Grammar through cooperative learning