Foreign Languages Learning and Teaching
PROF. CRISTINA BOSISIO
COURSE AIMS
The course sets out to reflect on the learning and teaching processes of a language
(native, second and foreign language).
The first part of the course focuses on the neuropsychological foundations of
language education. The second part focuses first on the epistemological nature of
language teaching and then on the development of language teaching approaches
and methods since the 19th century to the present day. The course ends with the
presentation of the features and aims of the most recent European projects focused
on language teachers training. The common thread of the course is the ongoing
dialogue between theoretical aspects and their concrete implications.
COURSE CONTENT
1. Learning languages
– The neuropsychological foundations of language education.
– Communicative competence and linguistic skills.
2. Teaching languages
– The epistemological nature of language teaching.
– Development of language teaching approaches and methods: from “grammartranslation” to pluralistic approaches.
– Designing and planning teaching courses: from the curriculum to acquisition
units.
3.
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Learning and teaching languages today
Current regulations.
CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning).
European projects for language teacher training: from Profile to Portfolio.
READING LIST
Attending students:
Course notes (lecture notes, the material published on Blackboard, any photocopies and/or
work done in class).
M. DALOISO, I fondamenti neuropsicologici dell’educazione linguistica, Cafoscarina, Venice,
2009, (obtainable online at: http://lear.unive.it/bitstream/10278/1188/1/DaloisoR.pdf).
C. BOSISIO, Fondamenti della glottodidattica. Apprendere e insegnare le lingue oggi,
Carocci, Rome, 2014.
C. BOSISIO (ed.), Il docente di lingue in Italia. Linee guida per una formazione europea, Le
Monnier-Mondadori Education, Milan, 2010.
Materials for consultation and use in the group projects:
M. KELLY-M.GRENFELL (eds.), European Profile for Language Teacher Education. A Frame
of Reference, University of Southampton, Southampton, 2004. Get the Italian translation
online
from:
<http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/eu-languagepolicy/docs/doc477_it.pdf>.
D. NEWBY-R. ALLAN-A.B. FENNER-B. JONES-H. KOMOROWSKA-K.SOGHIKYAN (eds.), European
Portfolio for student teachers of languages (EPOSTL). A reflection tool for language
teacher education, European Centre for Modern Languages, Graz, 2007.
Get the online Italian translation from:
<http://epostl2.ecml.at/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=8PpREfAzaYI%3D&tabid=505&language
=de-DE>.
Non-attending students:
M. DALOISO, I fondamenti neuropsicologici dell’educazione linguistica, Cafoscarina,
Venezia,
2009
(available
online
from:
http://lear.unive.it/bitstream/10278/1188/1/DaloisoR.pdf).
C. BOSISIO, Fondamenti della glottodidattica. Apprendere e insegnare le lingue oggi,
Carocci, Rome, 2014.
C. BOSISIO (ed.), Il docente di lingue in Italia. Linee guida per una formazione europea, Le
Monnier-Mondadori Education, Milan, 2010.
P. DIADORI (ed.), Formazione, Qualità, Certificazione per la didattica delle lingue moderne
in Europa/TQAC in FLT. Training, Quality, Certification in Foreign Language
Teaching, Le Monnier - Mondadori Education, Milan, 2010.
For consultation:
M.KELLY-M. GRENFELL (eds.), European Profile for Language Teacher Education. A Frame
of Reference, University of Southampton, Southampton,2004.
Italian
translation
in
Diadori
(2010)
and
online
at:
<http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/eu-language-policy/docs/doc477_it.pdf>.
D. NEWBY-R. ALLAN-A. B. FENNER-B. JONES-H. KOMOROWSKA-K. SOGHIKYAN (eds.), European
Portfolio for student teachers of languages (EPOSTL). A reflection tool for language
teacher education, European Centre for Modern Languages, Graz, 2007.
Italian
translation
in
Diadori
(2010)
and
online
at:
<http://epostl2.ecml.at/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=8PpREfAzaYI%3D&tabid=505&lang
uage=de-DE>.
Any additional information on the reading list will be indicated in class and published on the
lecturer’s webpage (http:\\docenti.unicatt.it\\ita\\cristina_bosisio).
TEACHING METHOD
Lectures, guided practical assignments (metacognition and self-assessment; creation of
exercises and specific didactic activities), group projects (analysis of manuals; observation
and application of language teaching technologies), online forums (via Blackboard),
possible field trip.
ASSESSMENT METHOD
Oral exam, practical assignments.
NOTES
The student is invited to check the lecturer’s webpage regularly for updates, study
materials and other information.
Further information can be found on the lecturer's webpage at
http://docenti.unicatt.it/web/searchByName.do?language=ENG, or on the Faculty notice
board.