New approaches to teaching Italian language and culture : case studies from an international perspective / edited by Emanuele Occhipinti.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Occhipinti, Emanuele.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italian language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

Italian language.

Italian language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers--Case studies.

Italy--Civilization--Study and teaching.

Italy.

Italy--Civilization--Study and teaching--Case studies.

Italy--Social life and customs--Study and teaching.

Italy--Social life and customs--Study and teaching--Case studies.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (615 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

New Approaches to Teaching Italian Language and Culture fills a major gap in existing scholarship and textbooks devoted to the teaching of Italian language and culture. A much-needed project in Italianistica, this collection of essays offers case studies that provide a coherent and organized overview of contemporary Italian pedagogy, incorporating the expertise of scholars in the field of language methodology and language acquisition from Italy and four major countries where the study of Ital...

Contents:

Introduction / Emanuele Occhipinti

pt. I. Curricular innovations: ch. 1. Eliminating the "gap" through circular innovation / Janice M. Aski and Heather Webb

ch. 2. Task-based instruction in intermediate Italian: a research-supported model / Tom Means

ch. 3. What can be obtained from project work? A case study / Assunta Giuseppina Zedda

ch. 4. The conversation hour: the making of an experiment / Simona Wright

ch. 5. Teaching learnable grammar / Camilla Bettoni and Bruno Di Biase

pt. II. Teaching Italian with technology: ch. 6. Enhancing the student experience through technology: making language learning more meaningful through a department VLE / Clella Boscolo, Alison Davies, Kelly Smith

ch. 7. Azione! Teaching listening skills through video: a web-based program of film and television segments designed for Italian language courses at Yale University / Amelia Moser

ch. 8. Confronting new technologies: a cross-cultural telecollaborative project across the ocean / Silvia Carlorossi, Francesca Helm, Nicoletta Marini-Maio, Kathryn K. McMahon

ch. 9. Podcasting and iPod in teaching and learning Italian language, culture and literature: a research study at Université de Montréal, Canada / Jacqueline Samperi Mangan

pt. III. Teaching Italian translation: ch. 10. Teaching Italian translation: a challenge / Luciana d'Arcangeli

ch. 11. Translation in teaching Italian as L2: evolution or involution? / Sandro Sciutti

ch. 12. Words don't come easy ... especially during exams! The importance of adopting a didactic translation methodology in the context of the 2001 Italian university reform / Maria Cristina Cignatta

ch. 13. Teaching Italian as a foreign language for academic and professional purposes. Juridical and informative language. Teaching suggestions for students and legal professionals / Manuela Visigalli

pt. IV. Teaching Italian culture: ch. 14. Visual literacy: teaching Italian culture through images / Daniela Bartalesi-Graf

ch. 15. A visual socio-cultural approach to Italian women's studies / Flavia Laviosa

ch. 16. Building an intercultural identity in a cross-cultural transition: a short term stay case study / Barbara Spinelli, Roberto Dolci

ch. 17. Evaluating cultural proficiency in an upper level Italian culture course / Romana Capek-Habeković, Sandra Palaich

ch. 18. Cultural acquisition and language learning: the IVC, Chiavi di Lettura Project / Christine Ristaino, Judith Raggi-Moore

ch. 19. From the past to the present: history of the Italian culture / Nicla Reverso

pt. IV. Teaching Italian culture through film: ch. 20. Italian language and culture in close-up: using film at all levels of proficiency / Kerstin Pilz

ch. 21. Teaching visual thinking, in and out of the Italian canon / Thomas Erling Peterson

ch. 22. Memory on the margins: reflections on Italy (1938-1943) in Scola's Una giornata particolare & Ozpetek's La finestra di fronte / Mary Ann McDonald Carolan

pt. VI. Teaching Italian culture through songs: ch. 23. Teaching Italian culture through songs: "non solo canzonette" / Paola Vettorel

ch. 24. Italian freaks and punks: history of Italian culture from 1950s to 2005 retold by protest songs / Silvia Boero.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.

ISBN:

1-282-04301-3

9786612043017

1-4438-0234-4

OCLC:

827209166