Development of intercultural competence based on awareness about the relationship between language and culture. The role of culture in the learning process of a second language, with particular reference to linguistic pragmatics as an interface between language and culture.
Knowledge of the main instruments used to analyse linguistic behaviour in different cultures, and of the main results of research in the area of cross-cultural, intercultural and interlanguage pragmatics.
Knowledge of the role of teaching in the learning of pragmatic aspects of an L2 and ability to reflect on apprehendibility and teachability of cultural-pragmatic aspects of second languages.
Knowledge of the main instruments used to analyse linguistic behaviour in different cultures, and of the main results of research in the area of cross-cultural, intercultural and interlanguage pragmatics.
Knowledge of the role of teaching in the learning of pragmatic aspects of an L2 and ability to reflect on apprehendibility and teachability of cultural-pragmatic aspects of second languages.
teacher profile teaching materials
Focus: some examples of empirical studies on cross-cultural, intercultural and interlanguage pragmatics are presented and discussed.
One of the following papers (student's choice):
Marocchini E., Politeness strategies in complaints in Italian: A study on IFL learners and Italian native speakers, E-JournALL 4, 2 (2017), 75-96.
Walker T., Politeness norms: A pilot study on the accomplishment of apologies by learners of Italian, E-JournALL 4, 2 (2017), 28-48.
Programme
General part: students are invited to reflect on pragmatics as an interface between language and culture, from an ethno-linguistic perspective. The challenges of intercultural communication are discussed, starting by the comparison between different ways of realizing and interpreting the same speech acts. Issues specifically related to the learning and teaching of pragmatic competence are then addressed.Focus: some examples of empirical studies on cross-cultural, intercultural and interlanguage pragmatics are presented and discussed.
Core Documentation
Bettoni C., Usare un'altra lingua. Guida alla pragmatica interculturale, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2006.One of the following papers (student's choice):
Marocchini E., Politeness strategies in complaints in Italian: A study on IFL learners and Italian native speakers, E-JournALL 4, 2 (2017), 75-96.
Walker T., Politeness norms: A pilot study on the accomplishment of apologies by learners of Italian, E-JournALL 4, 2 (2017), 28-48.
Type of delivery of the course
The course will include both standard lessons and hands-on-data sessions.Type of evaluation
Written test with open-ended questions.