20710295 - PROCESSES AND INSTRUMENTS IN SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING

Teaching European languages: structure of lexicon and learning. Reflexions on the complex relationships among lexical items within languages, and on the fact that they do not overlap across languages.
Comprehension of the role of lexicon in communication, particularly in foreign language learning.
Knowledge of meaning-building processes by means of examples taken from the productions of non-native speakers of the languages taught in the department and in Italian schools.
Analysis of how teaching materials reflect theoretical principles.
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Programme

General part: offers an overview of some key issues in second language learning research, with particular reference to the way in which teaching can facilitate and speed up the natural process of language acquisition.
Focus: provides students with knowledge and skills needed to analyse teaching materials. Characteristics of Task-based language teaching are illustrated in detail.

Core Documentation

- Lightbown P., Spada N., How languages are learned, Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Cortés Velásquez D., Faone S., Nuzzo E., Analizzare i manuali per l’insegnamento delle lingue: strumenti per una glottodidattica applicata, Analizzare i manuali per l’insegnamento delle lingue: strumenti per una glottodidattica applicata, in Italiano LinguaDue 2.2017, pp. 1-74.
- Nuzzo E., Cortés Velásquez D. (eds), Il task nell’insegnamento delle lingue. Percorsi tra ricerca e didattica al CLA di Roma Tre, RomaTrE-Press, in press (a selection of chapters specified by the teacher).