Languages, Cultures, Literature, Translation

The series of lectures, entitled "Plurilingualism in Contemporary Europe," provides the basics of language teaching in the current context. This year, the focus will be on the social and political implications of language education. The course offers an exploratory approach, exploring both theoretical aspects and practical teaching implications, focusing on the concept of intercultural communicative competence as a key skill for citizenship. The first part of the course explores the concept of intercultural communicative competence, developed to account for native language acquisition and then applied to foreign language teaching. Several key aspects are examined: how and why this concept has come to be thematically explored in modern and contemporary history, especially in the twentieth century; how the concept is instrumental in the plurilingual model that is now at the heart of national and European documents; and how the concept has been expanded in the twenty-first century to educate about differences and develop active citizenship policies. The second part of the course will explore the educational implications of democratic language education, aimed at making learners active participants in the social, cultural, and political life of increasingly dynamic and "liquid" communities. In particular, we will analyze: how the plurilingual model is developed in the CEFR; some of the main foreign language teaching methodologies.

There are no prerequisites.

Texts for the Academic Year 2024/25: - P. Balboni, Le «nuove» sfide di Babele. Insegnare le lingue nelle società liquide, UTET Università, 2023, capitoli 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 (o, in alternativa, P. Balboni, Le sfide di Babele. Insegnare le lingue nelle società complesse, Utet, Novara 2015, capp. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9)(ISBN:9788860088826). - Consiglio d’Europa, Quadro Comune Europeo di Riferimento per le lingue: apprendimento, insegnamento, valutazione. Volume complementare, 2020 (scaricabile gratuitamente in italiano all’indirizzo https://rm.coe.int/quadro-comune-europeo-di-riferimento-per-le-lingue-ap... ), capitoli 2-3-4-5 e appendici 1-2-3 (ISBN 978-92-871-8621-8). - GISCEL (Gruppo di intervento e studio nel campo dell'educazione linguistica), Dieci tesi per un'educazione linguistica democratica, documento disponibile all’indirizzo https://giscel.it/dieci-tesi-per-leducazione-linguistica-democratica/ (consultabile anche nell'Appendice del volume T. De Mauro, L'educazione linguistica democratica, a cura di S. Loiero e M.A. Marchese, Laterza, Bari-Roma 2018 - ISBN carta: 9788858130728, ISBN digitale: 9788858132159) - F. De Renzo, Lessico di base e indici di leggibilità per l’analisi e la produzione di testi per la didattica dell’italiano L2, in P. Diadori, C. Gennai, S. Semplici (a cura di), Progettazione editoriale per l'italiano L2, Guerra, Perugia 2011, pp. 183-202

Class attendance is optional.

The exam consists of a written test and an oral test. The written test lasts 40 minutes and includes 6 open-ended questions. Passing it gives access to the oral test. The two tests must be taken in the same call. The written test takes place on the same day as the call occurs, the oral one on the following days.

The lessons are in presence. The slides and materials used during the lessons are made available on Moodle.

The series of lectures, entitled "Plurilingualism in Contemporary Europe," provides the basics of language teaching in the current context. This year, the focus will be on the social and political implications of language education. The course offers an exploratory approach, exploring both theoretical aspects and practical teaching implications, focusing on the concept of intercultural communicative competence as a key skill for citizenship. The first part of the course explores the concept of intercultural communicative competence, developed to account for native language acquisition and then applied to foreign language teaching. Several key aspects are examined: how and why this concept has come to be thematically explored in modern and contemporary history, especially in the twentieth century; how the concept is instrumental in the plurilingual model that is now at the heart of national and European documents; and how the concept has been expanded in the twenty-first century to educate about differences and develop active citizenship policies. The second part of the course will explore the educational implications of democratic language education, aimed at making learners active participants in the social, cultural, and political life of increasingly dynamic and "liquid" communities. In particular, we will analyze: how the plurilingual model is developed in the CEFR; some of the main foreign language teaching methodologies.

There are no prerequisites.

Texts for the Academic Year 2024/25: - P. Balboni, Le «nuove» sfide di Babele. Insegnare le lingue nelle società liquide, UTET Università, 2023, capitoli 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 (o, in alternativa, P. Balboni, Le sfide di Babele. Insegnare le lingue nelle società complesse, Utet, Novara 2015, capp. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9)(ISBN:9788860088826). - Consiglio d’Europa, Quadro Comune Europeo di Riferimento per le lingue: apprendimento, insegnamento, valutazione. Volume complementare, 2020 (scaricabile gratuitamente in italiano all’indirizzo https://rm.coe.int/quadro-comune-europeo-di-riferimento-per-le-lingue-ap... ), capitoli 2-3-4-5 e appendici 1-2-3 (ISBN 978-92-871-8621-8). - GISCEL (Gruppo di intervento e studio nel campo dell'educazione linguistica), Dieci tesi per un'educazione linguistica democratica, documento disponibile all’indirizzo https://giscel.it/dieci-tesi-per-leducazione-linguistica-democratica/ (consultabile anche nell'Appendice del volume T. De Mauro, L'educazione linguistica democratica, a cura di S. Loiero e M.A. Marchese, Laterza, Bari-Roma 2018 - ISBN carta: 9788858130728, ISBN digitale: 9788858132159) - F. De Renzo, Lessico di base e indici di leggibilità per l’analisi e la produzione di testi per la didattica dell’italiano L2, in P. Diadori, C. Gennai, S. Semplici (a cura di), Progettazione editoriale per l'italiano L2, Guerra, Perugia 2011, pp. 183-202

Class attendance is optional.

The exam consists of a written test and an oral test. The written test lasts 40 minutes and includes 6 open-ended questions. Passing it gives access to the oral test. The two tests must be taken in the same call. The written test takes place on the same day as the call occurs, the oral one on the following days.

The lessons are in presence. The slides and materials used during the lessons are made available on Moodle.