Oriental languages and civilizations

General objective The course aims to provide students with the fundamental notions of the discipline, in its theoretical and applied aspects. The core topics will concern Linguistic Diversity, the Learning and Teaching Mechanisms of a Language, the main Language Teaching Theories. Following those premises, we will analyze the four language skills (listening, speaking, writing and reading), in relation with their development and use. During the curse will be explained and studied in depth notions of Linguistic and Communicative Competence, in relation to the process of learning a foreign and/or second language, also on the basis of the indications of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. From this perspective, the acquisition of knowledge relating to the notion of text and textual variety, and relating to the internal dimensions of the language, from the lexicon to the syntax, from phonology to morphology are of particular importance both from a theoretical and an application point of view. There will also be a comparison between languages, to enhance students' ability to make a metalinguistic reflection, asking them to intervene and actively participate during the lessons. Specific objectives: • knowledge of the principles and notions that characterize the different language teaching theories that constitute the general reference of the discipline; • knowledge of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, for what concerns both its general principles and the articulation of the levels of competence as well as the dimensions that compose it; • awareness of the specificity of the learning plan of a second language, its role, together with other social and educational factors, the impact of the speakers’ first language in such plan • ability to compare the structures of different languages in a teaching perspective • ability to analyze the notion of linguistic and communicative competence in its various aspects and to refer to this competence for autonomous processing, also in order to analyze a personal learning plan