DIDACTICS OF MODERN LANGUAGES

Course objectives

In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of DIDACTICS OF MODERN LANGUAGES, that complete and/or reinforce those acquired in the first grade of studies. Moreover, it will make the students able to approach orginal themes in a research context, making more complex judgments, communicating knowledge and its process, and studying the subject in an independent and self-educational way.

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MARIA ROCCAFORTE Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
The basics of language teaching will be presented, with particular reference to the neuro-psycholinguistic implications of language teaching, the approaches and techniques to be used in the classroom and the role of grammar in teaching Italian as L1 and as L2. The course will be organised in 6 modules: - Introduction to the discipline - TOT 8 hours - Neuro-psycholinguistic implications of language teaching - TOT 6 hours - Approaches, methods and techniques in the language classroom - TOT 6 hours - The role of grammar in language teaching - TOT 6 hours - Language teaching, ICT and artificial intelligence - TOT 6 hours - Guide to the use of teaching materials in the classroom, corpora and language data laboratory - TOT 6 hours The remaining 4 hours will be devoted to in-progress exercise and evaluation activities Classes start 3 Oct 2025
Prerequisites
Ability to read and understand English-language materials that will be distributed during the course
Books
Andorno et al. Verso una nuova lingua. Capire l'acquisizione di L2. UTET Dispense saranno disponibili su Google Classroom. Codice: dtxjs7g5 The digital version of Penny UR's "A course in language Teaching. Practice and theory" will be made available on Google Classroom
Teaching mode
The course will take place two times a week (2 hours per class). 12 hours of laboratory are available in which students deal with technological and the theme of disability and language disease.
Frequency
Students who have attended at least 75% of the classes and participated in the two intermediate exercises offered on Google Classroom will be considered as attending. Google Classroom code: dtxjs7g5
Exam mode
Attending students may either take a written exam and decide to accept the score or refuse it and take the oral examination from scratch but with an attending syllabus. Non-attending students will only take the examination orally. The written test consists of 50 multiple-choice questions with 5 options each. Incorrect answers do not deduct marks; at least 25 out of 50 questions must be answered correctly to obtain a pass. The examination is considered passed if the candidate demonstrates that he/she knows and is able to explain with sufficient clarity the notions learnt during the course and in self-study and that he/she is able to usefully make reasoning and connections between the aspects under investigation. The final assessment takes into account two intermediate exercises, the student's command of the vocabulary specific to the discipline and the ability to apply what he has studied to teaching practice in the language class.
Lesson mode
The course will take place two times a week (2 hours per class). Tuesday (classroom XXII) and Friday (classroom IV) 2.00-4.00 pm Google Classroom code: dtxjs7g5 https://corsidilaurea.uniroma1.it/it/users/mariaroccaforteuniroma1it
MARIA ROCCAFORTE Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
The basics of language teaching will be presented, with particular reference to the neuro-psycholinguistic implications of language teaching, the approaches and techniques to be used in the classroom and the role of grammar in teaching Italian as L1 and as L2. The course will be organised in 6 modules: - Introduction to the discipline - TOT 8 hours - Neuro-psycholinguistic implications of language teaching - TOT 6 hours - Approaches, methods and techniques in the language classroom - TOT 6 hours - The role of grammar in language teaching - TOT 6 hours - Language teaching, ICT and artificial intelligence - TOT 6 hours - Guide to the use of teaching materials in the classroom, corpora and language data laboratory - TOT 6 hours The remaining 4 hours will be devoted to in-progress exercise and evaluation activities Classes start 3 Oct 2025
Prerequisites
Ability to read and understand English-language materials that will be distributed during the course
Books
Andorno et al. Verso una nuova lingua. Capire l'acquisizione di L2. UTET Dispense saranno disponibili su Google Classroom. Codice: dtxjs7g5 The digital version of Penny UR's "A course in language Teaching. Practice and theory" will be made available on Google Classroom
Teaching mode
The course will take place two times a week (2 hours per class). 12 hours of laboratory are available in which students deal with technological and the theme of disability and language disease.
Frequency
Students who have attended at least 75% of the classes and participated in the two intermediate exercises offered on Google Classroom will be considered as attending. Google Classroom code: dtxjs7g5
Exam mode
Attending students may either take a written exam and decide to accept the score or refuse it and take the oral examination from scratch but with an attending syllabus. Non-attending students will only take the examination orally. The written test consists of 50 multiple-choice questions with 5 options each. Incorrect answers do not deduct marks; at least 25 out of 50 questions must be answered correctly to obtain a pass. The examination is considered passed if the candidate demonstrates that he/she knows and is able to explain with sufficient clarity the notions learnt during the course and in self-study and that he/she is able to usefully make reasoning and connections between the aspects under investigation. The final assessment takes into account two intermediate exercises, the student's command of the vocabulary specific to the discipline and the ability to apply what he has studied to teaching practice in the language class.
Lesson mode
The course will take place two times a week (2 hours per class). Tuesday (classroom XXII) and Friday (classroom IV) 2.00-4.00 pm Google Classroom code: dtxjs7g5 https://corsidilaurea.uniroma1.it/it/users/mariaroccaforteuniroma1it
  • Lesson code1023959
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseArchaeology
  • CurriculumArcheologia preistorica e protostorica
  • Year2nd year
  • Duration12 months
  • SSDL-LIN/02
  • CFU6