University for Foreigners of Perugia

UPDATING COURSE IN ITALIAN TEACHING
SECOND OR FOREIGN LANGUAGE

19 – 23 January 2004

COURSE PROGRAM

 “Basic language skills: focus on oral and written production”

This short language teaching refresher course (22 ore), which is one of the modules of the traditional winter training offer of the University for Foreigners addressed to L2 Italian teachers from various countries, focuses on both written and oral productive language skills and is mainly intended for Italian graduates who wish to update themselves on these specific issues.

  • Theoretical-methodological assumptions: Anna CILIBERTI
  • Linguistic activities aimed at oral and written production: Thomas SERRANO
  • Strategies for teaching Italian to children: Orietta ROSSI
  • Language teaching strategies aimed at written production: Anna COMFORTABLE
  • Methods of verification and evaluation of production skills: GREEK Giuliana
  • Theater in teaching: a place for the word: Anna COMFORTABLE
  • The teaching of phonetics: error analysis and correction techniques: Lidia COSTAMAGNA
  • Words in music: learning Italian through songs: Lidia COSTAMAGNA
  • Problems of psycholinguistics in the teaching of Italian to foreigners: Patrizia MANILI
  • Updates on bibliographic news relating to teaching Italian to foreigners: Laura BERRETTINI

Scientific manager: Prof. Anna Ciliberti
Coordinators: Prof. Elisabetta CHIACCHELLA and Anna COMFORTABLE