The course faces the intercultural communication within descriptive, theoretical and practical aspects, and within its own connections with the acquisition and teaching of the foreign and second languages. It will be considered either Teaching methodology offers for the foreign languages and for the Italian language to foreigners, or linguistic and cultural politics promoted by European organizations.
BALBONI P., CAON F., La comunicazione interculturale, Marsilio, Venezia, 2015
BORELLO E, LUISE M.C., Gli italiani e le lingue straniere. Made in Italy, economia delle lingue e formazione, Utet, Torino, 2011.
Further readings will be made available during the course
Learning Objectives
Knowledge and understanding of added values of the intercultural communication in the European society, within the Language Education and the Lifelong Learning.
Prerequisites
None
Teaching Methods
lectures. Tasks and slides released through E-learning platform Moodle
Further information
None
Type of Assessment
Tests and exercises during the course. Examination will be oral and/or written. Written examination will last 1 hour. Oral examination will concern topics of the lessons
Course program
During the course several communication types and different aspects of the intercultural communication will be analyzed; foreign languages teaching methods in multicultural school contexts; Teaching methodology offers for the foreign languages and for the Italian language to foreigners, and linguistic and cultural politics promoted by European organizations.