More than meets the eye: research and practice in Italian foreign language policies and education
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Lucilla Lopriore
Abstract
This contribution aims at offering an overview of the main foreign language policies implemented in the Italian educational system in the last decades as well as of the role that research in Italian foreign language education has played. Main changes and innovations introduced through institutional – curriculum renewals, pre- and in-service education, European recommendations and implementation, language teacher education, university reforms – and through unofficial paths offered by publishers, professional associations, international exchange programs, will be explored and discussed. Some of the changes introduced at curriculum level (e. g. Content and Language integrated Learning (CLIL)) and in teacher education have added new perspectives in language teaching and are currently informing classroom practice in the Italian growingly multilingual scenarios. The impact of national and international research on foreign language teaching, carried out in the Italian language classrooms by scholars and, in some cases, by teachers themselves, will be described and illustrated through examples and language teachers’ contributions.
Zusammenfassung
Dieser Beitrag zielt darauf ab, einen Überblick über die wichtigsten fremdsprachlichen Maßnahmen zu geben, die im italienischen Bildungssystem in den letzten Jahrzehnten umgesetzt wurden, sowie über die Rolle, die die Forschung zum italienischen Fremdsprachenunterricht gespielt hat. Die wichtigsten Veränderungen und Innovationen, die durch institutionelle Maßnahmen wie Lehrplanerneuerungen, Aus- und Weiterbildung, europäische Empfehlungen und deren Umsetzung, Sprachlehrerbildung, Universitätsreformen und durch inoffizielle Wege, die von Verlagen, Berufsverbänden und internationalen Austauschprogrammen angeboten werden, werden untersucht und diskutiert.Einige der Veränderungen, die auf Lehrplanebene (z. B. Content and Language integrated Learning (CLIL)) und in der Lehrerbildung eingeführt wurden, haben dem Sprachunterricht neue Perspektiven hinzugefügt und beeinflussen derzeit die Unterrichtspraxis in den zunehmend mehrsprachigen Szenarien Italiens. Die Auswirkungen der nationalen und internationalen Forschung auf den Fremdsprachenunterricht, die im italienischen Sprachunterricht von Wissenschaftlern und in einigen Fällen auch von Lehrern selbst durchgeführt wurden, werden anhand von Beispielen und Beiträge von Sprachlehrern beschrieben.
Abstract
Questo contributo si prefigge di offrire una panoramica delle principali politiche linguistiche messe in atto nel sistema educativo italiano negli ultimi decenni e del ruolo svolto dalla ricerca nell’insegnamento delle lingue straniere in Italia. I principali mutamenti e le innovazioni introdotte a livello istituzionale – nel rinnovo dei curricoli, nella formazione pre- e in-servizio dei docenti – le raccomandazioni europee e la loro implementazione, la formazione linguistica dei docenti, le riforme universitarie – anche quelle ufficiosamente offerte da editori, associazioni professionali, programmi di scambi internazionali, sono presentati e discussi. Alcuni dei cambiamenti introdotti nel curricolo , ad es. il CLIL , e nella formazione docenti, hanno offerto nuove prospettive nell’insegnamento delle lingue e, al momento, ispirano le pratiche didattiche nel paesaggio linguistico italiano sempre più multilingue. L’impatto delle ricerche nazionali e internazionali sull’insegnamento delle lingue straniere, messo in atto nelle classi di lingua italiane da studiosi e, in alcuni casi dagli stessi insegnanti, è descritto e illustrato con esempi e contributi dei docenti di lingua.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Foreign Language Didactics and Foreign Language Education since 1945
- Articles
- Language didactics and language teaching since 1945 – the French way
- The English shark and other fish in the pond
- More than meets the eye: research and practice in Italian foreign language policies and education
- From foreign language teaching methodology to comparative glottodidactics
- Foreign language education in Spain: A historical view
- A history of sermons and carrots but no sticks
- Language Learning beyond English in the Netherlands: A fragile future?
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Foreign Language Didactics and Foreign Language Education since 1945
- Articles
- Language didactics and language teaching since 1945 – the French way
- The English shark and other fish in the pond
- More than meets the eye: research and practice in Italian foreign language policies and education
- From foreign language teaching methodology to comparative glottodidactics
- Foreign language education in Spain: A historical view
- A history of sermons and carrots but no sticks
- Language Learning beyond English in the Netherlands: A fragile future?
