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The teaching of a foreign language involves the use of methods, rooted in an approach to language teaching, and often incorporates the use of technology such as computers and multimedia. In order to examine the approach, method, and use of multimedia technology in the teaching of Italian in British Columbia at the elementary and secondary levels, it is important to first define these critical elements. The first chapter examines the global shift from using a Grammar-Translation Approach to teaching foreign languages towards using a Communicative Approach. It is interesting to note that this shift spans numerous centuries and develops gradually through a series of innovative foreign language teaching approaches and methods. The second chapter provides an in-depth look at this Communicative Approach. It examines the theories it is based on, the components a Communicative Language Teaching or CLT syllabus incorporates, as well as the classroom manifestations of CLT, including the types of activities used, the role of grammar, the learning resources used, the teacher's role, and the student's role. The chapter also reviews criticism levied against CLT. The third chapter examines the role of computer technology in foreign language teaching. As computers become ubiquitous, it is important to highlight the reason why computers go hand in hand with CLT; computer technology incorporates aspects of the theories which Communicative Approach is based upon. As such, computer technology should be part of the CLT classroom but only after the most effective Computer Assisted Language Learning or CALL program has been chosen. This chapter identifies criteria for the selection of effective CALL as well as identifying how to implement CALL in the classroom setting. In trying to examine CALL's overall value to CLT, the chapter also highlights some of the positive and negative attributes of CALL. The final chapter uses the terminology and approaches introduced in previous chapters and relates them to the actual panorama of Italian taught at the elementary and secondary levels in British Columbia. The driving force behind the use of the Communicative Approach and the use of computer technology in the local teaching of Italian comes from the Italian Ministero degli affari esteri, or MAE. This can be seen through MAE's foreign policy, their financial assistance, their trained personnel sent to assist local teachers of Italian, and their ongoing commitment to the teaching of Italian abroad. The chapter, through a questionnaire completed by local teachers of Italian, also tries to ascertain whether the resources offered by MAE are being used to their fullest.

Teaching and learning foreign languages has always been a source of debate. This research begins by tracing the evolution of teaching methods and approaches. It proceeds to describe how the teaching and learning of Standard Italian at the post-secondary level and in adult education in Montreal is affected by the multicultural nature of the community. The analysis of individual textbooks used in post-secondary and adult instruction in Montreal and the surrounding area follows. This study should provide an impetus for further investigation regarding the relationship between foreign language acquisition and the choice of textbooks for classroom use and it could provide solutions for some of the pedagogical problems arising from Montreal's linguistic plurality.

The teaching of a foreign language involves the use of methods, rooted in an approach to language teaching, and often incorporates the use of technology such as computers and multimedia. In order to examine the approach, method, and use of multimedia technology in the teaching of Italian in British Columbia at the elementary and secondary levels, it is important to first define these critical elements. The first chapter examines the global shift from using a Grammar-Translation Approach to teaching foreign languages towards using a Communicative Approach. It is interesting to note that this shift spans numerous centuries and develops gradually through a series of innovative foreign language teaching approaches and methods. The second chapter provides an in-depth look at this Communicative Approach. It examines the theories it is based on, the components a Communicative Language Teaching or CLT syllabus incorporates, as well as the classroom manifestations of CLT, including the types of activities used, the role of grammar, the learning resources used, the teacher's role, and the student's role. The chapter also reviews criticism levied against CLT. The third chapter examines the role of computer technology in foreign language teaching. As computers become ubiquitous, it is important to highlight the reason why computers go hand in hand with CLT; computer technology incorporates aspects of the theories which Communicative Approach is based upon. As such, computer technology should be part of the CLT classroom but only after the most effective Computer Assisted Language Learning or CALL program has been chosen. This chapter identifies criteria for the selection of effective CALL as well as identifying how to implement CALL in the classroom setting. In trying to examine CALL's overall value to CLT, the chapter also highlights some of the positive and negative attributes of CALL. The final chapter uses the terminology and approaches introduced in previous chapters and relates them to the actual panorama of Italian taught at the elementary and secondary levels in British Columbia. The driving force behind the use of the Communicative Approach and the use of computer technology in the local teaching of Italian comes from the Italian Ministero degli affari esteri, or MAE. This can be seen through MAE's foreign policy, their financial assistance, their trained personnel sent to assist local teachers of Italian, and their ongoing commitment to the teaching of Italian abroad. The chapter, through a questionnaire completed by local teachers of Italian, also tries to ascertain whether the resources offered by MAE are being used to their fullest. / Arts, Faculty of / French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies, Department of / Graduate

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Orientador: Douglas Altamiro Consolo / Banca: Ana Mariza Benedetti / Banca: Suzi Marques Spatti Cavalari / Banca: Daniela Norci Schroeder / Banca: Hélcio de Pádua Lanzoni / Resumo: Esta investigação, de natureza híbrida, teve por objetivo principal a elaboração de um teste de proficiência na compreensão oral (CO) da Língua Italiana (LI), o TECOLI. Para tanto, em um primeiro momento, foi analisado o ensino da CO na LI a um grupo de formandos em Letras considerado como contexto típico. O estudo justifica-se, principalmente, por elaborar um teste de proficiência em CO que possa propiciar aos cursos de formação de professores de LI um instrumento de avaliação dessa habilidade linguística. Isto porque não encontrarmos, dentre os testes e provas de competência linguística consolidados para o italiano como LE criados por universidades internacionalmente reconhecidas, nenhum teste dirigido especificamente a docentes de italiano no exterior que queiram avaliar a compreensão oral de seus alunos. É sabido que a avaliação da LE não é amplamente contemplada pelas pesquisas que tratam do processo de ensino e aprendizagem de línguas. São ainda masi raras as pesquisas que tratem especificamente da avaliação de proficiência na CO, visto uqe o conhecimento e o entendimento desta habilidade, ainda hoje, são limitados. O nosso estudo pretende também contribuir para um projeto de pesquisa maior, o qual é intitulado "Exame de proficiência para professores de LE (EPPLE): definição de construto, tarefas e parâmetros para avaliação em contextos brasileiros", que se ocupa, principalmente, da habilidade oral. As perguntas norteadoras desta pesquisa são: 1) Como se caracteriza o ensino da CO em um curso de formação de professores de Língua Italiana em uma universidade pública?; 2) como se comportam as várias versões do teste criado para este estudo? ; 3) qual a fidedignidade e validade... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This research, of a hybrid nature, aimed at developing a test of proficiency in listening comprehension (abbreviated as CO) of Italian as a foreing language (abbreviated as LI), the TECOLI. At first, we analyzed the teaching of CO in LI to a group of pre-service teachers, considered as a typical context. The study is justified mainly by the preparation of a test in listening comprehension that provides an instrument for courses to evaluate the linguistic ability of pré-service teachers of Italian as a foreign language. Such test finds no similar tool to evaluate CO among the consolidated tests and proficiency tests of italian as a foreign language created by internationally recognized universities, or well-known tests targeted at helping non-nataive teachers of Italian to evaluate their students. It is known that the evaluation of a foreign language is not widelv addressed by the research dealing with the processes of teaching and learning languages. Even more rare in the field are research studies that focus specifically on the phenomenon of evaluating proficiency in listening comprehension, since knowledge and understanding of this ability remains limited nowadays. Our study also aims at contributing to a larger research project entiled "Proficiency examination for foreing language teachers (abbreviated as EPPLE): definition of tasks and parameters for language assessmentin Brazilian contexts", wich focuses mainly on oral skills of pre-service teachers. The questions that guide this research are: 1) How do we characterize the teaching of CO ina pre-service teacher course that prepares teachers of Italian as a foreign language at a state university in Brazil?; 2) How do the versions of the test created for this study function?; and 3) What is the reliability and validity of the final version of the instrument created? Aiming at... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

This qualitative research aims to present students' beliefs about the role that culture plays in language learning and to understand their responses towards the use of authentic multi-media materials. Based on the results of the study, this dissertation describes the impact that authentic multi-media materials had on students' cultural knowledge and their overall language learning experience. The implications discussed in this study are based on students' responses and are relevant to foreign language instructors who are interested in the areas of culture teaching, authentic multi-media materials, students' perspectives, and autonomous learning. In particular, the dissertation presents a link between authentic multi-media materials and motivation based on Ryan and Deci's Self-Determination Theory (2000). The results found in this study suggest that authentic multi-media materials are resources that could be utilized in the early stages of instruction in order to capitalize on students' inherent interest in the Italian culture, which in turn serves to motivate students to persist in their language study. / text

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