The very concept of canon has undergone several changes over the last decades, having first been criticized as a mere instrument of power. Yet, its importance on the literary scene remains unquestionable. Today, there ...

For the classroom experimentation of integrated modules of Spanish L2 and sociocultural history in the Spanish language classroom of Foreign languages and cultures degree course at the Univerisity of Salerno, we integrate ...

As well known, both in the case of acquiring an L! and, later, a foreign language (FL), many factors related to communicative, affective and relational contexts come into play. The existence in the historical-natural languages ...

The paper discusses the role of variation in L2 learning and, more particularly, the influence of diamesic variation and variation in the communicative context, on oral and written performance in Italian L2. In order to ...

The Double/Joint Degree Agreements, growing thanks to the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research’s internationalization policy, require a more writing-oriented didactics of Italian second language (e.g. towards ...

The paper focuses on the teaching of literature at university through online discussion. The theoretical premises for the necessity of integrating discussion-based techniques with the predominant lecture mode can be ...

The paper provides an outline of the role of technology in some of the most important frameworks, standards and portfolios in use for language education. An analysis of these texts is particularly useful to understand ...

The study investigates the variation between spoken and written narratives produced by Italian native speakers and learners of Italian L2. In native speakers’ texts, the variation among modalities emerges at textual, syntactical ...

The issue of learning one or more cultures that might coexist within a foreign language and culture as complementing the process of acquisition of a foreign language has received considerable critical attention. This is ...

In Italian technical institutes for tourism, the interest in cruises is growing. Therefore, the present contribution aims at presenting the different steps of a module of specialized French focused on cruise lexicon. This ...