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Coluzzi, Paolo – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2019
Lombard is one of the 12-15 non-recognized regional languages spoken in Italy. This article focuses on the new speakers of Lombard, i. e. people who have learned or are learning Lombard as a second language. Through an open questionnaire the author has probed into various aspects concerning these new speakers' competence and learning trajectories,…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Foreign Countries, Romance Languages, Second Language Learning
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Santipolo, Matteo – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
This paper deals with the problems of teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) and as a lingua franca (ELF) in the Italian educational system and, in particular, with introducing language variation in the English class. After briefly illustrating how English teaching has changed in the last few decades, an outline is drawn of what happens in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Parkinson, Amber; Hajek, John – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2004
Although the Italian system of address pronouns is relatively complex, scant attention is paid to the issue in L2 manuals designed for English-speaking learners of Italian. After showing that Italian L2 manuals are not necessarily accurate in the limited detail they provide, we examine specifically the frequent claim that so-called informal…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Foreign Countries, Italian, English
Bartrum, Anna, Ed.; Wilkin, Andrew, Ed. – Tuttitalia: The Italian Journal of the Association for Language Learning, 1997
This journal focuses on the learning and teaching of Italian as a foreign language. Selected articles include the following: "Immigrant Women in Bologna: Themes and Problems"; "But Those Cursed Accents: Where Did They Go?"; "Modern Languages in the Primary School: The Scottish Experience"; "Suggested Strategies…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Communicative Competence (Languages)