This paper aims to describe the development of CALL-ER, an application for mobile devices, produced within the CALL-ER project (Context-Aware Language Learning in Emilia Romagna). An ever-increasing availability of applications for language learning that meet the different learning needs of users, as well as the ubiquitous wireless communication, led applications for mobile devices to become gradually more context-aware. This means that language is acquired by users through the direct experience with the local context where they are. An example in this regard is represented by the CALL-ER mobile application, that supports mobility students through the incidental learning of Italian language and culture in the city of Forlì. We will begin this contribution with an outline of the theoretical underpinnings that supported the project and a presentation of the project itself. We will then present the first stage of the project, during which the application was developed before its first testing. At this point, an overall description of the application will be given. A special attention will be paid throughout this paper both to how language learning has been conceived through experiential tourism and to the multimodality of the contents.
Abstrakt
Questo articolo presenta gli esiti di una sperimentazione in una classe multilivello di italiano L2 di unità didattiche stratificate e differenziate (USD) (Caon 2006) basate su testi di canzoni italiane. Si illustreranno il contesto didattico di applicazione e i fondamenti teorici di tale pratica, della quale verranno riportati brevi esempi. Infine, dall’analisi quantitativa degli esiti dei monitoraggi effettuati sul gruppo-classe oggetto di studio, si mostrerà come tale pratica si sia rivelata utile alla gestione dell’eterogeneità dei livelli e al potenziamento della motivazione legata al piacere (Balboni 1994).
Zwiększenie motywacji w klasie wielopoziomowej: wykorzystanie piosenki w wielowarstwowej i zróżnicowanej jednostce dydaktycznej
Niniejszy artykuł przedstawia wyniki eksperymentu, przeprowadzonego w wielopoziomowej klasie uczącej się języka włoskiego jako obcego, Eksperyment polegał na zróżnicowaniu jednostek dydaktycznych (Caon 2006), opartych na tekstach włoskich piosenek. Artykuł pokazuje dydaktyczny kontekst zastosowania powyższej metody oraz jej podstawy teoretyczne, ilustrując je zwięzłymi przykładami. Na koniec, z jakościowej analizy obserwacji przeprowadzonych na grupie-klasie będącej przedmiotem badań, pokazano użyteczność metody w kwestii zarządzania zróżnicowaniem poziomów oraz jej pozytywny wpływ na zwiększanie motywacji w połączeniu z przyjemnością (Balboni 1994).
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