L’utilità del libro di testo nella didattica dell’italiano in presenza e a distanza

• Authors: Marta Kaliska

Title variants

EN

The Usefulness of the Textbook in the Teaching of Italian in In-Person and Remote Contexts

Abstracts

IT

Il presente articolo si propone di osservare l’utilità del tradizionale libro di testo dedicato all’insegnamento della lingua italiana in due contesti educativi: nell’insegnamento in presenza e a distanza. La domanda di ricerca più importante riguarda possibili differenze e somiglianze nell’uso del libro di testo nella classe tradizionale e in quella virtuale. L’attenzione è volta anche al carattere dell’applicazione del libro di testo, come la selezione dei contenuti, i tipi di testi e le attività preferite da parte degli insegnanti. Nella prima parte dell’articolo sono state illustrate alcune basi teoriche, con un particolare riguardo alla definizione dello stesso libro di testo e alle specificità dell’insegnamento a distanza durante e dopo la pandemia Covid-19. Nella seconda parte, analitica, sono stati presentati i dati di un’indagine sull’utilità del libro di testo tradizionale nell’insegnamento frontale e a distanza. Il relativo questionario è stato distribuito nel periodo tra marzo e luglio 2022 tramite il modulo Google tra gli insegnanti di lingua italiana che lavorano sia in diversi paesi europei, insegnando l’italiano come lingua straniera, che in Italia, dove l’italiano è insegnato come seconda lingua. L’indagine mirava a cogliere le analogie e le differenze relative all’uso dei libri di testo in questi due contesti didattici. I risultati hanno mostrato che il libro di testo rappresenta ancora un importante strumento didattico sia in presenza che via internet, soprattutto nel contesto dell’insegnamento dell’italiano come lingua straniera, ossia al di fuori dell’area italofona.

EN

The present article is aimed at observing the usefulness of the traditional paper textbook for Italian language teaching in two educational contexts: in in-person and remote teaching. Its main research question concerns possible differences and similarities in the use of the textbook in the traditional and virtual classroom. The focus is also put on the specifics of the textbook application, such as the selection of content, types of texts, and activities preferred by teachers. In the first part of the article, the theoretical basis is illustrated and the definition of language textbooks and the specifics of remote teaching during and after the Covid-19 pandemic are highlighted. In the second, analytical part, the data from the survey on the usefulness of the traditional textbook in in-person and remote teaching have been presented. The relevant questionnaire was distributed from March to July 2022 via Google Forms among Italian language teachers working in different European countries, where Italian is taught as a foreign language, and Italy, where Italian is taught as a second language. The survey was aimed at capturing similarities and differences regarding the use of textbooks in these two teaching contexts. The results showed that the textbook still represents an important teaching tool both in person and via the Internet, mostly in the context of teaching Italian as a foreign language-outside the Italian-speaking area.

Keywords

EN

Italian language teaching; remote teaching; in-person teaching; textbook; questionnaire

IT

didattica della lingua italiana; insegnamento a distanza; insegnamento in presenza; libro di testo; questionario

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Italica Wratislaviensia
• Year: 2023
• Issue: 14.2
• Pages: 121-136

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Marta Kaliska

• Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu

• https://orcid.org/0000000191134562

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/IW.2023.14.2.06

Biblioteka Nauki

34655834