Architettura del regime e apprendimento incidentale dell’italiano: uno studio con la app “Forliviamo”

• Authors: Anna Zingaro

Title variants

EN

Architecture of the Regime and Incidental Learning of Italian: A Study with the “Forliviamo” App

Abstracts

IT

L’articolo si propone di descrivere l’uso dell’app Forliviamo che favorisce l’apprendimento incidentale dell’italiano come L2 attraverso la promozione della città di Forlì e dei suoi dintorni. Si mostrerà come l’app sia stata utilizzata con un duplice obiettivo: introdurre gli utenti al tema controverso dell’architettura fascista e favorire l’apprendimento incidentale dell’italiano. Dopo una breve descrizione del contesto di sviluppo dell’app, verranno brevemente delineati i fondamenti teorici alla base del progetto. Seguirà una descrizione generale dei contenuti e delle funzioni dell’app. Particolare attenzione sarà dedicata all’analisi dei dati raccolti nell’ambito di una sperimentazione condotta con studenti internazionali, in cui l’app è stata valutata come molto utile dal punto di vista turistico ed educativo non solo per scoprire il patrimonio architettonico e il suo vocabolario specialistico, ma anche e soprattutto per promuovere la consapevolezza del dibattito esistente sulla controversa eredità dell’architettura dei regimi totalitari.

EN

This paper aims to describe the use of the Forliviamo app, which fosters incidental learning of Italian as L2 through the promotion of the city of Forlì and its surroundings. It will show how the app was used with a two-fold objective: to introduce users to the controversial topic of Fascist architecture and to foster incidental learning of Italian. After a brief portrayal of the context in which the app originated, the theoretical underpinnings that supported the project, and a general description of the app contents and functions, particular attention will be paid to the analysis of the outcomes of testing with international students. The app was evaluated as very useful from a touristic and educational point of view not only to discover architectural heritage and its specialized vocabulary, but also and especially to promote awareness about the existing debate on the controversial legacy of the architecture of totalitarian regimes.

Keywords

EN

totalitarian architecture; app; MALL; Italian L2; incidental learning

IT

architettura del regime; app; MALL; italiano L2; apprendimento incidentale

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Italica Wratislaviensia
• Year: 2023
• Issue: 14.2
• Pages: 191-210

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Anna Zingaro

• Università di Bologna

• https://orcid.org/0000000321419209

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/IW.2023.14.2.10

Biblioteka Nauki

34655845