Cultural Studies and Italian Language Teaching

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Cultural Studies and Italian Language
Teaching Studi Culturali e Didattica Della
Lingua Italiana
Prepared by F.Javier Barragán Arte Via (Portugal)
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Presentation Outline

• What is culture?
• What topics to teach?
• How to approach to culture
• Grammar or culture?
• Practical workshop
• Conclusions

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What is culture?

• Values, typical behaviour, attitudes and the
  overall approach regarding the way of life
  reflected in movies, songs, fashion, literature
  and numerous products of art, but also in
  everyday use of the particular language, e.g.
  recognised proverbs, common idiomatic expressions
  or phrases which are characteristic for certain
  members of society and which significantly
  differentiate these people according to their
  age, level and specific area of education, as
  well as their position in the society.

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What topics to teach?

• Social identity and social groups
• Social interaction
• Belief and behaviour
• Socio-political institutions
• Socialization and the life-cycle
• National history
• National geography
• National culture heritage

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How to approach to culture?

• Movies Neorealism
• Literature Renaissance
• Art Romans
• Gastronomy Pasta
• Music Tarantella
• Travel Rome

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How to approach to culture?

• Do you know the italian culture?

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Grammar or culture?

• Both are essentials.
• Culture help you to understand grammar.
• Grammar help you to understand culture

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Practical workshop

• Listen to the song.
• Fill the gaps with suitable words.
• Explain the historic context.

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Bella ciao

• Una mattina mi son svegliato,o bella, ciao!
  bella, ciao! bella, ciao, ciao, ciao!Una mattina
  mi son svegliatoe ho trovato l'invasor.O
  partigiano, portami via,o bella, ciao! bella,
  ciao! bella, ciao, ciao, ciao!O partigiano,
  portami via,ché mi sentodi morir.E se io
  muoio da partigiano,o bella, ciao! bella, ciao!
  bella, ciao, ciao, ciao!E se io muoio da
  partigiano,tu mi devi seppellir.

• E seppellire lassù in montagna,o bella, ciao!
  bella, ciao! bella, ciao, ciao, ciao!E
  seppellire lassù in montagnasotto l'ombra di un
  bel fior.E le genti che passerannoo bella,
  ciao! bella, ciao! bella, ciao, ciao, ciao!E le
  genti che passerannoMi diranno Che bel
  fior!E questo il fiore del partigiano,o
  bella, ciao! bella, ciao! bella, ciao, ciao,
  ciao!E questo il fiore del partigiano
• morto per la libertà! 

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Conclusion

• Language and culture cannot be separated.
  Language is vital to understanding our unique
  cultural perspectives. Language is a tool that is
  used to explore and experience our cultures and
  the perspectives that are embedded in our cultures

Take Home Message
In boca al lupo!! Crepi.
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Questions Discussion
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