Series | SAIL
Edited book | Inclusive Linguistic Education
Chapter | Il PEL in chiave inclusiva

Il PEL in chiave inclusiva

Biografie linguistiche in Rete

The study concerns inclusive language education of young people and adults with a research on the pedagogical function of the Language Biography of the European Language Portfolio. The research study involved students attending a course offered by University of Florence. Among the aims of the course to provide students with practical experiences and metacognitive activities on Language Biography with a view to merging ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) with language learning. The article reports on this experience, using data gathered from student questionnaires, showing the potential of Language Biography as a tool for inclusive teaching and learning and consciously working to foster learning across differences – of languages, cultures, needs, motivations, experiences, skills – that characterize each learner.


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Submitted: May 27, 2020 | Published: Feb. 23, 2021 | Language: it

Keywords ICT Differentiation European Language Portfolio Inclusive language education Educational Linguistics Plurilingualism Language autobiography


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