Journal | EL.LE
Journal issue | 6 | 2 | 2017
Research Article | Analysis of Face to Face Interactions in an Action-Oriented Textbook of Italian FL: A New Challenge?
Analysis of Face to Face Interactions in an Action-Oriented Textbook of Italian FL: A New Challenge?
Abstract
The objective of this article is to analyze the listening exercises in a textbook for foreigners learning Italian with an action-oriented approach. The analysis, based on a sample consisting of one authentic dialog and one semi-authentic one, on a domestic topic, was carried out using tools from conversation analysis. Although the authentic dialog, thanks to the presence of superposition, pauses and self-interruptions, is much richer on the conversational plane than the dialog constructed ad hoc, even the latter contains some pleasant surprises. In fact, as a freely performed dialog, at times it has elements of the spontaneity typical of face-to-face speech. As for the use of an authentic dialog, recorded with the consent of the speakers, this results, in our opinion, in a new scenario, as it legitimizes the possibility of using input from real life in the classroom, without having to renounce the spontaneity of spoken interactions, given that the presence of the observer does not create a false context, but simply creates a new context that must be studied as such.
Submitted: May 30, 2017 | Accepted: Nov. 12, 2017 | Published March 5, 2018 | Language: it
Keywords Input • Face-to-face conversation • Textbook • Authentic material
Copyright © 2017 Roberta Ferroni. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/2280-6792/2017/17/004
