Il PEL in chiave inclusiva
Biografie linguistiche in Rete
abstract
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.
Keywords: Language autobiography • Inclusive language education • Differentiation • Plurilingualism • European Language Portfolio • ICT • Educational Linguistics