Language Awareness in Italian Secondary Schools
The present paper aims to explore how students of Italian secondary schools approach linguistic tasks and what sort of knowledge about language emerges from their analyses. These questions arise from the observation of the results of the Invalsi tests. In order to examine how students construct t...
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The present paper aims to explore how students of Italian secondary schools approach linguistic tasks and what sort of knowledge about language emerges from their analyses. These questions arise from the observation of the results of the Invalsi tests. In order to examine how students construct their answers to a sample of language awareness questions, they were asked to explain how to answer them by making a tutorial video. The videos were discussed during a semi-structured interview. The data were transcribed and analysed by means of Qualitative Content Analysis. The results indicate that the principal difference between students relates to the stability of their “engagement with language” and their ability to switch their attention between different levels of linguistic analysis.
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| spelling | doaj.art-c18763111cd24d33831b9e85c05b78e12023-10-30T08:14:09ZengFondazione Università Ca’ FoscariEducazione Linguistica Language Education2280-67922020-11-019310.30687/ELLE/2280-6792/2020/03/003journal_article_3508Language Awareness in Italian Secondary SchoolsToth, Zuzana0INVALSI The present paper aims to explore how students of Italian secondary schools approach linguistic tasks and what sort of knowledge about language emerges from their analyses. These questions arise from the observation of the results of the Invalsi tests. In order to examine how students construct their answers to a sample of language awareness questions, they were asked to explain how to answer them by making a tutorial video. The videos were discussed during a semi-structured interview. The data were transcribed and analysed by means of Qualitative Content Analysis. The results indicate that the principal difference between students relates to the stability of their “engagement with language” and their ability to switch their attention between different levels of linguistic analysis. http://doi.org/10.30687/ELLE/2280-6792/2020/03/003Cognitive Conflict. Engagement with Language. Guided-Inductive Approach to Grammar. Language Awareness. Metalinguistic Knowledge |
| spellingShingle | Toth, Zuzana Language Awareness in Italian Secondary Schools Educazione Linguistica Language Education Cognitive Conflict. Engagement with Language. Guided-Inductive Approach to Grammar. Language Awareness. Metalinguistic Knowledge |
| title | Language Awareness in Italian Secondary Schools |
| title_full | Language Awareness in Italian Secondary Schools |
| title_fullStr | Language Awareness in Italian Secondary Schools |
| title_full_unstemmed | Language Awareness in Italian Secondary Schools |
| title_short | Language Awareness in Italian Secondary Schools |
| title_sort | language awareness in italian secondary schools |
| topic | Cognitive Conflict. Engagement with Language. Guided-Inductive Approach to Grammar. Language Awareness. Metalinguistic Knowledge |
| url | http://doi.org/10.30687/ELLE/2280-6792/2020/03/003 |
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