L’INTERLINGUA PRODUTTIVA E RICETTIVA DI STUDENTI DI ITALIANO LS IN UN CONTESTO DI SCUOLA SECONDARIA AUSTRIACA

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Abstract

Nella ricerca acquisizionale sull’italiano L2/LS i processi di acquisizione sono stati analizzati a vari livelli linguistici. Tuttavia, gli studi che analizzano la produzione e la comprensione e che si occupano delle loro possibili interfacce, risultano scarsi. Questo contributo presenta uno studio empirico sull’acquisizione grammaticale produttiva e ricettiva in studenti di italiano LS della scuola secondaria superiore austriaca. Utilizzando l’esempio dell’accordo degli aggettivi, si cerca di comprendere se l’acquisizione della grammatica segua gli stadi di sviluppo postulati dalla teoria della processabilità sia nella produzione sia nella ricezione. Per identificare gli stadi di sviluppo degli alunni nel secondo anno di apprendimento, sono stati utilizzati dati di linguaggio orale elicitati attraverso compiti comunicativi. Inoltre, sono stati esaminati i tempi di reazione a uno stimolo orale (auditory sentence matching task). La discussione verte sui risultati relativi alla produzione e alla ricezione e le possibili interfacce tra le due modalità.

 

 

The productive and receptive interlanguage of Italian LS learners in an Austrian secondary school context

 

In research on Italian L2 acquisition, acquisitional processes have been analysed at various linguistic levels. However, studies analysing production and comprehension and dealing with their possible interfaces are scarce. This contribution presents an empirical study of productive and receptive grammar acquisition of Italian L2 learners in an Austrian upper secondary school. Using the example of adjective agreement, the study investigates whether productive and receptive Italian L2 acquisition move along similar developmental trajectories postulated by Processability Theory. To identify the developmental stages of learners in the second year of instruction, oral production data elicited through communicative tasks were used. In addition, reaction times to an oral stimulus (auditory sentence matching task) were examined. The discussion focuses on results for production and comprehension and possible interfaces between the two modalities.

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2023-12-15

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ITALIANO LINGUA SECONDA/STRANIERA