ANATOMY OF A CONTEXT English language teaching in Italy Alison Duguid

For Italian version of this page click here The outcomes of learning are profoundly affected by context. This book surveys the context of English language teaching in Italy through the analysis of a series of factors which affect both learning and teaching. Anatomy of a Context identifies essential conditions for language teaching and highlights ways of evaluating programme design and description. In so doing it analyses the role of English in Italy while putting the teaching of English in schools under the microscope and emphasizing the context of the university, both in terms of programmes and the basic assumptions behind the provision of resources. The book examines particular innovations in both contexts--the Progetto Lingue 2000 and the recent university reforms--and it recounts the impact of certification on one Italian context. The author provides criteria for making the context more language friendly and for the best use of resources. This is a revealing case study for all involved in English Language Teaching in a European context and will be of use to the local teachers' resource centres, university programme managers, practising teachers, trainees and their trainers, as well as to those working in ELT publishing.

Alison Duguid teaches English and ELT methodology at Siena University. She has worked in Italy for many years, north, centre and south; in the private sector, for the British Council and in the University. Her experience of Italian classrooms, through her work as a teacher trainer, provides valuable insights into the workings of a context facing innovation.

"Puts together key elements of research so that theory can feed fruitfully into practice"

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