Silvia Sperti

Università Degli Studi Roma Tre | UNIROMA3 · Department of Linguistics

In language teaching, especially in European multilingual and multicultural contexts, mediation has become an essential tool aimed at reducing the distance between two (or more) linguacultural dimensions. Mediation is a notion officially introduced by the Council of Europe’s Common European Framework of Reference (2001), and further developed in th...

When awareness of the current plurality of English and of its implications for teaching is raised in teacher education courses, this perspective will afterwards emerge in teachers’ classrooms. Teachers’ ELF awareness was enhanced in the ENRICH course through reflective activities and in the forum where teachers shared personal views and beliefs abo...

Over the last twenty-five years, English has been introduced into the primary school curriculum around the world at an ever-earlier age. Several research studies on those directly involved in this policy implementation, i.e., young learners, have been carried out, particularly in Europe. The ENRICH Project—aimed at promoting teacher competences nec...

1. Presupposti teorici Nell'ambito di questa ricerca rientrano considerazioni su aspetti prosodici che, riguardando segmenti superiori al fono, sono strettamente collegati a fattori studiati da altre discipline quali la psicolinguistica e la psicologia del linguaggio. L'attuale ricerca si occupa, infatti, dei meccanismi e delle strategie adoperate...