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Brief Presentation: The Instructor
� Fabrizio Fornara, from Savona, Italy
� Ph.D. candidate in Instructional Systems at Florida State University
� Master in Spanish as a Foreign Language, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
� 6 years teaching experience, Italian and Spanish
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Italian for Spanish Speakers I
� Same syllabus as ITA1120 – Elementary Italian I
� 3 credits course, 3 weekly meetings (M-W-F)
� Comprehension-based approach
� Reduced time for in-class intercomprehension activities
� Intercomprehension activities mostly at home, online
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Grades
� Participation / Preparation (12) 12% � Homework 18%
¡ Daily (Workbook/Textbook/Lab) 4% ¡ Cultural activities (4) 6%
¡ Writing assignments (temini) (4) 8%
� Unit Exams (4) 28%
� Mid-Unit Quizzes (5) 10%
� Final 20% � Oral exams (2) 12%
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� Do you integrate face-to-face classes with online practice?
� What do you use? (Web sites, Learning Management Systems, Social Networking Sites, social media) How?
� Which online resource would you use for intercomprehension activities? Why?
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Facebook Page
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Facebook in Education
� Facebook is the most accessed Social Networking Site (SNS) (Junco, Heibergert, & Loken, 2011)
� Users connect and engage in meaningful interactions (Lee & McLoughlin, 2010).
� Formal and/or informal learning tool � Student-material, student-instructor, student-
student interactions � Less structured hierarchies � Users are not reciprocally connected, respect of
students’–and instructor–privacy
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Facebook in Education (cont.)
� Instructor as a facilitator of information � Learners are actively involved: They share
resources, take part in discussions, and participate in the activities (Wang, Woo, Quek, Yang, & Liu, 2012)
� Material: authentic, contextualized, retrievable from the Internet
� Desktop and mobile: Students are pulled to the course page at every moment, everywhere
� Target language ubiquitously present in students’ life, beyond the physical and temporal barriers of formal instruction
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Facebook Page: Structure
Vertical temporal structure + timeline features
Wall - Home Page
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Facebook Page: Structure (cont.)
Events Topic related to the vocabulary of the unit
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Activities
� Two main types of activities ¡ Practice of the grammar topics and vocabulary covered
in class ¡ Intercomprehension activities
� Sharing online resources ¡ Instructor to students ¡ Students to students
Graded activity: Every comment / post = 1 point, up to 4/10 points on the weekly Participation grade (12%)
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Language Practice
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Language Practice (cont.)
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Sharing Online Resources
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Sharing Online Resources (cont.)
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Intercomprehension Activities
Written intercomprehension – Wall: � News, following the EuRom example
¡ Authentic, current, short, related to Italy ¡ Title translated in Spanish
¡ Vocabulary box
¡ BUT: No grammar explanations ¡ Questions
¡ Sources: Italian News agencies ÷ ANSA
÷ ASCA ÷ AGI
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� Which kind of news would you look for?
� How long would the text be?
� How much time would you be willing to spend preparing this activity?
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Written Intercomprehension
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Written Intercomprehension (cont.)
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Survey (N=18)
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10
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40
50
60
I like to read news in Italian I usually read the news posted on Facebook
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
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Survey (N=18) (cont.)
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10
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60
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I usually understand most of the information
The vocabulary box helps me to better understand the
news
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
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Survey (N=18) (cont.)
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10
20
30
40
50
60
I feel I can understand a great deal of written Italian
Reading news in Italian helps me learn Italian better
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
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Survey (N=18) (cont.)
0 5
10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
When I read news in Italian and I see a grammar
structure or vocabulary that we already covered in class, I
usually recognize it
I would like to keep on reading Italian news for the
rest of the semester
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
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Written Intercomprehension (cont.)
Written intercomprehension – Events: � Texts related to the vocabulary covered in class
¡ Not always authentic sources ¡ Texts may be adapted
¡ Vocabulary box
¡ BUT: No grammar explanations ¡ Questions
¡ Link to the original source
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Written Intercomprehension (cont.)
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Oral Intercomprehension
� Videos ¡ Not always authentic sources. Questions
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Oral Intercomprehension (cont.)
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� What do you think about this activity?
� How would you improve it?
� Would you include it as an intercomprehension practice in your classes?
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Oral Presentations
Students look for Italian news in an Italian News Agency website and prepare an in-class presentation, following the Facebook model. Benefits for the student who presents: � Contact with authentic and current written
material in Italian � Deep comprehension of a text � Vocabulary enrichment � Practice as a facilitator
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Oral Presentations (cont.)
Benefits for the other students:
� Daily in-class intercomprehension practice
� Reinforce of written comprehension skills and self-efficacy in Italian
� Warm-up for the class
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Oral Presentations (cont.)
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Oral Presentations (cont.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3hkKE1_Lu4
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� What do you think about this activity?
� How would you improve it?
� Would you include it as an intercomprehension practice in your classes?