Recensione: Pavesi, Maria, & Ghia, Elisa (2020). Informal contact with English. A case study of Italian postgraduate students. Edizioni ETS.

Abstract

Informal Contact with English. A case study of Italian postgraduate students examines informal English acquisition in the Italian context. After a review of major studies of informal acquisition, the volume describes the results of a study conducted with students at the Università di Pavia (Italy) regarding their engagement with English-language media. Specifically, the text focuses on the benefits and impact of input from audiovisual materials and, in particular, audiovisual materials with subtitles.

Keywords

• informal acquisition
• acquisitional linguistics
• english language
• audiovisual input