LINGUISTIC VARIETY AND ITALIAN LANGUAGE TEACHING: AN EXPERIENCE IN THE CLASSROOM

Abstract

This article presents a survey whose main objetive was to determine whether Brazilian learners, studying Italian in formal education contexto for at least one year, have receptive sociolinguistic competence which enables them to identify the varieties of Italian and the dialects present in six scenes of an Italian movie. Results show that, in the study group, such competence is not sufficiently developed, and suggest that it would be desirable to devote more space to this aspect of language.

Keywords

• variedade linguística
• ensino de italiano
• competência sociolinguística.