Italiano in Turchia: per un apprendimento interculturale nei mondi virtuali

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Antonella Elia

Abstract

Nel presente articolo si intende presentare la riflessione su  un progetto sperimentale in corso con gli studenti del dipartimento di Italiano della Istanbul University nel “Virtual Campus” (VC) dell’università. Dopo una descrizione della realtà turca sono state evidenziate le potenzialità dei mondi virtuali, in particolare di Second Life, come ambiente consono allo sviluppo di una pedagogia interculturale, spazio spontaneo di incontri, intrecci e  contaminazioni linguistiche e  culturali.  In un’atmosfera rilassata, ludica ed informale  si è cercato di creare nell’ “Italian Language Park”del VC un’ attitudine   alla collaborazione e alla reciproca conoscenza interculturale. L’esperienza in corso sta dimostrando  come e quanto il mondo, grazie alle ICT, possa essere trasformato in un villaggio globale, in un luogo in cui le diversità linguistiche e culturali, possono diventare grazie alle tecnologie immersive  un punto di forza, un valore aggiunto offrendo un apporto significativo al dialogo interculturale e al processo di pace.

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Articoli - Numero speciale
Biografia autore

Antonella Elia, Istanbul University

Lector of Italian - Department of Italian Language and Literature, Faculty of Letters

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