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Title: | Television programmes as a resource for teaching Italian |
Authors: | Caruana, Sandro |
Keywords: | Education -- Malta Italian language -- Study and teaching -- Malta Television programs -- Malta Television stations -- Malta Mass media -- Influence |
Issue Date: | 2003 |
Publisher: | University of Malta. Faculty of Education |
Citation: | Caruana, S. (2003). Television programmes as a resource for teaching Italian. Journal of Maltese Education Research, 1(1), 3-24. |
Abstract: | The island of Malta offers an ideal setting to investigate the extent to which the linguistic input from the media may be significant in second language (L2) acquisition. Although Italian is not spoken in Malta, many individuals are exposed to this language via the media as Italian television programmes are popular on the island. In this article the extent to which Italian may be acquired via the media is discussed by taking into account research carried out among guided and spontaneous learners of Italian L2. Despite the unidirectional nature of television and the absence of the possibility to interact and negotiate so as to modify or simplify the L2 input, results show that L2 input from Italian television programmes in Malta may help to learn the language, even in the case of learners who have never undergone formal instruction in the L2. This, inevitably, has repercussions on the teaching of Italian as illustrated in the concluding section of this paper. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/44609 |
ISSN: | 17269725 |
Appears in Collections: | JMER, Volume 1, Issue 1 JMER, Volume 1, Issue 1 Scholarly Works - FacEduLHE |
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