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Indigenous Activism and the Healing Power of Storytelling.
Full text linkStorytelling is a foundational element of Indigenous oral cultures, where it has
a key epistemological, pedagogical and healing role and assures knowledge
transmission and community relationality. This essay examines how
Indigenous writers Jeanette Armstrong and Lee Maracle use their traditions
of orature as part of their activist agenda to promote a decolonization of the
patriarchal mindset and prompt humanity to embrace an ethics of ‘relational
ecology’ which restores reverence and respect for Mother Earth. Their stories
can help both Indigenous and non-Indigenous readers to embrace a collective
process of healing from multiple forms of colonial violence
Teaching Phonics to Italian EFL Students: The Results of a Pilot Project with Italian Schoolchildren
No full textIn Italy English is taught since kindergarten and elementary school following a communicative whole language approach, which does not provide any direct
and systematic teaching of the complex phonemic and phonological aspects of the English language and of its sound-letter correspondences. As a consequence,
young Italian pupils do not develop the ability to read and write in English during the first stages of second language learning, nor do they learn to pronounce En glish words correctly, since they often transfer Italian phonemes to English. In order to enhance an earlier and quicker acquisition of literacy, from 2016 to 2019
we carried out a pilot project on the implementation of a synthetic phonics program in an Italian elementary school from grades 1 to 3. This article describes the
project, which was specifically designed to fit the needs of Italian children while working within their traditio nal curriculum, and reports its preliminary results
Utopias of Self in Imaginary Homelands
Full text linkMoving between different homelands involves constructing utopias of place and self. Such mythical past, present and future selves are intertwined with the construction of imaginary homelands in the writings of transnational Canadians, for whom the quintessential questions of the Canadian imagination – Who am I? and Where is here? – continue to be unsolvable dilemmas.Utopie del sé in patrie immaginarie L’intrecciarsi di rappresentazioni utopiche di sé passati, presenti e futuri con la costruzione di patrie immaginarie emerge in modo prominente nella scrittura di soggetti canadesi transnazionali, per i quali le domande centrali dell’immaginario canadese – chi sono? e dove è qui? – continuano ad essere dilemmi irrisolvibili
Insegnare i phonics: manuale glottodidattico della lingua inglese per la scuola primaria
No full textNel nostro Paese l’insegnamento della lingua inglese è introdotto già a partire dalla
scuola dell’infanzia; nonostante ciò, la competenza raggiunta dagli studenti italiani nella
lingua straniera (LS) è mediamente inferiore a quella dei loro coetanei di altre nazioni. In
particolare, si nota una diffusa tendenza a pronunciare e leggere erroneamente molte
parole che vengono rimodulate con i fonemi e la cadenza dell’italiano; tale propensione
va ricondotta alla mancanza di un insegnamento esplicito, sistematico e precoce degli
aspetti fonemici e grafemici dell’inglese nelle fasi iniziali dell’apprendimento.
L’acquisizione degli aspetti fonologici e ortografici di una lingua opaca come l’inglese
non può essere intuitiva e deduttiva. Il presente volume propone dunque una didattica
alternativa per la scuola primaria che ingloba la metodologia di alfabetizzazione
nota nei Paesi anglosassoni come phonics: si tratta di insegnare in modo diretto
i quarantaquattro fonemi della lingua inglese e le oltre settanta corrispondenze
grafemiche. Fornendo ai bambini questi ‘mattoncini’ basilari, si favorirà lo sviluppo di
quelle competenze fonologiche e metacognitive necessarie per interpretare il codice
in modo autonomo, senza doversi affidare alla mera memorizzazione.
La pubblicazione è rivolta a docenti della scuola primaria, a studenti di Scienze della
formazione e in generale a chiunque si occupi dell’insegnamento della lingua inglese
come LS nel contesto italiano. Essa include una parte teorica sui fonemi e sulle
corrispondenze tra fonemi e grafemi e analizza gli approcci didattici utilizzati per
insegnare i phonics. Dall’esperienza di un progetto di ricerca pluriennale si riportano
infine alcune proposte di programmazione e attività per una didattica creativa e
interattiva dell’inglese nella scuola primaria italiana
The Quest Motif in the Travelogues and Memoirs of Migrant Writers
Full text linkDrawing on the analysis of travelogues and creative non-fiction by migrant subjects, this essay explores the multifaceted symbolic and metaphorical patterns of the quest motif, intended both as an anthropological urge for discovery and knowledge and as a more intimate psychological need to reshape identity and come to terms with the past and present.
Il motivo della quest nei racconti di viaggio e nelle memorie dei soggetti migrantiAttraverso l’analisi di racconti di viaggio e memorie autobiografiche di soggetti migranti, si esplorano i molteplici significati simbolici e metaforici del viaggio, inteso sia come necessità antropologica di scoperta e conoscenza, sia come un più intimo bisogno psicologico di riplasmare l’identità e confrontarsi con il passato e presente
Reformulations of Ethnicity, Gender and the Multicultural City in Women's Writing: 1990-2006
No full textWomen and Religion in Italian-Canadian Narratives
Full text linkLike most immigrants, Italian-Canadians brought their religious traditions and customs to Canada with them. Since the early days, traditional Roman Catholic rituals have been widespread in Italian-Canadian communities, where religious festivities like Christmas or Easter and celebrations like baptisms, communions, weddings and funerals have always been important moments of family and social life. Churches, too, have been both places of worship and of social gathering where immigrants can preserve and share their traditions, language and culture. At the same time, however, socially inscribed, and often fossilized, religious teachings and the observance of a strict moral code have profoundly shaped the lives of the community members, and in particular of Italian-Canadian women who, more than their male counterparts, have been expected to lead a dutiful, pious and chaste life within the sacredness of matrimony and the patriarchal family. Maintaining one’s virginity until marriage and avoiding lascivious sexual behavior are, for instance, more or less tacit sociocultural requirements.
Such deep-rooted religious teachings and moral codes have contributed to create stereotypical preconceptions about the “typical” Italian-Canadian woman, who often appears in narratives as a stock character with exaggerated traditional mannerisms and antiquated beliefs, like Assunta, the Black Madonna in Frank Paci’s famous novel. In an attempt to challenge traditional patriarchal inscriptions of womanhood upheld by Catholic beliefs, various Italian-Canadian feminist writers, however, ironically subvert hagiographic representations of women as saints and Madonnas, which paralyze them within the saint/devil or angel/demon binary. Indeed, as this essay will attempt to show, they engage in a parodic dialogue with the religious culture of the old country which keeps Italian-Canadian women bound in conventional female roles (the immaculate virgin, the nurturing, selfless and hardworking mother, the mourning and devout widow) that perpetrate both patriarchy and ethnic stereotypes of Italians in Canada. In so doing they join writers from other socio-cultural backgrounds in a feminist effort to subvert the tenets of the Christian religion which have favoured the patriarchal submission of women within domestic roles so as to posit new possibilities of emancipation from the stronghold of stifling religious traditions
Heal the Earth: Teachings from Indigenous Women.
No full textAs the world faces a terrible pandemic and global economies are crumbling, it is ever more urgent to radically rethink the ideological and cultural tenets on which our societies and economies are based. The devastating consequences of dominator attitudes over Nature that ecofeminists have warned us against are now more tangible than ever and it has become obvious that greedy capitalist interests need to be replaced by a more eco-sustainable economy based on caring, solidarity, respect, altruism and partnership, if humanity wants to save the planet and itself.
Precious in this crucial battle to heal the Earth are the teachings of those peoples who still preserve their ancestral ties with the land and value their earth-centered mythologies. This essay examines the narratives of Indigenous women of North America who teach us how to restore a renewed respect for Mother Earth and its creatures. In particular, attention will be focused on the interdependency between women and the Earth and on how the shift away from the dominator model hinges on a re-evaluation of feminine principles which entails a relinquishing of violent behaviours against women and the Earth
Esperienze di scrittura migrante a confronto: le testimonianze di tre scrittrici canadesi di origine friulana
No full textPer il soggetto migrante friulano che si ritrova in un paese (franco-)anglosassone come il Canada, ed in particolare per la donna friulana, la presenza del proprio gruppo etnico diventa un mediatore importante nel processo di ricostruzione della propria identità. Lo testimonia l’opera di Marisa De Franceschi, di Genni Gunn e di Dôre Michelut, scrittrici nate in Friuli, ma emigrate giovanissime in Canada.Experiences of Migrant Writing: The Accounts of Three Canadian Women of Friulian OriginFor Friulian migrant subjects in Canada, and in particular for Friulian women, the ethnic community is a crucial mediator in the process of identity reconstruction. This is witnessed in the works of Marisa De Franceschi, Genni Gunn and Dôre Michelut, three women writers who were born in Friuli and emigrated to Canada during their childhood
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