This contribution aims at providing exemplifications of activities developed by primary trainee teachers during their English Language and Didactics course at the University of Verona (Italy). In one of the first lessons of the course trainees are introduced to issues concerning the global spread of English for World Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), including the presence of English in the students’ environment. The implications for teaching English in the primary classroom are then explored, both theoretically and through practical examples (e.g. Kordia 2015; Matsuda 2017; Vettorel 2014, 2016, 2017). Students are then asked to work in pairs/small groups and devise activities within a Global Englishes and intercultural awareness perspective; these activities are part of their course portfolio.
Fostering teachers’ awareness of Global Englishes in primary teacher education in Italy
Paola Vettorel
2021-01-01
Abstract
This contribution aims at providing exemplifications of activities developed by primary trainee teachers during their English Language and Didactics course at the University of Verona (Italy). In one of the first lessons of the course trainees are introduced to issues concerning the global spread of English for World Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), including the presence of English in the students’ environment. The implications for teaching English in the primary classroom are then explored, both theoretically and through practical examples (e.g. Kordia 2015; Matsuda 2017; Vettorel 2014, 2016, 2017). Students are then asked to work in pairs/small groups and devise activities within a Global Englishes and intercultural awareness perspective; these activities are part of their course portfolio.
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