Chiara Terzolo
The class is plural-Ita: plurilingual practices, Universal Design for Learning, and metapragmatic competences for inclusive and multimodal teaching at the University for Foreigners of Perugia
The project explores how plurilingual practices, principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), and metapragmatic reflection activities can promote inclusion, participation, and the development of linguistic and communicative competence among international students enrolled in Italian Language and Culture Courses at the Università per Stranieri di Perugia.
Through action research in courses targeting different groups (FAMI projects, regular courses, MarcoPolo courses, online courses, etc.), the project analyzes the didactic and socio-affective impact of coordinated interventions: UDL-based teaching pathways to make input and tasks accessible to students with varied cognitive styles and needs; plurilingual and translanguaging tasks to value learners’ native languages and integrate them into the process of learning Italian; and intercultural metapragmatic analysis activities aimed at raising awareness of Italian sociopragmatic norms and the plurilingual interactions that characterize international and multicultural environments.
Research Interests
Research and teaching activities focus on Italian as a second or foreign language (L2/FL) pedagogy, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), multilingualism and pluralistic approaches, intercultural pragmatics, and technology-mediated language learning.