A significant component of any Languages Syllabus is communicating. Students learn to exchange personal information in conversation. Questions progress from: “What’s your name?” and “How are you?” to “Tell me about your family” and “Do you get along with your sister?”
Although these ‘conversations’ may be presented as role play situations, in my experience students see them as mimicking genuine personal communication. If this is so, what then may they reveal and teach about personal integrity?
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“ È la mia ancora” (She’s my anchor)
What a pleasant surprise! How many adolescent girls are in the habit of describing their mothers in such endearing terms? I remarked as much to the student whose class I was visiting for conversation practice. She laughed it off: "That’s just what our teacher taught us to say – you’ll probably hear it a few more times today.” And I did, often in the same breath as describing eye colour and length of hair. I felt rather disillusioned. I was sure their teacher had higher aspirations for this heart-warming Italian phrase but, for these students it seemed, they were just words. |
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