La didattica dell’italiano a distanza: un case study

ABSTRACT: Questo saggio si propone il fine di misurare l’impatto della transizione dalla didattica in aula a quella a distanza nel contesto dei corsi di italiano per principianti offerti, nel semestre autunnale 2020, dal Programma di Italiano dell’università canadese Dalhousie. Prendendo simultaneamente in considerazione i risultati del feedback formale e informale fornito dagli allievi, i dati raccolti tramite la ricerca-azione e l’osservazione dei corsi da parte di specialisti esterni, e una molteplicità di parametri valutativi, il presente intervento mira a delineare alcuni vantaggi e svantaggi dell’insegnamento a distanza dell’italiano come lingua straniera.Parole-chiave: Didattica dell’italiano. Glottotecnologie. Ricerca-azione. RESUMO: Este artigo analisa o impacto da transição das aulas presenciais ao formato virtual, especificamente no contexto das três seções do curso “Italiano para Iniciantes” oferecido no segundo semestre de 2020 pelo Programa de Italiano da Universidade de Dalhousie, Canadá. Justapondo os feedbacks formais e informais dos alunos, os dados recebidos da observação de terceiros através de pesquisa-ação e as avaliações de diversos indicadores de sucesso, este artigo visa delinear algumas vantagens, bem como os principais desafios, do ensino a distância do italiano enquanto idioma estrangeiro.Palavras-chave: Didática do italiano. Glototecnologias. Pesquisa-ação. ABSTRACT: This paper scrutinizes the impact of the transition from face-to-face teaching to online instruction, in the context of the Italian for Beginners courses offered in the fall semester 2020 by the Italian Program at Dalhousie University, Canada. By juxtaposing the student’s formal and informal feedback, the input received from third-party observation via action-research, and the assessment of a variety of indicators of success, this paper aims at outlining some advantages, as well as the main challenges, inscribed into at-distance teaching of Italian as a foreign language.Key words: Teaching Italian as a foreign language. At-distance instruction. Action-research.

The Scale of Evaluating Instruction in Pandemic Process: Development, Validation, and Reliability

The study aims to develop a scale for determining student views on distance instruction, hybrid instruction, and back-to-school process after the pandemic. The study data were obtained from 442 students. EFA and CFA were performed to determine the scale‘s construct validity. Moreover, to decide the data collection tool‘s reliability, item analysis was conducted and internal consistency coefficients were estimated. Based on the results obtained from the validity and reliability analysis of the scale, it can be said that the Scale of Evaluating Instruction in Pandemic Process (SEIPP) is valid and reliable.

The Application of Data Mining in Distance Instruction

With the continuous development of the network technology, a Web-based distance learning system and its use is appealed more and more attention, data mining, artificial intelligence and other technologies’ application in distance teaching Systems are becoming more extensive and more in-depth. Association rules, statistical analysis, classification, etc., these data digging techniques used in teaching system have improved the system's intelligence, Better to improve distance education services, so to help students improve learning efficiency much higher.