Teaching Italian in Australia to Second Generation Italian-Australian Students
Teaching Italian in Australia to Second Generation Italian-Australian Students

Summary/Abstract: Heterogeneity of class composition in schools, regarding cultural background and often language, is increasingly the norm in western countries. This paper explores some of the effects of cultural diversity on students’ participation in school activities, examining a transcript taken from the videorecording of an Italian lesson in a high school in Sydney, Australia. The lesson is taught by a teacher whose mother tongue is English, while the pupils come mostly from families of Italian origin.

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