Преподаването на българския език като чужд език – анализ на предизвикателствата и предимствата като преподавател италианец
Teaching Bulgarian Language to Italians: Analysis of the Advantages and Disadvantages as an Native Italian Speaker Professor

Author(s): Lorenzo Testini
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Education, Foreign languages learning, Higher Education , Pedagogy
Published by: Национално издателство за образование и наука „Аз-буки“
Keywords: teaching; mother tongue; Italian; Bulgarian; advantage; disadvantage
Summary/Abstract: This paper analyzes the challenges and opportunities of teaching Bulgarian by emphasizing the important role of both the teacher’s and the student’s native language. First, it is important that Italian student are facilitated in their first contact with Bulgarian given that the latter is radically different from Italian, first and foremost in its writing system. In addition, the lack of appropriate teaching materials in Italian makes the student's assimilation of Bulgarian complex. Given these premises, the role of the native-Italian-speaker professor assumes particular relevance as s/he is aware of the complexities and challenges that the Bulgarian language presents to Italian students.

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