Researcher: Dr Rosalba Biasini in collaboration with the Università di Macerata (Italy)
The project launched in Liverpool in 2019–20 and piloted in a final year module of Italian (ITAL311). The activities have now been extended to final year Spanish (SPAN312, from 2023-24) and several other Italian language modules (ITAL106, ITAL207, ITAL278, from 2024-25).
Aims
- To develop advanced language, language-related, and interlinguistic skills;
- To develop advanced cultural and intercultural skills;
- To explore the deployment of digital technologies and AVT tools as well as their applications and social impact on language L&T.
Funding and awards
- 2019-20, School of Histories, Languages and Cultures fund for student engagement and digital enhancement – see https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/languages-cultures-and-film/blog/2020/learn-italian-with-subtitles/;
- 2022-23, Beacon Award in Digital Innovation and Experience, using peer learning to facilitate the introduction of subtitling in another language division (Spanish) of the Department of Languages, Cultures and Film.
Project scholarship outputs
- 2023, Biasini, R. & Raffi, F., 'For an interdisciplinary approach in language learning: exploring the use of subtitling in the Italian language classroom'. In A. Regagliolo (Ed.), Italian as a foreign language: Teaching and acquisition in higher education (pp. 233-250). Delaware: Vernon Press.
- 2024, Biasini, R. & Raffi, F., 'Audiovisual Translation in Language Learning and Teaching: The “Learn Italian with Subtitles” Project at the University of Liverpool (UK)'. In G. Guarnieri (Ed.), The Art of Teaching Italian (pp. 118-134). Washington: GUP.
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