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FEATURE

Productive, receptive
skills, as well as oral and Dr Letizia Cinganotto,
online interaction can former Senior Researcher
be practiced through at INDIRE, currently
AIDI, promoting a teaches language teaching
holistic and immersive at the University for
learning experience Foreigners of Perugia, Italy,
which can foster the where she is also Rectoral Delegate for
learners’ willingness to International Relations and a member of
communicate (WTC). the Board of Directors of the Centre for
AIDI can be Language Evaluation and Certification
particularly effective for (CVCL). She holds a PhD in synchronic,
adult learners of Italian, diachronic and applied linguistics and the
as it may be perceived as National Scientific Qualification as an
an invaluable intelligent Associate Professor.
(judgement-free) friend
and tutor, guiding towards Dr Giacomo Folinazzo
AIDI at University for Foreigners of Perugia. the progression of the holds a PhD in Language
learner’s interlanguage in
their writing skills by prompting texts to a very gradual way, with a low impact on the and Literacies Education
be corrected by the machine, highlighting level of anxiety. Finally, AIDI can function as from OISE-University of
weaknesses and areas of improvement, in tourist guide that adult travellers can prompt Toronto. He has taught
terms of grammar, lexicon or communicative to get information on different pieces of art languages for 21 years, in Canada, Italy,
functions. and culture all over Italy. Italian language, art and Japan, and lectured a variety of
Driven by an adult’s need to function and culture are a very effective combination language, culture, communication, second
and communicate in a specific and relevant to learn a language, especially at an adult age. language learning and TESL courses.
sociocultural context, the use of Learning Regardless of the cognitive, biological, In September 2024, Dr Folinazzo will
Scenarios, influenced by the Action-oriented emotional, and sociocultural differences launch the Centre for Research in Education
Approach, (inspired by the CEFRCV between children and adults in learning in the Niagara Region, the first of its kind
and further developed by Piccardo and a language , humans are not meant to be in Canada.
North), learners can interact in Italian monolingual, and plurilingualism is indeed
with AIDI, within certain context, such the norm, rather than the exception, in the
as at the restaurant or at a job interview. history of human civilization.

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