Komunikacijski i akcioni pristup u udžbenicima francuskog i italijanskog kao stranog jezika u upotrebi u srednjim školama u Kantonu Sarajevo
The Communicative and Action-Oriented Approach in French and Italian as Foreign Language Textbooks Used in High Schools in the Canton of Sarajevo

Author(s): Ana Lalić, Emir Šišić
Subject(s): Education, Foreign languages learning, Higher Education , Pedagogy
Published by: Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Sarajevu
Keywords: communicative approach; actional approach; foreign language; Nuovo progetto italiano 1; Alter ego+;
Summary/Abstract: The goal of our paper is to evaluate the extent to which French and Italian manuals approach language-learning methods. As research samples, we selected two manuals in use according to the official curriculum in high schools in the Sarajevo Canton: Alter ego+ (2012) and Nuovo progetto italiano 1 (2006). According to the user manual, Alter ego+ is written according to the actional approach, while Nuovo Progetto italiano 1 follows the communicative approach. The central hypothesis of our research is that the manuals are constructed according to the approaches they claim to follow, but that it is also necessary to supplement them with more recent and contemporary information. We analyzed the manuals according to models constructed by Semplici (2015) and Cuq and Gruca (2017). Our analysis employed a mixed-methods approach, which means that we conducted quantitative research of exercises and tasks, but also qualitative in parts where necessary (physical description of the book, graphic design or supplementary book support). Our research showed that the manuals follow the approaches and methods upon which they are constructed, but also that, when it comes to general culture or the culture of the country, they offer outdated information and that it is necessary that the teacher supplements them with more contemporary sources.

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