This work draws inspiration from English literacy programmes based on the synthetic phonics approach, with the aim of designing a training course for Italian-speaking primary school teachers interested in improving their pronunciation and deepening their understanding of phoneme-grapheme correspondences in English. The first part analyses the role of English language teaching in Italian primary schools in light of the current 2012 National Guidelines, with particular attention to the training of teachers responsible for delivering it. This is followed by brief references to contrastive phonetics between Italian and English, aimed at identifying the most common pronunciation difficulties among Italian speakers. Particular focus is given to errors arising from the unconscious transfer of Italian orthographic rules to written English, a phenomenon known as spelling pronunciation. The discussion continues with an overview of the main methods used to teach English literacy, with a specific focus on the phonics approach and its proven benefits, in EFL contexts, for improving the pronunciation of both students and teachers. Following a review of the literature on phoneme-grapheme correspondences, a short training course for primary school teachers is presented. The course revisits the key sounds of English, starting from their association with the corresponding graphemes, in line with the logic of synthetic phonics programmes designed for young learners. It focuses especially on those sounds and correspondences that are most problematic for Italian speakers, offering suggestions aimed both at improving the teacher’s own pronunciation and at providing insights for classroom activities. The goal of the course is not to offer specialised training, but rather to propose essential and easily accessible tools that can support all English teachers in their daily teaching practice.
Il presente lavoro prende spunto dai programmi per l’insegnamento della letto-scrittura dell'inglese basati sull’approccio fonetico sintetico (synthetic phonics), al fine di progettare un percorso formativo rivolto a docenti italofoni della scuola primaria interessati a migliorare la propria pronuncia e ad approfondire il tema delle corrispondenze fonema-grafema nella lingua inglese. Nella prima parte si analizza il ruolo dell’insegnamento dell’inglese nella scuola primaria, alla luce delle Indicazioni Nazionali del 2012 attualmente in vigore, con particolare attenzione alla formazione degli insegnanti incaricati di impartirlo. Seguono brevi riferimenti alla fonetica contrastiva tra italiano e inglese, utili a individuare le difficoltà di pronuncia più ricorrenti tra i parlanti italofoni. In particolare, ci si concentra sugli errori derivanti dall’applicazione inconsapevole delle regole ortografiche italiane all’inglese scritto, fenomeno noto come spelling pronunciation. La trattazione prosegue con una panoramica sui principali metodi di insegnamento della letto-scrittura in inglese, con un approfondimento specifico sul phonics approach e sui benefici che esso apporta, nei contesti EFL, tra cui il miglioramento della pronuncia sia degli studenti sia degli insegnanti. Dopo aver esaminato la letteratura relativa alle corrispondenze fonema-grafema, viene presentata la progettazione di un breve corso destinato ai docenti della scuola primaria. Il percorso ripercorre i suoni fondamentali della lingua inglese, a partire dal loro abbinamento con i grafemi corrispondenti, secondo la logica dei programmi di synthetic phonics destinati agli alunni. Il focus si concentra in particolare su quei suoni e abbinamenti che risultano maggiormente problematici per i parlanti italofoni, proponendo spunti volti sia a migliorare la pronuncia del docente stesso, sia utili da utilizzare in classe con gli alunni. L’obiettivo del percorso non è fornire una formazione specialistica sul tema, bensì proporre strumenti essenziali e facilmente accessibili, utili a tutti gli insegnanti di inglese nella pratica didattica quotidiana.
A pinch of phonics. Una proposta di percorso di formazione per gli insegnanti della scuola primaria.
CRESPI, ELISA
2024/2025
Abstract
This work draws inspiration from English literacy programmes based on the synthetic phonics approach, with the aim of designing a training course for Italian-speaking primary school teachers interested in improving their pronunciation and deepening their understanding of phoneme-grapheme correspondences in English. The first part analyses the role of English language teaching in Italian primary schools in light of the current 2012 National Guidelines, with particular attention to the training of teachers responsible for delivering it. This is followed by brief references to contrastive phonetics between Italian and English, aimed at identifying the most common pronunciation difficulties among Italian speakers. Particular focus is given to errors arising from the unconscious transfer of Italian orthographic rules to written English, a phenomenon known as spelling pronunciation. The discussion continues with an overview of the main methods used to teach English literacy, with a specific focus on the phonics approach and its proven benefits, in EFL contexts, for improving the pronunciation of both students and teachers. Following a review of the literature on phoneme-grapheme correspondences, a short training course for primary school teachers is presented. The course revisits the key sounds of English, starting from their association with the corresponding graphemes, in line with the logic of synthetic phonics programmes designed for young learners. It focuses especially on those sounds and correspondences that are most problematic for Italian speakers, offering suggestions aimed both at improving the teacher’s own pronunciation and at providing insights for classroom activities. The goal of the course is not to offer specialised training, but rather to propose essential and easily accessible tools that can support all English teachers in their daily teaching practice.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14251/3504