"Intercultura a scuola": language, relationship, learning

Fabio Caon and Claudia Meneghetti
Laboratory of intercultural communication and didactics
Ca' Foscari University of Venice

"Intercultura a scuola" was a research and training pilot project involving 5 secondary schools, 4 in Veneto and 1 in Emilia-Romagna, whose objectives were:

• to study the main teaching problems experienced by teachers working with classes hosting mobility students;
• to elaborate and propose a training model for teachers and students that could be replicated in other schools in Italy;
• to enhance, through training, intercultural communication skills in students and teachers of the host classes;
• to provide teachers with useful strategies and tools to support their teaching in the classes.

The research will be published by Ca'Foscari University.