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2.3.3 Multimedia teaching aids...............................................................................84
2.3.4 Distance education.........................................................................................87
Parte Seconda
L’universo culturale e la lingua straniera
Capitolo 1
The combination of language and culture
1.1 The meaning of civilisation......................................................................................93
1.1.1 Civilisation and its teaching in the Italian School System..........................94
1.2 Methodological suggestions.....................................................................................98
1.3 What is it meant by the word <text>?.......................................................................99
1.4 Several suggestions for Middle Schools.................................................................100
1.5 CLIL methodology.................................................................................................102
Capitolo 2
Examples of Learning Units
Learning Unit 1 The Anglo-Saxon legal system and the Italian legal system,
two models compared������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������104
Learning Unit 2 An Italian city seen through the eyes of an English female tourist..115
Learning Unit 3 The English School system through the teaching method
of a discipline....................................................................................................................126
Learning Unit 4 Using Multimedia to Discover Cultural Aspects of a Country..........137
Learning Unit 5 Me, my Family and my City.................................................................143
Learning Unit 6 Racism in the USA in the 60s..............................................................155
Learning Unit 7 Love and Death in John Keats............................................................165
Learning Unit 8 English for business and professional relations.................................172
Learning Unit 9 Ecology and the future........................................................................182
Unità di Apprendimento 10 Alimentazione...............................................................
Unità di Apprendimento 11 Raccontare una storia...................................................
Unità di Apprendimento 12 Il ruolo e l’influenza dei social network......................
Unità di Apprendimento 13
West Side Story
: da Shakespeare agli anni Sessanta......
Unità di Apprendimento 14
The Canterbury Tales
e il pellegrinaggio........................
Parte Terza
Storia e letteratura
Chapter 1
From the Origins to the Middle Ages
1.1 From the Origins to the Anglo-Saxon Period.......................................................189
1.1.1 Historical and Social Background.............................................................189
1.1.2 Cultural and Literary Background............................................................191
1.2 Anglo-Saxon Literature..........................................................................................193