From images to words: a proposal for a playful methodology of Italian L2 through the silent book

Abstract

The increasing complexity the Italian educational environment, often made up of multilingual, multicultural and multilevel classes, requires effective ways of developing and strengthening the Italian language in students with an immigrant background. It should be a path of growth and sharing, useful and stimulating at the same time, capable of motivating students. Hence, the paper presents a didactic proposal based on a ludic methodology and the use of a new tool in the Italian educational context: the silent book.