93577 - Workshop on Textual Analysis (D)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the workshop, the student: - knows how to apply what was covered in the integrated course within a simulated learning environment; - knows how to reflect critically in a group on the proposed topics.

Course contents

The workshop aims to lead students to reflect on how they read, analyse and correct texts written at school by children. Authentic texts by children extracted from corpora collected for research purposes by the teacher will be brought into the classroom.


In the first meeting, the workshop activities will be presented and the requirements for the final paper will be explained. In the workshop, students will work individually, in pairs and in small groups on the analysis of texts written by primary school children.


In the second meeting, they will reflect together on the transition from text analysis to the different correction methods possible with respect to the level of competence demonstrated by the child in the text.

Readings/Bibliography

Cignetti L., Fornara S., Il piacere di scrivere. Guida all’italiano del terzo millennio, Carocci, 2017 (II ed), pp. 281-288.

Della Casa, Scrivere testi. Il processo, i problemi educativi, le tecniche, La Nuova Italia, 1994, p. 504

Pallotti G., Ferrari S., (2019), Osservare l’interlingua. Un sillabo per un’educazione linguistica inclusiva ed efficace, https://interlingua.comune.re.it/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/OssIL-libro-6feb19.pdf

Ujcich V., Correggere e non correggere. Pratiche didattiche dichiarate dai docenti di scuola primaria, Italiano LinguaDue 1, 2023, pp. 747-769

Ujcich V., Correggere un testo. Aspetti comunicativi, testuali e linguistici delle correzioni di 45 docenti, Italiano a scuola, 6 (2024), pp. 23-56

Teaching methods

The workshop proceeds in an inductive mode, involving work on the text both individually, in pairs and in small groups. The observations will be shared as a whole group in order to agree on the interpretation of errors and to agree on a corrective proposal.

Assessment methods

The workshop is worth one credit and there are 17 hours of individual work at the end of the meetings to write the final paper.

As per the regulations, absences from attending the workshop are not permitted.

Please note that in order to take the examination, it is necessary to first attend and successfully pass the workshop.

The assessment envisages the following possibilities: failed (in which case, you will not be able to sit the exam and will have to take the workshop again the following year), or -1/0/+1 compared to the grade in thirtieths obtained in the exam.

The deadline for submission of the final paper is Friday 18 October 2024.

Final paper - to be submitted by 18 October by e-mail to veronica.ujcich@unibo.it

Formal specifications: 2 pages, Times New Roman 12 font, 1.5 line spacing. All citations must include the full bibliographical reference with page number in the footnote. The text must be divided into paragraphs according to the content units.


Content:  The final paper will consist of a report on the text analysis experiences conducted during the workshop. On the basis of examples from the texts provided or from other authentic children's texts, candidates will reflect on the relationship between what they experienced in the classroom and what they intend to implement in their own teaching practice.

Teaching tools

The texts analysed and the materials used will be made available to students on the virtual platform.unibo.it


Given the workshop mode, no slides are provided.

Office hours

See the website of Veronica Ujcich