The Consulate Generale of Italy, Education Office, and the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, are pleased to invite you to the workshop “The Unpredictability of language” led by Paola Tiberii, on February 12, 2026 at 5:00pm at the Italian Cultural Institute (500 N. Michigan Avenue, Unit 1450, Chicago).
Based on the concept of lexical collocation, the seminar offers participants the opportunity to explore, through a practical approach, a range of language-teaching strategies aimed at developing lexical competence. Through targeted workshop activities and guided experimentation, participants will be supported in analyzing and applying effective techniques to promote conscious vocabulary acquisition, the expansion of active vocabulary, and improved expressive fluency. The seminar is intended for teachers of Italian at all school levels and aims to provide practical tools that can be immediately applied in everyday teaching practice.
The seminar will be taught in Italian.
Program:
- Theory (30 minutes): the concept of lexical collocation, and reflections on its role in the development of lexical competence and in the teaching of Italian.
- Part 1 workshop (60 minutes): presentation of practical strategies and hands-on experimentation with teaching activities aimed at expanding active vocabulary.
- Break (15 minutes)
- Part 2 workshop (50 minutes): design of teaching pathways and discussion among participants.
Paola Tiberii, a lexicographer, musicologist, and translator, is the author of the Dizionario delle collocazioni, published by Zanichelli. She is regularly invited by universities and cultural institutions to give lectures, workshops, and seminars in various fields, including musicology, lexicography, linguistic interaction, sociolinguistics, and innovative methodologies for language teaching.
