Forms of Language and Culture Mediation in Plurilingual and Pluricultural Environments: Towards a (Self)Narrative Methodology in the Teaching of a Second Language

This paper retraces the history of a post-doctoral research project (2008-2010) which was carried out within the framework of the research group “Politica, educazione, formazione linguistico-culturali” at the University of Macerata. It focuses in particular on the relationship between self-narration, language education and identity construction of migrant women in Italy. It discusses the disciplines which contributed to developing the research design and, thus, to enriching the field of language teaching methodology, as well as increasing our understanding of female migrants’ shifting identities and their integration process.