DORIF-CLP, Centres de Langues et Plurilinguisme: un groupe de recherche associatif, un espace de mutualisation

The present paper aims to describe the recently created DORIF associated research task force (Centro di Documentazione e di Ricerca per la Didattica del Francese nell’Università italiana), working on the project entitled: "Centres of Language and Plurilingualism (CLP): Institutional Research, Action, Didactics and Issues." The group constitutes a "community of intentional practice" (Wenger, 2005). It is currently made up of 8 teachers in the LANSAD departments of 6 different universities, including the University of Grenoble, France, which has been included with a view to comparing how Italian is taught in France to how French is taught in Italy. In order to facilitate a synergetic reflection on our professional practices, DORIF-CLP has launched an online space for teachers where they can discuss and share resources and information. The Moodle page of the CLP, hosted on the platform of the language centre at the University of Pérouse (http://ecla.unipg.it/) , is co-managed by our inter-university team. At present the group is focused on two themes which will be the topic of the current paper : the resources available for the renewal of didactics through TICE and the training of secondary school teachers in Italy in the 2014-15 TFA session.