LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE E L'ECOLOGIA DELL'APPRENDIMENTO LINGUISTICO: UNO STUDIO CON PROJECT WORK.

Following an ecological approach, this paper discusses the results of a research in the field of new technologies applied to language teaching based on project work. Great investments are made in this field and they concentrate more on the infrastructure and the instructive software, therefore it is necessary for the research to focus on the quality of the educative environment related to new technologies and on the real learning opportunities that such environment can offer. Results of this study demonstrate that help of new technologies and teaching based on project work produce very interesting effects, like collaboration, creativity and autonomy, taking in correct consideration the space, the social and cultural context. So, in the analysed extracts, it is possible to see different growth indicators of the L2: in terms of self-construction in respect to others, of ability to create social relations, to assume role, to interact with environments different from that of instruction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]