Pre-school, France, Italy, non-verbal communication, comparative study. The audio-guide to the exhibition Tintoretto. Oral and written comprehension

Journal title CADMO
Author/s Emma Nardi
Publishing Year 2013 Issue 2013/1
Language Italian Pages 19 P. 91-109 File size 1002 KB
DOI 10.3280/CAD2013-001007
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The exhibition on Tintoretto, held in Rome at the Scuderie del Quirinale in 2012, was the setting for an experiment devoted to investigate the cognitive outcome of the introductory audio-guide offered to visitors. Participants were 201 students of two different upper secondary school of Rome, divided into two groups: the first group listened to the audio-guide text and the second read its transcription. The aim of the study was to highlight possible differences between oral and written comprehension, considering not only explicit information retrievable in the text, but also the implicit canon underpinning it, in terms of basic knowledge related to the recognition of the artists’ background and origins, of the attribution of works and paintings to their authors, of the recognition of the picture of specific artworks of the time.

Keywords: Tintoretto, museum education, reading comprehension assessment, oral comprehension assessment, canon.

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Emma Nardi, L’audioguida per la mostra Tintoretto. Comprensione orale e scritta in "CADMO" 1/2013, pp 91-109, DOI: 10.3280/CAD2013-001007