Tipologia degli errori linguistici riscontrati fra i discenti di italiano di madrelingua polacca

The material presented is the result of years of observations as well as notes taken while teaching several generations of Poles at various kinds of courses. Mostly, however, they were the 1st and the 2nd year students at the Faculty of Italian Studies of Warsaw University. The academic course covers the entire Italian grammar – from the present tense to reported speech. The error analysis was carried out following the chronological criterion: starting from the 1st class in the 1st year, i.e. the easiest topics, to the end of the 2nd year. The review of typical errors begins with spelling (e.g.spelling “gi”) followed by the most common morphological errors (the plural form of nouns and verbs that, in the singular, end in “e”) and ends up with grammatical errors (wrong use of past tenses Passato Prossimo, Imperfetto, problems with pronouns and their use). A large number of examples covers the type of interferential errors as well as those related to hypercorrection. The material presented is intended to sensitize the teacher to certain grammatical issues which, together with a skillful methodological approach, can be implemented so as to avoid the most common errors.