The workshop will be co-organized by PhD candidates and HPSL members MA Wendy Diepgrond, MA Mariachiara Pascucci, MA Angela Reina, MA Giulia Tonani and Dr. Giovanni Piantanida (Universität Basel), under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Angela Ferrari.

This workshop has two main goals when it comes to Italian easy-to-read texts: on the one hand, it will address the current state of Italian easy-to-read in Switzerland, as far as institutional communication is concerned; on the other hand, it will try to tackle the current challenges in producing high quality and effective texts from a theoretical perspective.

Session 1

14.00 – 14.15  Giovanni Piantanida, Mariachiara Pascucci (University of Basel), Introduction of the workshop

14.15 – 14.45  Valeria Qualatrucci (Easy-to-read language Competence Center – Swiss Confederation)

14.45 – 15.15 Mattia Bertoldi (Cancelleria dello Stato – Information and Communication Service of the Council of State, Canton of Ticino)

15.15 – 15.45  Discussion

15.45 – 16.15  Coffee break

Session 2

Session chairs: Wendy Diepgrond, Giulia Tonani (University of Basel)

16.15 – 16.45  Floriana Sciumbata (Università di Trieste)

16.45 – 17.15  Chiara Fioravanti (National Research Council – Institute of Legal Informatics and Judicial Systems)

17.15 – 17.45  Angela Ferrari (University of Basel), Filippo Pecorari (Università per Stranieri di Siena)

17.45 – 18.15  Discussion

19.30  Dinner