Title: Memória e identidade: ensino de italiano como LE na era pós-método
Abstract: As a Foreign Language (FL) teacher, the question which arises is: how to teach?Is there a more effective method?Kumaravadivelu (2003 and2008) presents theories about the Post method, and he emphasizes the importance of not centralizing the teaching based on methods, but according to the needs of the students and the context they are into.For this, the author presents parameters for teaching, macrostrategies and microstrategies.Based on his theories, this research was elaborated as a way to put into practice his assumptions, for the teaching of Italian as a FL.First of all, it was analyzed the story of the city which the students live, Cascavel, in Paraná.The city was colonized by descendants of Italian immigrants who came from Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul and it is possible to notice the influence of this immigration in the city through feasts, food and the study of Italian Language.From the analyzes of this context, it was realized the importance of considering the story of the city inside the story of the students, pondering their memories and formation of the identities, insofar as the identity is built in society.Thus, it was explained theories about identity and memory.After that, it was made an analysis of the two books: Magari! and Nuovo Progetto 2.The objective was to find activities about memory, identity and immigration; nevertheless it is possible to notice the topics do not appear a lot.Finishing the research, it was elaborated activities to teach Italian Language as FL which talk about the Italian immigration to Cascavel, relating them with memory and identity, according with the assumptions of the Post Method.The purpose it is to help teachers and researchers showing them a starting point to work in a way to attend the needs of the students in the region.