| Hocus and Lotus, the little dinocrocs that teach languages to children |
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Hocus&Lotus’ cartoons, with their books with CDs, the Magic Kit and the Magic Teacher’s Kit are created on the basis of the teaching/learning method known as the “narrative format” which was developed by Professor Traute Taeschner at Università 'La Sapienza' in Rome, experimentally verified in over 120 Italian pre-schools and primary schools and used by more than 4.000 teachers in Europe.
The foreign language is learned through the creation of a context in which we speak, live and act exclusively in the new language: it is the fantastic world of Hocus & Lotus. The two little dinocrocs, with their dinosaur tail and their crocodile tooth, experience fantastic and exciting adventures together with the children.
With Hocus & Lotus the children engage in a variety of activities characterized by love and emotional involvement and structured in such a way that they respect the rhythm, time and skills of each and every one of them, by going through the different stages of native language acquisition process.
IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS PLEASE WATCH THIS MAGIC LESSON!
YOU CAN ALSO GET YOUR TRAINING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ROME 'SAPIENZA' TO BECOME A MAGIC TEACHER! |
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| Publishing and Distribution of the Hocus&Lotus products |

| Hocus&Lotus is a registered trademark. Publication and distribution of products and royalties developed in the research projects are granted to the Dinocroc International Training Institute - D.I.T.I. srl, based in Rome. For more information please write to: info@hocus-lotus.edu |
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| A team made up of experts, directed by Prof. Traute Taeschner, continues the research on processes of language acquisition in the field of education and language didactics with a number of projects that are being carried out at national and international level.
The most recent projects focus on the use of 'narrative format' already in kindergarten and pre-school, as well as with the elderly, and to teach Italian to children of immigrants and in logopedics.
For more information: traute.taeschner@uniroma1.it |
| Projects | | Description | Document | 2009-2010 Catalogue The products developed during the European Projects are here described.
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