2006 - 2007
Languages MentorCardiff University, Widening Access Division - Cardiff, Соединенное КоролевствоI worked as a Languages Mentor and Newsletter Journalist for a languages support project, devising and writing articles in Italian for 15 year old pupils in local schools.
2015 - 2016
Trainee Teacher of ItalianUniversità "L'Orientale", Naples, Italy - Napoli, ИталияAs part of my MA in "Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language" requirements, I worked 25 hours as a Trainee Teacher in two classes: a class of international Erasmus students (B1) and a class of refugees (A2).
2012 - 2014
Post-doc Researcher & Research Project ManagerEU Research Project for a More Inclusive Society - Napoli, ИталияPost-doc Research Fellow & Project Manager within the framework of a high-impact EU-funded project on cultural memory as a tool for social inclusion of migrant communities in Europe.
2017 - 2020
Teacher of Italian as a Foreign LanguageCILA / CLAOR Unior (University Language Centre) - Napoli, ИталияSpring & Winter 2017:
-international exchange students from Europe & China;
-levels A1, B1, and B2.
Spring 2019:
1) General Italian for internation exchange students from Europe & China LEVEL C1.2
2) Italian Literature & Language for CHINESE STUDENTS - LEVELS B2/C1.1/C1.2.
Winter 2019:
-international exchange students;
-levels A2 and C1.1.
Spring 2020 - ONLINE DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS:
-international exchange students;
-levels A2, C1.1, and C1.2.
2012 - 2021
Translator / Editor / ProofreaderFreelance - Napoli, ИталияI occasionally do freelance work as a translator (English/Spanish into Italian), editor (Italian journals) and proofreader (Italian texts, private clients & magazines). I'm therefore very familiar with the rules of written Italian and I can help students with a great variety of genres, from everyday texts to academic essays.
2018 - 2022
Teachers Trainer - Italian as a Foreign LanguageUniversità "L'Orientale", CLAOR (Language Centre) - Napoli, ИталияIn 2018 I worked as a Teacher Trainer for an MA Programme in "Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language". I was a dissertation tutor and trainer for a group of 55 future teachers of Italian as a foreign language.
In 2020 I worked for the same MA Programme, this time tutoring and evaluating MA students who were completing their "Design and Creation of Teaching Materials" course.
2012 - 2014
LecturerUniversità degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale" - Napoli, ИталияI taught Media & Cultural Studies (in Italian and English) to groups of students specialising in translation and cultural mediation. I also assisted with dissertation writing. For this position, a relevant PhD was required, plus the successful completion of a highly competitive selection process, which also included a test of the candidate's teaching skills. I can therefore help university students of Italian with essay writing, presentation training, academic applications.
2018 - 2019
Teacher of Italian as a Foreign LanguageAccademia Leonardo - Salerno, ИталияI do freelance work at a private Italian school in Salerno, teaching 1-on-1 classes and/or group classes. I work with people from all over the world and from various age groups.
2019 - 2021
Italian Language Placement Tests - Item WriterCISIA - Pisa, ИталияCreating Italian Language placement tests to evaluate the listening comprehension of in-coming non-EU university students.