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Daniela Moncalvo (Ph.D. Student)
PhD Student in Linguistics (XXVI cycle) at the University of Pavia.
Full time English language/Special needs teacher (with tenure) at the Istituto Comprensivo Martiri della Benedicta' – Serravalle Scrivia (AL).
Contact Info
Current address: Language Study Unit, Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Ali 3.02 –
Via Dante, 9, 39100 Bozen-Bolzano, Italy - +39 0471 012 483
E-mail: daniela.moncalvo01@universitadipavia.it; Daniela.Moncalvo@unibz.it ; da591@hotmail.it
Research interest
Second Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics, Teaching English/Italian as a Second Language.
Title of PhD Thesis
“The Acquisition of Italian L2 and German L2 in Bolzano”
EDUCATION
University Studies
Degree in Modern Foreign Languages and Literature (Laurea in Lingue e Letterature Straniere Moderne), University of Genova, Italy, 18 April 2002, grade 110/110.
Thesis: “ The Use of New Technologies in Teaching English as a Second Language” – Thesis supervisor: Professor Gabriele Azzaro.
Higher Education and Further Qualification
o CEDILS, Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language Certificate - Certificazione in didattica dell’italiano a stranieri – 2010, Università di Venezia Cà Foscari.
o MA in Psycholinguistics, Università di Firenze – 2008, Università di Firenze.
o Postgraduate Certificate in Special Education – 2007, Università di Venezia Cà Foscari.
o Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Modern Foreign Languages (SSIS) – 2006, Università di Genova.
o Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language 2003 – Università di Genova.
o Test-DaF Certificate – German language proficiency exam – 2002.
Grants and Awards
Erasmus Scholarship - Ruhr Universität Bochum. (SS 1999 e WS 1999/2000).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Work experience
I have been working as a special needs teacher on a permanent contract with the Italian Education Authority since September 2008. I am currently on study leave to attend the PhD research programme in Linguistics – Second Language Acquisition at the University of Pavia.
I have been involved in teacher training and in European projects (SOCRATES/LLP-Comenius bilateral partnerships) since 2008.
The most significant experiences include the following:
o Scuola Digitale – LIM Project E-tutoring and class training of a group of school teachers in the province of Alessandria, in school years 2009/10.
o E-tutoring and language training of a group of primary school teachers in the province of Alessandria, in school years 2010/11.
o Course design and language co-ordination at British Institutes Novi Ligure – AL.
Università degli Studi di Pavia
Segreteria amministrativa: Piazza Botta, 6 - 27100 Pavia
Segreteria didattica: Corso Strada Nuova, 65 - 27100 Pavia
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