Course taught at the Institute
The Florence Experience I: Beginning Italian I

Credentials

University of Birmingham, Shakespeare Institute, M.A.

University of Florence, Laurea

Certificate for teaching Italian as a Foreign Language – DITALS, Università per Stranieri di Siena

Relevant Projects / Publications

June 2016, Speaker at the British Graduate Shakespeare Conference at the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon (U.K.)

June 2016, Speaker at the International conference at the University of Padua (Italy), “ ‘Fair Padua, nursery of arts’ : Shakespeare and Padova 2016.’

April 2016, Speaker at the International conference at the University of Portsmouth (U.K.), ‘Shakespearian Communities.’

Summer 2011, Speaker at the World Conference on Shakespeare in Prague (the International Shakespeare Association)

Summer 2010, Speaker at the International conference at the University of Hobart (Tasmania) Shakespeare’s spaces

Summer 2008, Speaker at the International conference at the University of Reading (U.K.) Land and landscaping

Summer 2016, Shakespeare in Oxford Guest lecturer

Teaching Philosophy

Teaching students means setting an example. I like to see myself as a facilitator, a tool they can use in order to discover the language and the culture behind it. I also believe that learning a language means to explore its world, in any possible way, both in the classroom and outside it.

Most Rewarding Moment
When students experience the language outside of the classroom and suddenly discover that they can establish some sort of communication with native speakers.

Favorite Quote
“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more” (William Shakespeare)