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Gina Roberta Pietrantoni, M. A. 67 Harriet dr. 08540 Princeton, NJ [email protected] Profile I am an experienced university language teaching professional with significant commercial publishing experience. I have planned and taught language programs at a variety of ability levels in both academic and private settings face to face, blended, and online. I have developed, co-­‐authored and edited leading instructional texts and course materials for Italian language instruction. My particular interest are in development of language and cultural proficiency; development of instructional materials. Education Master of Arts in Language Pedagogy, University of Venice Bachelor of Arts (Laurea) in Russian and English Language and Literature, University of L’Aquila 2004 2000 Teaching Experience Arizona State University, School of International Letters and Cultures, Tempe, Arizona 2012-­‐ 2013 Instructor of Italian -­‐Teaching Intermediate Italian courses online Arizona State University, School of International Letters and Cultures, Tempe, Arizona 2009 -­‐2012 Faculty Associate, Italian program -­‐Teaching Elementary and Intermediate Italian courses, face to face, hybrid, and online -­‐Curriculum development: participated in the curriculum development of second year Italian courses online. University of Colorado at Boulder, French and Italian Department, Boulder, Colorado 2006–2008 Lecturer of Italian -­‐Teaching Elementary Italian courses. -­‐Curriculum development for Italian Conversational Skills for the Continuing Education Program. Infobasic Srl, Pescara, Italy 2004-­‐2005 Instructor of English as a Second Language -­‐Development and teaching of a new customized English course for adults geared toward the ESOL University of Colorado at Boulder, French and Italian Department, Boulder, Colorado 2001-­‐2003 Lecturer of Italian -­‐Teaching Elementary and Intermediate Italian courses. -­‐Teaching Intermediate Italian and Conversational Skills, for the Continuing Education program. Contributions to Publications National Foreign Language Center, University of Maryland Target Language Expert and Reviewer of listening passages and items development for the DLPT5 exam 1
2013 McGraw-­‐Hill Education 2012 -­‐Contributing writer for online adaptive learning program McGraw-­‐Hill Education 2011 -­‐Contributing author for Prego! 8thedition, Elementary Italian textbook Vista Higher Learning 2010 -­‐Contributing writer for Immagina, Intermediate Italian Textbook -­‐Contributing writer for Immagina, Interactive Testing Program -­‐Contributing writer for Sentieri, Introductory Italian Textbook McGraw-­‐ Hill Education 2005-­‐2000 -­‐Contributing writer for Prego! 7thedition, Introductory Italian Textbook McGraw-­‐ Hill Education 2002-­‐2004 -­‐Contributing writer for In Giro per l’Italia 2ndedition and Prego! 6thedition, Testing Program Professional Development Conferences and Workshop Attended: -­‐November 2012: ACTFL Annual Convention and World Languages Expo Philadelphia, Pa -­‐ April 19 2012: SILC LSS Dr. Lisa Volle, Texas Community College and World Language Consultant with Cengage-­‐Heinle: Big Picture: (for administration, instructors and students), the process of course conceptualization and creation; best practices, modifying learning objectives; preparing the students; course activities and assessments / projects; building your online syllabus; reflecting on your course. -­‐ April 13 2012: SILC LSS and S. Shinagawa, Kapiolani CC and the University of Hawaii: Workshop: “Teaching Language Online: The Struggle of the Past Ten years". -­‐ March 2012: Pearson World Languages Strategies for Success Workshop: My Language Labs in Action: Proven Performance, ASU. -­‐ November 2011: ACTFL Annual Convention and World Languages Expo Denver, Co. -­‐ October 2011: AZLA Fall Survivor Arizona: New Ideas for Tough Times Conference Phoenix, AZ. -­‐ May 2011: SILC LSS Digital Storytelling Workshop, ASU -­‐ May 2011: SILC LSS Adobe Acrobat Connect -­‐ November 2010: ACTFL Webinar, Assessing Communication: How Do You Know When Your Students Are Making Progress? -­‐ November 2010: ACTFL Annual Convention and World Languages Expo Boston, MA. -­‐ April 2010: Activating Communication: Five Ways to Enhance Communication Using Technology -­‐ April 2010: Making Communication Meaningful: Creating Interpersonal Communicative Tasks -­‐ April 2010: Teaching with Technology, Cengage Learning, ASU -­‐ May 2010: Teaching Online Boot camp, CLAS. May 2010 -­‐ November 2009: ACTFL Annual Convention and World Languages Expo San Diego, CA. 2009 -­‐ 2006-­‐2008: ALTEC (Anderson Language Technology Center) CU Boulder -­‐ Completed a 15-­‐credit-­‐hour workshop, including Digital Video workshop, Computer Mediated Communication, Excel, CU Boulder Reviews, Presentations, Translations, and Thesis -­‐Reviewer, editor and proofreader of language textbooks and instructional material for major publishing companies: Cengage; Heinle; McGraw-­‐ Hill Education; Pearson; Vista Higher Learning. 2
-­‐ ACTFL C. Dal Martello, S. Palaich, G. Pietrantoni: “Hybrid and online courses: Are students 2012 really learning?” -­‐ University of Colorado at Boulder: “L’Abruzzo: storia e natura” 2006 -­‐Eusebius Franciscus Chini, SJ (1645-­‐1711) A chronology for the 300th anniversary of his birth. by 2012 Professor Peter Horwath, Copy Editor, Arizona State University -­‐Schiavi armati e formazione di eserciti privati nel mondo tardo-­‐antico by Noel Lenski Ph.D 2008 presented at the Convention “Ordine e sovversione nel mondo greco e romano, in Atti del convegno internazionale. Cividale del Friuli. -­‐I suoli delle tartufaie in Abruzzo, by Dott. Chiuchiarelli Igino and Dott. Santucci Sergio 2008 Presented at the III Convegno Internazionale del Tartufo, in Atti del convegno internazionale Spoleto Nicolaus Copernicus a research translation 2000 Thesis: -­‐M. A.: “Il problema della dispersione degli studenti di italiano. Una proposta per una strategia di recupero. Un caso: l’Università del Colorado a Boulder”. (The problem of attrition for students of Italian language. A proposed recovery strategy) -­‐B.A.: “Aspetti linguistico-­‐filosofici nell’opera di Andrej Platonov: alcune traduzioni italiane a confronto”. (Linguistic and Philosophical aspects in the works of Andrej Platonov: a comparison of select translations) Community Outreach High school Foreign Language Fair, ASU 2012, 2011, 2010 -­‐Organizing and operating the Italian table; development of promotional and educational materials; Italian mini lessons. Italian Language and Culture Week, University of Colorado at Boulder 2006-­‐2007-­‐2008 -­‐Committee member and organizer; coordination of the marketing and PR campaign for the 6th, 7th and 8th yearly event. -­‐ Presenter of the multimedia video: “L’Abruzzo: storia e natura”. 2006 Italian tables and clubs 2001 -­‐ 2012 Interests and other skills Bilingualism; Italian Grammar and Linguistics; Italian Immigration Literature Languages: Italian native speaker; English: proficient; Russian: conversant Operating systems and software: Windows Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) Adobe Acrobat; Blackboard; Web and e-­‐mail (Outlook, Gmail, other webmail, FTP) Professional Affiliations and references ACTFL American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language AATI American Association Teachers of Italian 3
AZLA Arizona Language Association Chiara dal Martello, Arizona State University, Senior Lecturer and Language Coordinator-­‐ SILC [email protected] Phone. 480-­‐965-­‐6868 Sandra Palaich, Arizona State University, Lecturer-­‐ SILC [email protected] Phone: 480-­‐727-­‐8772. Graziana Lazzarino, Professor Emerita, University of Colorado at Boulder-­‐ French and Italian Dept. [email protected] Phone 303 492 7215; Priscilla Craven, University of Colorado at Boulder, Senior Instructor and Language Coordinator-­‐ French and Italian Dept. [email protected] Phone303 492 4845 Noel Lenski, University of Colorado at Boulder, Associate Professor (Chair), Classics [email protected] Phone 303 492 8184; 4