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Tatiana Bruni
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Teacher of Italian
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TATIANA BRUNI
TEACHER OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE; TRANSLATOR
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Excellent teaching experience ranging from undergraduate and graduate courses in academic
education to tailor-made individual and in-company business courses – demonstrated ability to
design courses for diverse learners.
Experience in teaching Italian and tutoring students in an International Honors college –
familiar with the Liberal Arts academic philosophy.
Drive for quality of teaching and learning process – strong track record of positive evaluation
of teaching skills, given feedback and personal engagement with students.
Recognized ability to collaborate and negotiate in multiple arenas.
Expertise: Italian Language & Culture; Italian (Historical) Linguistics; Sociolinguistics,
Translation Studies.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE UTRECHT
Netherlands
Lecturer of Italian Language & Culture
Coordinator of the Language & Culture courses
Tutor
Utrecht, The
2003 – present
2009 – present
2006 – present
Undergraduate International Honors College of the Utrecht University, 670 students, courses in European
languages and Chinese
Design and teach three courses in Italian Language and Culture up to the Advanced Low level on the
ACTFL Guidelines of Proficiency
designed the entire track, created syllabi and materials
refined the learning goals and the materials to meet the new focus on (inter)cultural literacy
and to meet some of the need expressed by students in their course evaluations through the
years
Facilitate extra curricular activities to create chances to practice the language, such as the
weekly Italian table, Italian dinners; Italian movie nights, a group on Facebook, excursion to
Florence with the advanced students.
Coordinate the instructors of the Language & Culture courses in Dutch, French, German and Spanish
Organize meetings to discuss pedagogy and share practices
Collaborate to a project to harmonize exit levels and assessment tools
Mediated between instructors and Head of Department and Director of Education in the
implementation of a new foreign language requirement and a different focus and format of the
language education
Counsel 30 to 40 tutees each semester, which major in all three the Departments (Humanities, Science
and Social Science)
advise and assist students in creating a coherent interdisciplinary curriculum
monitor their academic progresses, help them with personal issues that interfere with their
academic achievements; defer them to counselors if necessary
inform and advise prospective students and their parents at Open Days
interview prospective students
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collaborate with the other tutors in the Tutorial Board, which advises the Board of Studies in
issues related to academic and campus life
UTRECHT UNIVERSITY,
SCHOOL OF MODERN LANGUAGES
Lecturer in Italian Language
Utrecht, The Netherlands
The Italian department offers courses at Bachelor and Master Level
Starting from 1993 to 2009 I had several short (one semester) and long-term (three years)
appointments as lecturer of project manager:
Co-developing and (co-)teaching the following courses:
BACHELOR: Italian Language 1, 2 and 3 (first year); Italian Language 4 and 5 (second year); Italian
Language 7: Translation and Writing seminar (elective); Linguistic variation in modern Italian;
Introduction to Italian Linguistics; Italian Civilization: Politics, Media and Economics.
MASTER: Specialized Translation seminar; Linguistics aspects of Intercultural Communication;
Linguistics of the Romance Languages: Italian
designed syllabi and activities to meet the learning goals of the different courses
co-taught the courses
evaluated the courses and discussed the student evaluations with the Faculty and the student
representatives
developed a study skills module for first years students
represented the Italian Department in Open Days
helped colleagues in designing their course environment in BlackBoard
INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL
Waalwijk, The Netherlands
Coordinator of the Italian courses and Instructor of Italian language
Commercial company that offers tailor-made language trainings and translations for individuals and
companies
Coach and supervise two Italian instructors; coordinate scheduling of lessons in-situ and in-company;
contact the customers to define goals and needs, design the tailor-made trainings, manage the on-going
courses; teach part of the courses; evaluate the trainings with the customers.
developed trainings for companies in many different branches
monitored the quality of processes and outcomes
contributed to define and meet division and company goals
coached and monitored starting trainers
FREELANCE TRAINER FOR DIFFERENT COMPANIES
Italy and The Netherlands
Translate commercial and technical documents and some essays from Dutch to Italian
translated four unpublished essays of Johan Huizinga
translated contracts, instruction manuals, legal documents
EDUCATION
After high school I enrolled in the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Bologna, in the major
‘Italianistica’. In my fourth year I went on exchange to the University of Leiden (in The Netherlands)
and decided to finish my study in that country. I enrolled in the major ‘Italian Language and
Literature’ of the Utrecht University, with credits for almost two years of course work. The program
was a four-year program, comprehensive of the current Dutch Bachelor and Master.
UTRECHT UNIVERSITY
Utrecht, The Netherlands
MA in Italian Studies, with Minor in Translation Studies (Doctoraal in de Italiaanse Taal-en
Letterkunde, met Specialisatie Vertalen)
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graduated cum laude (highest grade)
LEIDEN UNIVERSITY
Netherlands
Coursework (each course is a one-semester course):
Dutch Art History of the Golden Age; Dutch Literature of the Golden Age
Leiden, The
UNIVERSITÀ DI BOLOGNA
Bologna, Italy
Facoltà di Lettere, indirizzo in Italianistica:
Coursework (each course is a two-semester course):
Storia della Lingua Italiana (30/30);Filologia Italiana (29/30); Geografia (30/30); Storia Medievale
(30/30); Storia della Lingua Italiana II (30/30); Poetica e Retorica (30/30); Filologia Romanza (26/30);
Didattica dell’Italiano (30/30)
TRAININGS
After graduation I participated to several trainings and seminars related to the Italian Language and
Culture and to teaching foreign languages, often organized by two associations I’m member of: Anéla
(Dutch Association for Applied Linguistics) and LVVT (Dutch Association of Teachers of Living
Languages). Among others the following:
1995 SLI (Società di Linguistica Italiana), Malta
XXIXo Congresso Internazionale ‘La “Lingua d‟Italia”: Usi pubblici e istituzionali‟
2005 AIPI (Associazione Italiana Professori d’Italiano), Amsterdam (NL)
Giornata di studio per insegnanti di italiano L2: Glottodidattica, teoria e pratica
2008 Anéla , Leiden (NL)
L2 acquisition: research meets teaching practices
LECTURES
2005
2008
2008
2010
2012
LVVT – AIPI,Amsterdam, Giornata di studio per insegnanti di italiano L2: Glottodidattica,
teoria e pratica,
‘L‟uso di un portfolio delle competenze come mezzo di (auto)valutazione ell‟apprendimento di
una lingua straniera.’
Utrecht School of Economics, Guest lecture ‘Italy and Italians: common stereotypes‟.
LIZE , Giornata italiana in Limburgo: ‘Poeti e truffatori. Gli stereotipi sugli italiani‟
ICOJIL 4: Jewish migration: voices of the Diaspora, Istanbul,
‘Esilio dei corpi e esilio delle anime nel libro „Scintille‟ di Gad Lerner‟
Universiteit Leiden , ‘Van schools tot scriptie. Een colloquium over van
taalvaardigheidonderwijs’: ‘Het onderwijs van moderne vreemde talen in een Internationale
bachelor opleiding: de praktijk van het University College Utrecht‟
PUBLICATIONS
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Wietze de Boer (ed.) Johan Huizinga Le immagini della storia. Scritti 1905-1941, translation
by Tatiana Bruni e.a, Torino, 1993
Bruni, T. / De Bruijn-van der Helm, J. - (1997), "Aspetti linguistici di un libro di dialoghi
italiano-neerlandese per mercanti", in: Recherches de linguistique française et romane
d'Utrecht XVI. Utrecht, pp.1-16.
Bruni, T. / Van der Helm, J. (2003), "Caxza in là quilli boy, mena in qua li castroni'. Dialogo
inedito fra un mercante fiammingo e un suo collega a cavallo fra il Quattrocento e il
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Cinquecento", Zeitschrift für Romanische Philologie, Tübingen, Band 119 (2003) Heft 3, pp.
443 - 479.
Bruni,T. „Esilio dei corpi e esilio delle anime nel libro ‘Scintille’ di Gad Lerner’, in Ebrei
Migranti: le voci della Diaspora a cura di Speelman, R., Jansen, M. & Gaiga, S.
ITALIANISTICA ULTRAIECTINA 7. Utrecht: Igitur Publishing, 2012. (congress proceedings
of ICOJIL 4: Jewish migration: voices of the Diaspora).
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP
Elected member of the University College Council (Chair from 2012)
UCU, Utrecht
Representative of the Faculty (2009 – present)
Elected member of the Works Council
ILC, Waalwijk
Representative of the teaching body, with the function of secretary (2000-2002)
Member of the Didactic Committee of the Italians section of Vereniging van Leraren van Levende
Talen (a national association of Teachers of Modern Languages)
SKILLS AND BACKGROUND
Languages: Italian (native); Dutch (near-native); English
Document Formatting & Editing: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and FrontPage; Adobe Acrobat
Online course environment: BlackBoard
Trainer and coach of basketball teams (age 10-16) for many years
Hobbies: reading, cooking, (Art)History, museums, travelling
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