Karin Martin

Karin Martin
PERSONAL DATA
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EDUCATION
2010 – 2013
19/04/1980 Verona (Italy)
Italian
10 Genotteallee, 9500 Villach (Austria)
+43 (0)650 6125667
[email protected]
PhD in Linguistics, Department of Philology, Literature, and Linguistics,
University of Verona. Thesis: “Developmental Dyslexia and Foreign Language
Learning. A Working Memory approach” (supervisor: Prof. D. Delfitto).
2006 – 2009
MA Degree in Linguistics (with honors), University of Verona.
2000 – 2004
BA Degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Verona.
TRAINING COURSES
2010 Apr
“Training Course on learning disability tutoring”, Il Cigno Onlus, Verona.
2009 Mar
“Certificate in Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language” (CEDILS), Department
of Language Sciences, University Ca’ Foscari, Venice.
RECENT WORK EXPERIENCE
2014 Jan - Apr
Lecturer for Language Learning Professional Development for Teachers (Core
areas: Multilingualism, Language Learning, Fostering the mother tongue),
International School Carinthia, Villach.
2013 from Oct
Columnist for „Multilingualism Matters” article (in English, German and
Italian), Carinthian International Club (www.cic-network.at), Villach.
2013 Sep-Dec
Function Organizer for conference “Klein_Kind_Paedagogik und Migration“,
Plattform Migration Villach (www.plattform-migration.at), Villach.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2014 Jan - Jun
Italian teacher - children, International School Carinthia, Villach.
2013 Sep - 2014 Jan
Italian language trainer, BFI-Kärnten, Villach.
2009 Apr - Feb 2011
Private tutor for students with dyslexia, Verona.
2006 Oct - 2010 May
English and Spanish teacher for adults, Verona.
2009 Jul - Sep
Italian teacher for immigrants' children, Verona.
2009 Mai - Jul
Tutor for students with learning disabilities (Design and planning of a project
for helping dyslexic students), Verona.
2002 Oct - 2003 Jan
Italian teacher for foreign university students, Pädagogische Hochschule,
Ludwigsburg, Germany.
SPEAKER EVENTS
2014 May
Speaker at parents’ event: “The opportunity and
multilingualism“, International School Carinthia, Villach.
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2014 Jun
Speaker at three conferences: “The adventure of being bilingual”, Carinthian
International Club, Villach.
2010 - 2012
Speaker at various conferences organized during PhD course in Linguistics.
More details on request.
EXPERIENCE GAINED ABROAD
2013 Sep 16th-19th
Summer School in Bilingualism and Multilingualism, Universitat Pompeu
Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
2011 Mar - Sep
Bibliographic Research in Psycholinguistics and Clinical Linguistics, Université
Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.
2010 Jul 14th-25th
Summer School in Linguistics, LOT National Graduate School of Linguistics,
Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
2006 Mar - May
Secretary at the International School of Languages, International House,
Barcelona, Spain.
2005 Mar - Feb 2006
Administrative Secretary with translation and interpreting tasks (Spanish to
Italian and Spanish to German) at Hotelius.com Travel Agency, Barcelona,
Spain.
2004 Feb - Aug
Sales Manager Assistant, Internship at Bosch GMBH, Stuttgart, Germany.
2002 – 2003
One academic year at the Pädagogische Hochschule as Erasmus student,
Stuttgart, Germany.
PUBLICATIONS
2014
Sprache und Bildung als Mittel der Integration? in Gruber, Bettina / Kopeinig,
Rosalia (Publisher), MIGRATION ZUSAMMEN LEBEN. Klagenfurt/Celovec:
Wieser Verlag.
2014
Contro lo scoglio with Lorella Rotondi, Laura Nicoloso, Silva Ganzitti, Publisher:
L’orto della cultura, Gorizia.
2013
Imparare a leggere: meccanismi cognitivi e basi neuronali di un'attività
complessa with Maria Scappini (in press). Publisher: QuiEdit, Verona.
2012
Dyslexia, Working Memory and Foreign Language Learning (in press).
Proceedings of the 3rd International Clinical Linguistics Conference, Facultad
de Psicología, Universidad de Malaga, Spain.
2010
L’apprendimento dell’inglese nei soggetti dislessici. In Leggiamo la dislessia:
imparare si può. Guida alla lettura della dislessia. Publisher: Il Cingo Onlus, CSV
Verona and Comune di Lavagno, Verona.
LANGUAGES
ITALIENISCH:
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SPANISCH:
FRANZÖSISCH:
Mother tongue
C1 level
C1 level
B2 level
A1 level
COMPUTER SKILLS
Windows (2000-XP-Vista-Windows7), Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, Internet.
SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences): basic skills.