I got my TEFL Certificate in 2007 and taught for five years in private/commercial English language programs for adults and adolescents in Boston (US) and in Verona (IT). Following this experience, I taught English for one year in two Roman high schools (2012-2013) and have since taught various English language courses for adolescents and adults affiliated with school districts and universities (e.g., Academic English, Cambridge Exam Preparation, basic skills courses).
During my PhD studies, I taught courses in Italian, Sociolinguistics, Educational Linguistics, and Classroom Discourse Analysis, many of which were for future or in-service teachers. I have also been invited to give lectures at the University of Siena (Arezzo), the University of Galway, Charleston College, Haverford College, and Swarthmore College.
I was a teacher trainer in the TESOL Workshop at the University of Pennsylvania (2017-2019) and helped launch and run the online TESOL Essential Series at the University of Pennsylvania (2019-2021). At Johns Hopkins University, I re-designed and taught the International Teaching Assistant intensive workshop in 2018 and 2019, and I have since taught courses for future and in-service language teachers at the University of Verona.
At Eurac Research, I have taught workshops on plurilingualism and language diversity for teachers and students at local schools, and I ran a series of workshops for teachers participating in the STEMCo Project in 2022-2023. For more on this project, and for open access videos of real teachers in real classrooms, please visit www.projectstemco.eu.Â