Work experience
from October 2013
head of the Department of Language Teacher Education, Hogeschool van Amsterdam (Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences)
coordinator of the National Centre for Modern Languages (Expertisecentrum moderne vreemde talen)
March 2007 - September 2013
coordinator of the National Centre for Modern Languages (Expertisecentrum moderne vreemde talen) and educational project manager at the Graduate School of Teaching (ICLON), Leiden University
1996 - 2009
consultant for ICT in education and language teaching, Faculty of Arts, Leiden University. Some relevant projects:
- Leiden University coordinator for the web-based language learning application Ellips (a Dutch collaborative cross-university project, started in 2003)
- deputy coordinator of the Intuit project (2006-2008), aimed at integrating ICT in the teaching of English in higher education
- coordinator of the Faculty application for digital images Digibeeld
- European projects: LANQUA (2007-2010; deputy coordinator of the subgroup on language learning). Member of the European Language Council Thematic Network Project II (2000-2003) and Thematic Network Project III (2003-2006)
1997 – 2007
freelance consultant, project manager and teacher trainer in the field of ICT in language teaching, among others for
- the Graduate School of Teaching and Learning (ILO), University of Amsterdam (Lingua IMICTLL project, Comenius ECNTLT project, development of a postgraduate diploma course about Internet in language teaching)
- the Dutch National Bureau on Modern Languages (NaB-MVT); among others, coordinator of the TalenQuest consortium (TalenQuests are WebQuests specifically meant for foreign language learning).
- the Amsterdam Maastricht Summer University (AMSU), for the AMSU summer courses)
- the Taalunie (2005, training course in Jakarta about ICT in language teaching for teachers of Dutch as foreign language)
- CINOP (2005-2006, development and tutoring of an e-learning course for the language team)
1989 – 1999
coordinator editorial work for a databank of the Italian language and of a bilingual dictionary Italian-Dutch/Dutch-Italian (a computer-based lexicographic project of the Italian Department at the University of Amsterdam, in cooperation with Van Dale)
1989 – 1997
teacher of Italian as foreign language and language material developer for different institutions, among which the Faculty of Arts at Leiden University (1994-1995), the University of Amsterdam (1994-1995), the secondary school Keizer Karel College in Amstelveen (1994), the Gymnasium Felisenum in Velzen (1995), the school for translators and interpreters SOMA in Utrecht (1991-1997), the Dante Alighieri association (1989-1993) and the Italian Cultural Institute in Amsterdam (1993), TELEAC (co-developer of the language course Giro d’Italia, 1998-1999).
1988 – 2007
free lance translator Dutch-Italian and English-Italian
1988 – 1989
researcher in the field of ancient Greek at the Department of Classics, University of Amsterdam, with a grant of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1988
editorial work at publishing house Loescher (Torino), for a new edition of the Italian monolingual dictionary “Palazzi”.
1988
teacher of Latin, Italian and Greek at different secondary schools, Torino.