Silvia Giorgini

Silvia Giorgini

Research interest(s)/area of expertise

Second Language Acquisition

 Applied Linguistics

Alternative Assessment

 Technology Integration in the Classroom

 Teaching Language through Fairy Tales and Literary Texts,

 Italian Culinary History

Education

• Master of Arts, Università degli Stranieri di Siena, Italy - February 2018. Defended Thesis: "La fiaba e la favola nella didattica dell'italiano LS a studenti universitari" (Teaching Italian through Folk and Fairy Tales in Higher Education")
• Laurea di Dottore in Lingue e Letterature Straniere (Russo), Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy – April 1991. Defended thesis: "Dmitrii Kantemir: Kniga Sistima ili Sostojanie Mogammendoskoj Religii"
• Italian Elementary Teaching Certificate, 1999

Awards and grants

2021 Member, Academy of Teachers

2019 President's Award for Excellence in Teaching

Foreign Language Technology Center (FLTC), Wayne State University

Mini-grants:
2015 Online Testing: completing the sequence ITA 1010
2014 Business Italian: Design and Develop Fully Online Course
2013 Online testing: expanding to Basic Courses ITA 1020
2011 Online Testing in Basic Courses ITA 2010

Office of Teaching and Learning (OTL), Wayne State University

Full Travel Grants:

2023 to present paper at AATI International Conference in Catania, Italy

2022 to present paper at ACTFL National Conference in Boston, MA

2019 to present paper at ACTFL National Conference in Washington D.C.

2016 to present paper at ACTFL National Conference in Boston, MA
2015 to present paper at ACTFL National Conference in San Diego CA
2013 to present paper at ACTFL National Conference in Orlando FL

Selected publications

Giorgini-Althoen, Silvia. "Bridging Cultures Across Borders: Intercultural Engagement through a Virtual Collaborative Project". The FLTMAG, 24 January, 2022, https://fltmag.com/bridging-cultures-virtual-collaborative-project/

Other qualifications directly relevant to courses taught

VoiceThread Certified Educator

EdPuzzle Coach

Certified Plida Examiner for Dante Alighieri Society-Michigan Chapter

SAT Italian Development Committee Member

AP Italian Language and Culture Question Leader

Courses taught by Silvia Giorgini

Fall Term 2024 (future)

• ITA2010 - Intermediate Italian
• ITA2020 - Italian through Film
• ITA3300 - Science, History, and Culture of Italian Cuisine
• ITA4610 - The Birth of Italian Language and Literature
• NFS3300 - Science, History, and Culture of Italian Cuisine

Winter Term 2024 (current)

• ITA1020 - Beginning Italian II
• ITA2010 - Intermediate Italian
• ITA2020 - Italian through Film
• ITA2991 - Italian Fairy Tales

Fall Term 2023

• ITA2010 - Intermediate Italian
• ITA2020 - Italian through Film
• ITA3100 - Caffe Italia
• ITA3300 - Science, History, and Culture of Italian Cuisine
• NFS3300 - Science, History, and Culture of Italian Cuisine

Winter Term 2023

• ITA1020 - Beginning Italian II
• ITA2010 - Intermediate Italian
• ITA2020 - Italian through Film
• ITA2991 - Italian Fairy Tales

Fall Term 2022

• ITA1010 - Beginning Italian I
• ITA2010 - Intermediate Italian
• ITA2020 - Italian through Film
• ITA3300 - Science, History, and Culture of Italian Cuisine
• NFS3300 - Science, History, and Culture of Italian Cuisine

Winter Term 2022

• ITA1020 - Beginning Italian II
• ITA2010 - Intermediate Italian
• ITA2020 - Italian through Film
• ITA2991 - Italian Fairy Tales