Silvia Giorgini

Silvia Giorgini

Research interest(s)/area of expertise

• Alternative Assessment
• AI and Technology Integration in the Classroom
• Second Language Acquisition
• Applied Linguistics
• Fairy Tales and Folktales
• 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

GRANTS

• 2024 Office of the Provost Grant Award for Project: "Aligning Assignments with Learning Outcomes for the BA in Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures"

Travel Grants from the Office of Teaching and Learning (OTL):

• 2024 to present paper at AATI International Conference in Perugia, Italy
• 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

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

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

• College Board AP Italian Language and Culture Exam Development Committee Member
• AP Italian Language and Culture Exam Leader
• Certified Plida Examiner for Dante Alighieri Society-Michigan Chapter
• VoiceThread Certified Educator
• EdPuzzle Coach

Courses taught by Silvia Giorgini

Fall Term 2025 (future)

• NFS3300 - Science, History, and Culture of Italian Cuisine
• ITA3300 - Science, History, and Culture of Italian Cuisine
• ITA5570 - Topics in Italian Studies
• HON4260 - Seminar in Foreign Culture
• GLS3830 - Topics in Global Studies

Spring-Summer Term 2025 (future)

• ITA3300 - Science, History, and Culture of Italian Cuisine

Winter Term 2025

• ITA1010 - Beginning Italian I
• ITA1020 - Beginning Italian II
• ITA2010 - Intermediate Italian
• ITA2020 - Italian through Film
• ITA2991 - Italian Fairy Tales

Fall Term 2024

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

Winter Term 2024

• 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