Silvia Giorgini
Director of Italian Language Courses
Associate Professor of Teaching
313-577-3002
421 Manoogian Hall
Website(s)
Department
Classical and Modern Languages, Literatures and CulturesSilvia Giorgini
Research interest(s)/area of expertise
Second Language Acquisition,
Applied Linguistics,
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:
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 2023 (current)
- NFS3300 - Science, History, and Culture of Italian Cuisine
- ITA2010 - Intermediate Italian
- ITA2020 - Italian through Film
- ITA3100 - Caffe Italia
- ITA3300 - 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
- NFS3300 - Science, History, and Culture of Italian Cuisine
- ITA1010 - Beginning Italian I
- ITA2010 - Intermediate Italian
- ITA2020 - Italian through Film
- ITA3300 - 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