Ms Francesca Perazio

Teaching Fellow

Italian

Personal statement

I joined Strathclyde University in 2009 as a Teaching Assistant in Italian, after teaching Italian for a year at various institutions in Kyiv (Ukraine). I graduated in Conference Interpreting and Translation (English and Russian) from the University of Trieste and I hold a Masters in Teaching Italian as Foreign Language (DITALS) from the Università per Stranieri of Siena.

Outside the University, I co-host the award winning Italian language learning podcast Coffee Break Italian.

I'm currently Subject Leader in Italian.

Expertise

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Prize And Awards

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy: Recipient; 1/2021
Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Awards: Recipient; 2018
Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Awards: Recipient; 2017
Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Awards: Recipient; 2016
Edilingua Edizioni video contest for learners of Italians (adult learners): Recipient; 12/2013
Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Awards: Recipient; 2011

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Research

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Professional Activities

Gen AI and Translation: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.: Speaker; 11/9/2024
Late Language Lunch "Gaelic language in education and community - challenges and opportunities" Dr Birnie: Participant; 27/2/2019
Later Life Language Learning … with Laughter: Speaker; 6/2018
Non è mai troppo tardi: learning Italian in Later Life: Speaker; 2014

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Projects

LATE Lunches - LAnguage and TEaching seminars (co-organiser): Perazio, Francesca (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2017
Girotondo Italiano (co-organiser): Perazio, Francesca (Principal Investigator); Movement, dancing, singing and music club in Italian for English-speaking children and parents/carers willing to learn Italian.; 01-Jan-2013 - 15-Jan-2013
Twinning Glasgow-Padova (co-organiser): Perazio, Francesca (Principal Investigator); Exchange programme for mature students of Italian in Glasgow and mature students of English in Padua.; 01-Jan-2013 - 12-Jan-2014
Mentoring for Secondary School pupils: Perazio, Francesca (Principal Investigator); 15-Jan-2012 - 30-Jan-2013
The Italian Play (co-organiser): Perazio, Francesca (Principal Investigator); Così è (se vi pare) by L. Pirandello, performed in Italian by students of Glasgow and Strathclyde University. Video available at: http://vimeo.com/80384455; 01-Jan-2012 - 30-Jan-2013