CV

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • January 2019 – present. Temporary Lecturer and Research Assistant at University of Paris 8.
  • October 2017- May 2018. Italian Teacher Assistant at Eliot School, Boston, Massachussets.
  • January – May 2017. Lecturer at Université Bordeaux Montaigne, Bordeaux.
  • October 2016-April 2017. Italian Teacher Assistant at Lycée Victor Louis, Bordeaux.
  • July-September 2015. Administrative Assistant at LISC (London Independent Tutorial College), London.
  • September-December 2014. Italian Teacher and Administrative Assistant at the Italian Cultural Institute of Paris.
  • May-July 2014. Italian Teacher at “Bambini+Diritti”, Rome.

EDUCATION

  • November 2015-present. PhD in Applied Linguistics at Université  Bordeaux Montaigne and Università Roma Tre.
  • November 2013- July 2015. MA in Modern Languages for International Communication at Università degli Studi Roma Tre.
  • February-May 2015. Erasmus at ELTE University di Budapest.
  • October 2010- November 2013. BA in Foreign Languages and Cultures at Università Roma Tre.
  • September 2005 -June 2010. High School Diploma at Liceo Classico P. Galluppi, Catanzaro.

PUBLICATIONS

  • La Russa, F. (2018). Il feedback correttivo allo scritto: tecniche ed elaborazione.  R. Grassi (ed.), Il trattamento dell’errore nella classe di italiano L2. Firenze: Cesati.

  • La Russa, F., & Nuzzo, E. (2017). L’interazione tra pari nell’elaborazione del feedback correttivo. In C. Andorno et R. Grassi (eds.), Le dinamiche dell’interazione. Prospettive di analisi e contesti applicativi (Studi AitLA, 5, p. 77-90). Milano: AItLA – Associazione Italiana di Linguistica Applicata.

  • La Russa, F. (2017). Treating Errors in Learners’ Writing: Techniques and Processing of Corrective Feedback. In E. Piechurska-Kuciel, E. Szymańska-Czaplak et M. Szyszka (eds.), At the Crossroads: Challenges of Foreign Language Learning (p. 3-17). Springer International Publishing.
  • La Russa, F., & Nuzzo, E. (2016). Effetti del feedback diretto e indiretto sulla produzione scritta di apprendenti di italiano LS. Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 48(1), 93-107.

PRESENTATIONS

  • La Russa, F. Impatto del feedback correttivo diretto e indiretto sulle produzioni scritte di apprendenti di italiano LS. X Conference of Centro di Italiano per Stranieri (CIS), “La scrittura per l’apprendimento dell’italiano L2”, Université de Bergamo, 6-8 juin 2018.

  • La Russa, F. The effects of direct and indirect written corrective feedback on second language acquisition. Exploring Language Education (ELE): Global and Local Perspectives,  Stockholm University, 18-20 juin 2018.

  • La Russa, F. Identificare e classificare gli errori in italiano L2: riflessioni a partire da un esperimento sul feedback correttivo. XXIII Congress of the Associazione Internazionale dei Professori di Italiano “Le vie dell’italiano: mercanti, viaggiatori, migranti, cibernauti (e non solo). Percorsi e incroci tra letteratura, lingua, arte e civiltà.” Università per Stranieri di Siena, 5 – 8 septembre 2018. 

  • Bassani,O., Borro, I. & La Russa, F. Orientamenti a confronto. “Lingue In Task”, University Roma Tre, 13 september 2017.

  • La Russa, F. La frontière dans la notion d’erreur. Interdisciplinary Doctoral Seminar  “Le transfrontalier en question : frontières, langues, territoires, symboles”, University Bordeaux Montaigne, 3 april 2017.

  • La Russa, F. Le feedback correctif à l’écrit comme médiateur dans l’apprentissage de l’italien LV3.  ACEDLE 2017 Conference, University Bordeaux Montaigne, 19-21 january 2017.

  • La Russa, F. & Nuzzo, E. Effetti del feedback correttivo sulla produzione scritta di apprendenti di italiano LS. XXII Conference of the Associazione Internazionale dei Professori di Italiano (AIPI), University Eötvös Loránd, Budapest, 31 august– 3 september 2016.

  • La Russa, F. Il feedback correttivo allo scritto: tecniche ed elaborazione. IX Conference of the Centro di Italiano per Stranieri (CIS), University of Bergamo, 9-10 june 2016.

  • La Russa, F. Le feedback correctif à l’écrit : techniques, élaboration, acquisition. 5ème colloque estudiantin des Sciences du Langage, University Bordeaux Montaigne, 15 april 2016.

  • La Russa, F & Nuzzo, E. L’interazione tra pari nell’elaborazione del feedback correttivo. XVI Conference of the Associazione Italiana di Linguistica Applicata (AITLA), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 18-20 february 2016.

  • La Russa, F. & Nuzzo, E. L’efficacia del feedback correttivo nella produzione scritta: fattori oggettivi e differenze individuali. XIV Conference of the Società Internazionale di Linguistica e Filologia Italiana (SILFI), University Complutense de Madrid, 4-6 april 2016.

  • La Russa, F. Le feedback correctif à l’écrit: quels effets sur l’acquisition linguistique?. Interdisciplinary Doctoral Seminar “Didactique et acquisition des langues “, University Bordeaux Montaigne, 30 march 2016.

  • La Russa, F. Successes and failures in the uptake and retention of written feedback. Topics in Applied Linguistics (TAL) 2015, University of Opole, 16-17 november 2015.

CERTIFICATIONS

  • CEDILS Ca’ Foscari di Venezia. Certification in Italian as a Foreign Language Teaching.
  • EIPASS  European Informatics Passport.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

  • Italian: mother tongue.
  • English: advanced level (C1) in reading, listening, writing and speaking.
  • French: advanced level (C1) in reading, listening, writing and speaking.
  • Hungarian: beginner level (AI) in reading, listening, writing and speaking.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

 I have very good communication skills that I acquired at University and that I have improved thanks to my work experiences in London and Pairs. I can interact with different kinds of interlocutors in order to give information, solve problems and find solutions

ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS

 I have excellent organisational skills that I acquired working in Paris and London where I was charged of organising afternoon activities for students, language courses and cultural events. Moreover, during my PhD I have been part of the Organization Comittee of two important conferences, the Conference of AITLA 2018, at the University of Roma Tre and the Conference of  ACEDLE 2017, at the University of Bordeaux Montaigne.

DIGITAL SKILLS

 I have a good command of OFFICE package (Excel, Word, Power Point, ecc.) and a good command of photo editing. I can surf the Internet and elaborate information, communicate, create contents, solve problems on the web.