Language and culture courses in Italian
Other courses

The University of Chicago

ITAL 202 (Winter 2022)
  • 7 students
  • Da Capo
  • structured Canvas course, developed lesson plans and teaching materials.
ITAL 102 (Winter 2022)
  • 9 students
  • Piazza, chs. 4-7
  • re-organized syllabus, developed lesson plans, teaching materials, assessments, and grading rubrics; created Canvas site and shared by teaching fellows
ITAL 204 Corso di Perfezionamento (Autumn 2021)
  • 12 students
  • Original class materials (essays, articles, social media posts, songs, scripts, etc.)
  • re-designed previous syllabus, structured Canvas course, developed lesson plans, teaching materials, assessments, and grading rubrics
ITAL 101 Beginning Elementary Italian I (Autumn 2021)
  • 2 sections; 24 students
  • Piazza, chs. 1-4
  • Re-organized syllabus, developed lesson plans, teaching materials, assessments, and grading rubrics; created Canvas site and shared by teaching fellows
ITAL 203 (Spring 2021)
  • 6 students
  • Da Capo
  • re-designed previous syllabus, structured Canvas course, developed lesson plans, teaching materials, assessments, and grading rubrics
ITAL 103 (Spring 2021)
  • 2 sections; 13 students
  • Piazza, chs. 7-12
  • Developed lesson plans, teaching materials, assessments, and grading rubrics
ITAL 102 (Winter 2021)
  • 2 sections; 13 students
  • Piazza, chs. 4-7
  • Developed lesson plans, teaching materials, assessments, and grading rubrics
ITAL 204 Corso di Perfezionamento (Autumn 2020)
  • 8 students
  • Trame and other class materials
  • re-designed previous syllabus, structured Canvas course, developed lesson plans, teaching materials, assessments, and grading rubrics
ITAL 101 Beginning Elementary Italian I (Autumn 2020)
  • 4 students
  • Piazza, chs. 1-4
  • Developed lesson plans, teaching materials, assessments, and grading rubrics

Indiana University

M-301 Italian Reading & Expression (Spring 2019, co-teaching)
  • 16 students
  • “Comics and 20th century Italy: a Parallel History”:  history of Italian comics and the most important events of 20th century Italy.
  • Designed original syllabus, created reading materials, developed lesson plans, teaching materials, assessments, and grading rubrics
M-250 Intermediate Italian II (Spring 2019)
  • 16 students; 17 students
  • Canvas course based on “Paese che vai…”, ebook, co-creaded by Dallavalle, Dolasinski, Gemmani, Magni, Paltrinieri, Serafin
  • Structured Canvas course, developed lesson plans, teaching materials, assessments, and grading rubrics
M-300 Italian Conversation & Diction (Fall 2018, co-teaching)
  • 16 students
  • “Sequenze. Italian Through Contemporary Films”: Italian culture and society through the lens of Italian cinema
  • Designed syllabus, developed lesson plans, teaching materials, assessments, and grading rubrics
M-250 Intermediate Italian II (Fall 2018)
  • 9 students
  • Canvas course based on “Paese che vai…”, ebook, co-creaded by Dallavalle, Dolasinski, Gemmani, Magni, Paltrinieri, Serafin
  • Structured Canvas course, developed lesson plans, teaching materials, assessments, and grading rubrics
M-100 Elementary Italian I (Fall 2018)
  • 14 students
  • Sentieri 2nd Edition, Units 1-4
  • Developed lesson plans, teaching materials, assessments, and grading rubrics
M-300 Italian Conversation & Diction Florence (Summer 2017, abroad)
  • 2 students
  • Italian culture through the lens of geography, history, cuisine, television and cinema
  • Designed syllabus, developed lesson plans, teaching materials, assessments, and grading rubrics
M-100 Elementary Italian I Florence (Summer 2017, abroad)
  • 4 students
  • Sentieri 2nd Edition, Units 1-4
  • Developed lesson plans, teaching materials, assessments, and grading rubrics
M-300 Italian Conversation & Diction (Fall 2016, co-teaching)
  • 13 students
  • “Sequenze. Italian Through Contemporary Films”: Italian culture and society through the lens of Italian cinema
  • Co-designed syllabus, Developed lesson plans, teaching materials, assessments, and grading rubrics
M-100 Elementary Italian I (Fall 2017)
  • 18 students
  • Sentieri 2nd Edition, Units 1-4
  • Developed lesson plans, teaching materials, assessments, and grading rubrics
M-300 Italian Conversation & Diction Florence (Summer 2016, abroad, co-teaching)
  • 2 students
  • Italian culture with a focus on Florentine and Tuscan history, music, cinema, and social life
  • Developed lesson plans, teaching materials, assessments, and grading rubrics
M-250 Intermediate Italian II (Summer 2016, abroad)
  • 1 student
  • Immagina, Units 5-9
  • Developed lesson plans, teaching materials, assessments, and grading rubrics
M-200 Intermediate Italian I (Summer 2016, abroad)
  • 4 students
  • Immagina, Units 1-4
  • Developed lesson plans, teaching materials, assessments, and grading rubrics
M-150 Elementary Italian I Online (Fall 2015)
  • 8 students
  • Sentieri, 1st Edition, Units 5-8
  • Developed lesson plans, teaching materials, assessments, and grading rubrics for online format
M-115 Accelerated Elementary Italian (Fall 2015)
  • 14 students
  • Sentieri, 2nd Edition, Units 1-4
  • Developed lesson plans, teaching materials, assessments, and grading rubrics
M-100 Elementary Italian I (Spring 2014)
  • 21 students 
  • Percorsi, chs. 1-7
  • Developed lesson plans, teaching materials, assessments, and grading rubrics
M-100 Elementary Italian I (Spring 2014)
  • 22 students; 21 students
  • Percorsi, chs. 1-7
  • Developed lesson plans, teaching materials, assessments, and grading rubrics
M-100 Elementary Italian I (Fall 2013)
  • 16 students
  • Percorsi, chs. 1-7
  • Developed lesson plans, teaching materials, assessments, and grading rubrics
Italian for Travelers – Lifelong Learning (8-week course, Spring 2018)
  • 15 students
  • Italian culture and basic grammar structures
  • Designed the syllabus, prepared material and lesson plans
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M-222 Topics in Italian Culture: Cultures of the Italian Renaissance (Spring 2018)
  • 30 students
  • Renaissance Literature and Culture
  • Grading quizzes and critical essays
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COLL C-103 Cloak and Dagger: Literary Criticism of Detective Novels (Spring 2016) 
  • 24 students; 22 students; 21 students
  • Literary Criticism of 19th and 20th century Detective Novels
  • Prepared materials, led discussions, taught lessons, held office hours