Education

2008 PhD in Linguistics, University of Pavia, Thesis "The Acquisition of Aspect in Italian L2: Learners' Strategies and Computational Simulations", evaluation: Excellent

2004 Master in Classics, University of Pisa, Thesis "L'interazione fra aspetto e Aktionsart nell'apprendimento dell'Italiano L2 in contesto guidato da parte di anglofoni", evaluation: 110/110 cum laude

Further courses

2009 Summer School on Bilingualism and Multilingualism, Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona

2007 Visiting Student, Laboratoire de Psychologie Cognitive, Université de Provence Aix- Marseille 1 - CNRS Marseille

2006 European Summer School in Language, Logic and Information ESSLLI, Universidad de Malaga

2006 Course on Intonation, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics - Njimegen (The Netherlands)

2005 Rovereto Workshop on Bilingualism "Functional and neural perspectives", University of Trento

2005 Certification of Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language - DITALS, University for Foreigners of Siena

2003/04 - 2007/08 Advanced Course on General Linguistics, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa

2000/01 - 2002/03 Lectures on Glottology, Department of Linguistics, University of Pisa

2002 Course of German Language and Culture, Ruprecht Karl Universität Heidelberg

2001, 2003 Course of Spanish Language and Culture, Universidad de Salamanca

Academic career and teaching activities

From 2020/21 Full Professor of Modern Languages Teaching, University of Trento (Courses: “Foreign Language Teaching”, “Teaching of Italian as LS/FL”, “Teaching of Italian Language”, "Modern Language Teaching", "General Linguistics and Glottology")

2015/16 - 2019/20 Associate Professor of Modern Languages Teaching, University of Salerno (Courses: "Foreign Languages Teaching", " L2 Italian Teaching", "General Linguistics")

2013/14 - 2015/16 Adjunct Professor and Post-doc Fellow, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Courses: "Applied and General Linguistics", "Linguistics", "Theories of language variation")

2008/09 - 2014/15 Adjunct Professor and Fellow, Free University Bozen (Courses: "Mother Tongue Teaching", "Foreign Languages Teaching", "Language Teaching: spoken and written production and comprehension", "L2 Italian Teaching", "Language and Communication for special purposes", "Glottology and Linguistics", "Italian II", "Writing", "Italian for special purposes")

2009/10 - 2011/12 Language instructor, University of Genova (Courses: "Italian Language and Culture for international students", Programme Erasmus, Erasmus Mundus)

2008/09 - 2009/10 Adjunct Professor, University of Siena, Faculty of Humanities of Arezzo (Courses: "Language Teaching")

2007/08 - 2008/09 Language instructor, University of Pavia (Courses: "Academic Italian: written and spoken", "Italian Language and Culture: listening comprehension" Programme Marco Polo, "Italian Language and Culture for international students" Programme Erasmus)

2005/06 - 2007/08 Tutor for the course "General Linguistics", University of Pavia

2003/04 Language instructor, University of Pisa (Courses: "Italian Language and Culture for international students")

Other teaching activities

2022 - Member of the Scientific Board of the PhD Course "Forms of text and cultural exchange", Humanities Departement, University of Trento

2020 -2022 Member of the Scientific Board of the International PhD Course "Forms of cultural exchange", Humanities Departement, University of Trento – Universität Augsburg

2018- Member of Defense Committees for PhD Dissertations in Linguistics and Language Teaching (University of Napoli l'Orientale, Universitaet Wien)

2016- Co-supervision of PhD Dissertations in Linguistics and Language Teaching (University of Salerno, University of Malta, Ghent University)

2021- Tutor of Erasmus+ Exchanges for Study, Teaching or Traineeship between the Humanities Department of University of Trento and Trinity College Dublin; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, University of Malta; Universität Innsbruck; Universität Graz; Université Alpes Grenoble; Ruhr-Universität Bochum 

2016-2020 Tutor of Erasmus+ Exchanges for Study, Teaching or Traineeship between the Humanities Department of University of Salerno and Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 3; Université Alpes Grenoble; Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt; Universitat de Barcelona; Stockholm University; University of Malta; Universiteit van Amsterdam; University Matei Bej Banska Bystrika

2011- Supervision of Student Traineeships (University of Salerno, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Université Alpes Grenoble)

2008- Supervision of B.A. and M.A. Theses as First and Second Supervisor (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, University of Siena, Free University Bozen, University of Salerno, University of Trento)

Research interests

Language Education

Language in Education

Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education - ICLHE

Content and Language Integrated Learning - CLIL

Language Education through advertisements

The Intercomprehension in Foreign Languages Teaching

Research work

From 2023 Interuniversity Research Centre “LinE - Language in Education”: coordinator of research clusters, PI of the cluster “The role of language in the teaching of foreign literatures”, member of the cluster "University Teaching in English: needs analysis and training in Italy"

2023-2025 MUR Eccellence Department, Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia, University of Trento: referee for “Education and Multilingualism” within the Project “Multilingualism and canons in the European cultural context"

2022-2025 Erasmus+ Project “DiVA Diversity in Action: a cross-border online space for training teachers through multilingual and multicultural experiences” (PI: Silva Bratož, University of Primorska, Slovenia), Member of the Project

2020-2022 ERC – Programme VEGA, Scientific Committee of the Project “Romance languages and multilingualism. The development of tense and aspect marking in the interlanguage” (PI: Zuzana Toth, University of Bratislava)

2019 ERC Programme LEaDing Fellows Postdoc, External Expert Evaluator

From 2016 ERC Programme Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Panel "Social Sciences and Humanities", External Expert Evaluator

2014-2020 ERC, EACEA Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency - Programmes Horizon 2020, Erasmus Plus, Creative Europe, Europe for Citizens, EU AID Volunteers, Member of Experts Panel

2007-2013 ERC, EACEA Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency - Programmes Erasmus, Erasmus MUNDUS, Key Activity 2-Languages, Member of Experts Panel

2016-2020 "Modokit" (University of Salerno - GISCEL Campania, Scientific Coordinator: Miriam Voghera), Research Unit Member

2014-2016 "GRASS - Grammar reflection at school" (Free University Bozen, Scientific Coordinator: Silvia Dal Negro), Research Unit Member

2005-2008 ESF " The comparative study of L2 Acquisition " (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Scientific Coordinator: Wolfgang Klein), Member of the Research Unit “Lexical development”

PRIN 2009 "Second/foreign language in multilingual Europe: acquisition, interaction, teaching" (University of Bergamo, Scientific Coordinator: Giuliano Bernini), Member of the Research Unit of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

PRIN 2006 "Lexicon structure and textual competence in second language: acquisitional and interactional perspective" (University of Bergamo, Scientific Coordinator: Giuliano Bernini), Member of the Research Unit of the University of Pavia

PRIN 2005 "Language acquisition and variation (dyachronic and dyatopic). Principles and strategies of systemic organizzation" (Scuola Normale Superiore – Pisa, Scientific Coordinator: Pier Marco Bertinetto), Member of the Research Unit of the University of Pavia

PRIN 2003 "Strategies of lexicon building and factors of textual organization within L2 learning and teaching dynamics" (University of Bergamo, Scientific Coordinator: Giuliano Bernini), Member of the Research Unit of the University of Pavia

Memberships in societies and scientific committees

Scientific Associations

DILLE – Society of Language Teaching and Education

SLI – Society of Italian Linguistics

GISCEL - Intervention and study group in the field of linguistic education

AITLA – Italian Association of Applied Linguistics

SIG – Italian Society of Glottology

EUROSLA – European Second Language Acquisition Association (2008-2010)

Scientific Committees of Journals and Series

From 2023 Member of the Advisory Board of the journal “Moderna Språk

From 2022 Member of the Scientific Committee of the journal "Comparative Law and Language"

From 2022 Member of the Scientific Committee of the Series “Fiera delle lingue”, Milano, Mondadori Università

From 2022 Member of the Scientific Committee of the journal (A ranking, CUN area 10) “Italiano LinguaDue” ISSN: 2037-3597

From 2021 Member of the Scientific Committee of the journal (A ranking, CUN area 10) "Rassegna italiana di Linguistica Applicata - RILA” ISSN: 0033-9725

Scientific Committee of Research and Teaching Activities

2024/25 President ot the Scientific Committe of the I International Congress of the Centre “LinE - Language in Education” “Strategie comunicative nell’insegnamento: lingue, linguaggi e discipline/Communicative Strategies in Education: different languages and disciplines” 28-30 November 2024, University of Trento

2023/24 Scientific Coordinator of the Summer School “Language and Interculture in promotion of Italian territory”, Language Centre and Department of Humanities, University of Trento

2023/24 Member of Scientific Committee of Workshop “LinE - Language in Education” 10-11 June 2024, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

2022/23 Scientific Coordinator of Lectures Cycle “Dialogues LinE”, Research Center LinE - Language in Education

2021 - Member of Scientific Committee of Lectures Cycle “Linguistic Conversations”, University of Trento

2018 - 2020 Member of the Teaching/Scientific Committee of the Consortium ICoN Italian Culture on Net

2018 - 2020 Member of the Scientific Committee of Olimpic Games of Italian language, University of Molise

Scientific Committees of Congresses

2023/24 Member of the Scientific Committee of the Congress of the interuniversity Research Centre on Hystory of Language Courses CIRSIL “Metalinguistic awareness in teaching over the centuries. Ancient and new approaches in comparison”, University of Trento

2022 - 2023 Member of the Scientific Committee of the 8th Congress of Society of Language Teaching Research and Educational Linguistics DILLE “Language education in teacher training”, University for Foreigners of Perugia

2022 Member of the Scientific Committee of International Congress “Beyond Borders/ Oltre i confini/ Jenseits der Grenzen - German-speaking Minorities in Italy and around the World/Minoranze germanofone in Italia e nel mondo/ Deutschsprachige Minderheiten in Italien und in der Welt”, University of Trento

2020 - 2021 Member of the Scientific Committee of 20th International Symposium of Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition (PALA) - University of Trento

2019 - 2021 Member of the Scientific Committee of International Congress “Teaching (and Learning) Italian in German-speaking contexts: scientific research and teaching experiences” - Ruhr-Universität Bochum

2019 - 2021 Member of the Scientific Committee of the Workshop “Spoken modality and its role in grammatical models”, 54th Congress of Society of Italian Linguistics “Corpora and linguistic studies” – University of Firenze

2019 - 2020 Scientific Responsible (with Sergio Lubello) of the Congress “The role of L2 Italian in the university internationalizzation” - University of Salerno

2018 - 2019 Member of the Scientific Committee of 4th International Congress of Linguistics and Language Teaching “Literacy in the communication age: theories, models, teaching experiences” - University of Molise

2018 - 2019 Member of the Scientific Committee of the Workshop “Researching and Teaching pragmatics”, Congress of Society of Italian Linguistics Congress of Society of Italian Linguistics “Teaching Linguistics: epistemological bases, methods, applications” – University of Insubria

2018 - 2019 Scientific responsible (with Rita Calabrese) of the Workshop “I-CLIL Insights into CLIL from a content-specific perspective”, 5th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’19) - Universitat Politècnica de València

2018 - 2019 Scientific responsible (with Filippo Fonio and Miriam Voghera) of the Conference “Esperienze nazionali e internazionali di didattica e-learning negli insegnamenti umanistici/National and international experiences of e-learning in the Humanities/ Expériences nationales et internationales de didactique distancielle en SHS” – University of Salerno and Université Alpes Grenoble

2016 - 2018 Member of the Scientific Committee of the 20th National Congress GISCEL “Spoken and written, verbal and non-verbal: multimodality in classroom” – University of Salerno

2016 - 2017 Scientific responsible of the Workshop “Italian L2 Variation, Acquisition and Teaching”, Congress “Without Boundaries: New perspectives of research and intervention in language teaching/learning” – University of Salerno

Awards and honours

2018 National Scientific Habilitation as Full Professor of “Glottology and Linguistics”

2014 National Scientific Habilitation as Associate Professor of “Italian Linguistics and Philology”

2013 National Scientific Habilitation as Associate Professor of “Glottology and Linguistics”

Conferences and lectures

Invited talks

2025 “Writing competence and evidence from primary school” (with Patrizia Cordin), Trier Universität

2024 “The representation of regional identities in Italian advertisements”, Innsbruck Universität

2024 “Culturality in the lens of Heritage Language and Origins Identities II: Heritage Language and territory”, Trier Universität

2024 “Italian local identities in the mass media”, Società Dante Alighieri, Vigo, Spain

2023  “Linguistic and intercultural teaching through advertising”, Università Suor Orsola Benincasa, Napoli

2022 "The promotion of the territory in teaching Italian as an L2", Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg, Institut für Romanistik

2022 “Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language through advertsing”, Alpen-Adria- Universität Klagenfurt, Institut für Romanistik

2021 “Language Teaching and advertising: grammar, lexicon, interculture”, University of Padova

2021 “Revising legal text: Strategies and techniques”, Università di Trento, IV Corso Sperimentale “Per una buona scrittura giuridica”

2021 “Promoting multilingualism through intercomprehension”, Comenius University in Bratislava, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures

2021 “Discovering Trentino through locations and advertising”, Dante Alighieri Society, Vigo, Spain

2021 “Teaching Italian with advertising: linguistic and pedagogical resources”, Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg, Institut für Romanistik

2021 “The language of advertising as teaching input”, University of Trento, Seminars Linguistic Conversations

2018 "Sociolinguistic varietes in Italian advertising yesterday and today", University of Malta, Department of Education

2017 "A challenge for learners of L2 Italian: the past tenses", Universiteit vam Amsterdam, Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication

2016 "The construct of Interlanguage in learning and teaching perspectives", "From learning to teaching: the L2 Italian", Stockholm University, Department of Romance Studies and Classics

2016 "Lexical features of Italian advertising", Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3, Département des Etudes Italiennes et Roumaines 

2014 "Methodologies for elicitating Italian L2 data", Stockholm University, Department of Romance Studies and Classics

2013 "Collecting and observing Italian L2 data", University of Calabria, Professional Master “L2 Italian teaching"

2006 "An overview on the acquisition of Tense-Aspect categories", Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Laboratory of Linguistics

Conference presentations (peer reviewed selection)

2024 I International Congress of the Research Centre “LinE – Language in Education” “Strategie comunicative nell’insegnamento: lingue, linguaggi e discipline/Communicative Strategies in Education: different languages and disciplines”, University of Trento - poster: Caruana, S., Lorandini, F., Perletti, G., Potenza, D., Rosi, F., Tomasi, G., “The role of L1 and foreign languages in plurilingual education: the case of teaching foreign literatures

2024  Workshop “LinE – Language in Education” 2024, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia - talk: Rosi, F., Lorandini, F. “The role of L1 and LS in Foreign Literature Teaching”

2021 Workshop “CLIL, teaching innovation or still an experiment?", Università di Trento - talk: Rosi, F., Amato, G. “Motivazione verso la disciplina ed efficacia del CLIL”

2019 Congress “Il ruolo dell’Italiano L2 nel processo di internazionalizzazione delle università (The role of L2 Italian within university internationalization)” – University of Salerno - talk: Rosi, F., “Comprendere i testi per lo studio in italiano L1 e L2 (The comprehension of texts for study purposes in L1 and L2 Italian)”

2019 53th Congress of Italian Linguistics Society SLI “Insegnare Linguistica: basi epistemologiche, metodi, applicazioni (Teaching Linguistics: epistemological basis, methods, and applications)” – University of Insubria, Workshop GISCEL “I bisogni di formazione linguistica degli insegnanti (The needs of teacher linguistic training)” - talk: Rosi, F., Sammarco, C. “Per un corso di formazione docenti ottimale (For an optimal teacher training course)”

2019 53th Congress of Italian Linguistics Society SLI “Insegnare Linguistica: basi epistemologiche, metodi, applicazioni (Teaching Linguistics: epistemological basis, methods, and applications)” – University of Insubria - poster: Voghera, M., Rosi, F., Sammarco, C. “La linguistica nella formazione degli insegnanti fra teoria e prassi (Linguistics in teacher training between theory and praxis)”

2018 2nd International Congress of the Spanish Association of Italian Language and Translation ASELIT – Universidad de Sevilla - talk: Rosi, F., Theiner I.M. “Le perifrasi aspettuali nell’italiano e nello spagnolo L1 e LS (Aspectual periphrases in L1 and L2 Italian and Spanish)”

2018 3rd III International Congress of Italian Linguistics and Language Teaching CILGI “L’italiano in contesti plurilingui: contatto, acquisizione, insegnamento (Italian in plurilingual contexts: contact, acquisition, teaching)” – Ruhr-Universität Bochum - talk: Rosi, F., Berardini, F. “L’acquisizione dell’italiano in Italia e in Germania: strategie lessicali e discorsive per costruire la referenza (The acquisition of Italian in Italy and Germany: lexical and discoursive referential strategies)”

2018 20th National Congress of Intervention and study group in the field of linguistic education GISCEL “Orale e scritto, verbale e non verbale: la multimodalità nell’ora di lezione (Spoken and written, verbal and non-verbal: multimodality in classroom)” – University of Salerno - talk: Mayhofer, V., Ricci, M., Rosi, F., Sammarco, C., Voghera, M. “Il modokit (The modokit)”

2017 International Congress “Senza frontiere: Nuove prospettive di ricerca ed intervento nell’insegnamento/apprendimento delle lingue (Without borders: new research and intervention perspectives on language teaching/learning)”, University of Salerno - talk: Rosi, F. “La variazione diamesica nell’Italiano L1 e L2 (Diamesic variation in L1 and L2 Italian)”

2016 Congress “GRASS – Grammar Reflection at school” – Free University of Bolzano -talk: Rosi, F “Odi et amo: la grammatica per gli studenti della scuola e dell’università (Odi er amo: grammar for school and university students)”

2016 19th National Congress of Intervention and study group in the field of linguistic education GISCEL “Italian for new Italians” – University for Foreigners of Siena - talk: Dal Negro, S., Rosi, F. “Bilinguismo e consapevolezza linguistica: “italiani” e “nuovi italiani” a confronto (Bilingualism and linguistic awareness: a comparison among “italian” and “new italian”)”

2016 19th National Congress of Intervention and study group in the field of linguistic education GISCEL “Italian for new Italians” – University for Foreigners of Siena - talk: Pallotti, G., Rosi, F. “Più competenze, meno disuguaglianze: risultati di una sperimentazione di educazione linguistica inclusiva nella scuola secondaria di primo grado (More competences, less disparities: results of an inclusive language education experience at middle school)”

2014 International Congress “Learners & Teachers as Companions on the Road to Autonomy” - Sabanci Universitesi, Istanbul - talk: Rosi, F. “Learner autonomy in language acquisition: is primary school too early?”

2014 International Congress of Study Group of Spoken Communication GSCP “Parlare le lingue romanze (Speaking Romance languages)” –Stochkolm University - talk: Andorno, C., Rosi, F. “Italian sì / no in answers: between polarity and agreement”

2014 39th Congress of Italian Society of Glottology SIG “Grammatiche e grammatici. Teorie, testi e contesti (Grammars and grammaticians. Theories, texts and contexts)”, Session “Young researchers” – University for Foreigners of Siena - poster: Rosi, F. “Un classico della grammatica nella scuola di oggi: il soggetto sintattico (A classic of grammar in contemporary school: syntactical subject)”

2014 48th International Congress of Society of Italian Linguistics SLI “Lingue in contatto (Languages in contact)” – University of Udine, Workshop GISCEL “Educazione linguistica in classi multietniche (Linguistic education in multiethnic classes)” - talk: Pallotti, G., Rosi, F. “Educazione linguistica inclusiva nella scuola primaria: percorsi di sperimentazione e analisi dell’efficacia (Inclusive linguistic education at primary school: experimental interventions and efficacy test)”

2013 Congress “Spoken L2 italiano” – University of Pavia - talk: Pallotti, G., Rosi, F. “La difficoltà interazionale dei task: definizione operativa e risultati di ricerca (The interactional difficulty: operative definition and research results)”

2013 46th Congress of Societas Linguistica Europaea SLE –University of Split - talk: Andorno, C., Rosi, F. “Polarity and agreement: conflicting values in the use of yes/no particles in Italian L2”

2011 Congress “Vivere e crescere nella comunicazione (Living and growing up in the communication)” – Free University of Bolzano - talk: Favilla, E., Ferroni, L., Rosi, F. “Possibili vantaggi del trattamento di gruppo in soggetti afasici adulti (Possible advantages of treatment in team for aphasic adults)”

2011 11th International Congress of Italian Association of Applied Linguistics AItLA “Competenze e formazione linguistiche. In memoria di Monica Berretta (Competences and language education. In memory of Monica Berretta)” – University of Bergamo - talk: Rosi, F. “L’input esplicito nella classe di italiano L2 e la formazione di competenze linguistiche (Explicit input in L2 Italian classroom and the building of linguistic competences)”

2011 Congress “Scimmie parlanti. Linguistiche e altre scienze naturali (Speaking Apes. Linguistics and other natural disciplines)” – Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia - talk: Favilla, E., Ferroni, L. & Rosi, F. “Gli effetti della riflessione esplicita sulla lingua in pazienti afasici: primi risultati (The effects of explicit reflection on aphasic patients: first findings)”

2010 20th  International Conference European Association on Second Language Acquisition EUROSLA “Constructs in Second Language Research” –  University of Modena and Reggio Emilia -talk: Rosi, F. & Biazzi, M. “Constructing linguistic and metalinguistic competence in Italian L2 narratives: aspectual features and referential movement”

2010 20th  International Conference European Association on Second Language Acquisition EUROSLA “Constructs in Second Language Research” – University of Modena and Reggio Emilia - poster: Andorno, C. & Rosi, F. “Polarity and agreement: conflicting values in L2 acquisition and use of yes-no particles”

2010 14th National Congress of Group of intervention and study group in the field of linguistic education GISCEL “La grammatica a scuola: quando? Come? Quale? Perché? (Grammar at school: when? How? Which? Why?)” – University of Padova - talk: Rosi, F. “Lo sviluppo della competenza metalinguistica in Italiano L2: risultati di un intervento didattico esplicito (The development of metalinguistic competence in L2 Italian: results of explicit pedagogical intervention)”

2010 Coloquio Internacional “Marcadores del discurso en las lenguas románicas (Discourse markers in Romance languages)” – Universidad Complutense de Madrid - talk: Andorno, C. & Rosi, F. “Confermare e smentire, o asserire e negare? Particelle affermative e negative in italiano e confronti con il francese (Confirming or disconfirming, or asserting and denying? Affirmative and negative particles in Italian in comparison with French)”

2009 Convegno Internazionale “Topic, Information Structure and Second Language Acquisition” – University of Pavia - talk: Rosi, F. “Story Retelling in Italian L2: the development of text structure”

2008 Congress “Interazione didattica e apprendimento linguistico (Pedagogical interaction and language learning)” – University of Bergamo - talk: Rosi, F. “Il ruolo dell’insegnamento nell’emergere della competenza metalinguistica (The role of teaching in the development of metalinguistic knowledge)”

2008 18th  International Conference of European Association on Second Language Acquisition EUROSLA “Second Language Acquisition research in context” –  Université de Provence, Aix-en-Provence - talk: Rosi, F. “Connectionist modelling of Tense-Aspect acquisition in Italian L2”

2008 15th World Congress International Association of Applied Linguistics AILA “Multilingualism: challenges and opportunities” – Universität Duisburg-Essen - talk: Rosi, F. “Metalinguistic knowledge in tutored and naturalistic Second Language Acquisition”

2008 8th International Congress of Italian Association of Applied Linguistics AItLA “Lingua, cultura e cittadinanza in contesti migratori. Europa e area mediterranea (Language, culture, and citizenship in migrant contexts. Europe and mediterranean area)” – University of Malta talk: Rosi, F. “La percezione dell’altra lingua: riflessioni metalinguistiche sull’Italiano L2 (The perception of another language: metalinguistic reflection on L2 Italian)”

2007 Giornata di Studio “Corpora di Italiano L2: tecnologie, metodi, spunti teorici (Corpora of L2 Italian: technologies, methods, theoretical cues)” – Dipartimento di Linguistica, University of Pavia talk: Rosi, F. “"Lei è stata affamata": come annotare le forme non-target in un corpus di Italiano L2? (“Lei è stata affamata” how to annotate non-target forms in a corpus of L2 Italian)”

2007 Congress “Acquisizione e Mutamento (Acquisition and Change)” – University of Pavia - talk: Rosi, F. “Acquisizione delle categorie tempo-aspettuali in Italiano L2: dall’annotazione di dati alle simulazioni computazionali (Acquisition of Tense-Aspect categories in L2 Italian: from data annotation to computational simulations)”

2006 31th National Congress of Italian Society of Glottology SIG “Le categorie del verbo. Diacronia, teorie, tipologia (The verbal categories. Diachrony, theories, typology)” – Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa - poster: Rosi, F. “Proiettare le categorie del verbo sul testo: la codifica di un corpus di Italiano L2 (Projecting on the text the verbal categories: encoding a L2 Italian corpus)”

2006 40th International Congress of Society of Italian Linguistics SLI “Linguistica e modelli tecnologici di ricerca (Linguistics and technological research models)” – University of Eastern Piemonte - talk: Rosi, F. “Le reti neurali come simulazione del processo di apprendimento della seconda lingua: il caso della morfologia tempo-aspettuale (Neural networks as simulations of L2 acquisition: the case of Tense-Aspect morphology)”

2006 European Summer School in Language, Logic and Information ESSLLI - Universidad de Malaga – poster: Rosi, F. “The acquisition of verb semantics and morphology in Italian L2: towards computational simulations”

2006 National Congress “Competenze lessicali e discorsive nell’acquisizione di lingue seconde (Lexical and discoursive competences in second language acquisition)” – University of Bergamo - talk: Rosi, F. “L’acquisizione della morfologia verbale fra valori lessicali e funzioni discorsive (The acquisition of verbal morphology between lexical and discoursive functions)”

2006 Congress “Language Resources and Linguistic Research: Typology, Second Language Acquisition, English Linguistics” – University of Pavia - talk: Rosi, F. “Remarks on annotation of a Learner Corpus”

2006 6th International Congress of Italian Association of Applied Linguistics AItLA “Imparare una lingua: recenti sviluppi teorici e proposte applicative (Learning a language: recent theoretical issues and applied proposals)” – Università Orientale, Napoli - talk: Rosi, F. “Imparare il passato italiano in classe (Learning the Italian past tense in classroom)”

2005 Georgetown University Round Table “Educating for advanced foreign language capacities: construct, curriculum, instruction, assessment” – Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. - talk: Cancila, J. & Rosi, F. “The acquisition of Tense-Aspect morphology: Toward a native-like strategy”

Other work

Institutional mandates

2021 - 2024 Rector's Delegate for Language Policies of the University of Trento

2022 - Founder and Director of the Interuniversity Research Centre "LinE - Language in Education" (www.languageineducation.eu), Coordinator of the Unit of the University of Trento

2021 - 2024 President of Language Centre, University of Trento

2021 - 2024 Rector's Delegate for Language Education, University of Trento

Academic appointments

2024 - Member of the «TreLinLab – Trento Linguistics Laboratory», University of Trento, Department of Humanities (Responsible: Ermenegildo Bidese)

2022 - 2024 Coordinator of the Project “FULL - Formazione Universitaria Lingue e Linguaggi” within the Strategic Plan, University of Trento

2022 - 2024 Coordinator of the Project “Intercomprehension, plurilingualism and reading strategies”, Language Centre, University of Trento

2022 - 2024 Coordinator of the Project “Advice service for teaching in a foreign language", Language Centre, University of Trento

2021 - 2024 President of Commissions for the selections of CEL (L2 Italian, English, German) and external collaborators (French, German, English, L2 Italian, Russian, Arabic, Portoguese, Chinese, Spanish), Language Centre, University of Trento

2021 - 2024 Coordinator of the Project “Tandem - Language and Culture Exchange”, University of Trento

2021 - Member of the Unit of Trento of the network “Bilingualism matters”, Scientific Responsible: Prof. Antonella Sorace (University of Edinburgh), local Responsible: Prof. Patrizia Cordin

2017 - 2020 Scientific Coordinator of the Area “Italian Language”, Unit of Salerno of the Project "Accademia dei Lincei for a new teaching at school: a national network”, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei – Foundation “Accademia dei Lincei for the school” and University of Salerno

2017 - 2020 Member of the University Commission for the management of 24 ETCS for school teachers’ recruitment – University of Salerno

2017 - 2020 Referent for Language Area of the Commission on collaborations between university and schools – University of Salerno

2017 – 2020 Member of Coordination Commission of the M.A. “Linguistics and Teaching of Italian in international contexts” (University of Salerno and Universität des Saarlandes)

 

Teacher training

2024/2025 Scientific Responsible for the Cycle "Linguistic and communicative strategies in teaching foreign literature”, Excellence Department, Departement of Humanities, University of Trento

2021 - 2024 Scientific Responsible for the Cycle “GlottodidattiCLA - Language Teaching Training”, Language Center, University of Trento

2021 Lecture “Motivation and autonomy in language classroom: a proposal based on advetising”, Cicle "GlottodidattiCLA - Language Teaching Training”, Language Center, University of Trento

2021 Organization with TESOL Val d'Adige of the CLIL Symphosium “From International to Local” for primary, first and second grade secondary school teachers

2019/2020 Scientific Responsible for the course "Teaching to speak and write beyond stereotypes" – Unit of Salerno “Accademia dei Lincei for the school”, for primary, first and second grade secondary school teachers

2018/2019 Scientific Responsible for the course "Within the texts: the multiple levels of comprehension" – Unit of Salerno “Accademia dei Lincei for the school”, for primary, first and second grade secondary school teachers

2017/2018 Scientific Responsible for the course "Grammar at school and beyond” – Unit of Salerno “Accademia dei Lincei for the school”, for primary, first, and second grade secondary school teachers

2018/2019 Expert Trainer of the Project "Alpha-Mente: fostering literacy and numeracy competences at second grade secondary school"– University of Salerno (Humanities Department and Mathematics Department) and Regione Campania, Scientific Responsible: Miriam Voghera, for second grade secondary school teachers

2017/2018 Vice-Coordinator of Specialisation Course on CLIL Methodology, University of Salerno

2017/2018 Professor, Unit "Psycho-pedagogical approaches to foreign languages learning" - Specialisation Course on CLIL Methodology, University of Salerno, for second grade secondary school teachers

2015/2016 Expert Trainer of the Project "L.A.M.P. Reading as an access to possible worlds" – University of Salerno and Regione Campania, Scientific Responsible: Miriam Voghera, for second grade secondary school teachers

2016 Lecture “To know how to comprehend coherence and cohesion”, Project L.A.M.P.

2016 Lecture “Deconstructing text for constructing comprehension”, Project L.A.M.P.

2014 Lecture “Planning work unit for L2 Italian: classroom materials and interventions analysis”, University of Genova – USR, Regione Liguria – Course “Intercultural school and learning L2 Italian”, for secondary school teachers

2009 - 2015 Expert Trainer of the Project "Observing interlanguage" – University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and Reggio Emilia municipality, Scientific Responsible: Gabriele Pallotti, for primary and first grade secondary school teachers

2010 - 2016 Expert Trainer of the Project “Dynamics of the acquisition of L2 Italian” – University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and Correggio Municipality, Scientific Responsible: Gabriele Pallotti, for primary, first, and second grade secondary school teachers

2008/2009 Expert Trainer of the Project "L2 Italian for study purposes" – University of Pavia, Scientific Responsible: Cecilia Andorno, for second grade secondary school teachers

 

Professional activities

2018 - Member of selection boards for recruitment of fixed-term researchers (University of Bologna), Linguistic Experts (University of Trento) and post-doc fellows (University of Salerno)

2014 - Peer-reviewer for papers in scientific journals (Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education, Corpus Pragmatics, Moderna Sprak, Italiano LinguaDue, Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, EL.LE Educazione linguistica.Language Education), chapters in edited books and whole volumes

2009 - 2016 Assistant Editor, EuroSLA Monographs Series

2006- Member of Organizing Committee for national and international congresses