Introducing the FUS Faculty: Alessandra Zanoli

ADJUNCT LECTURER OF MODERN LANGUAGES (ITALIAN)

2nd Level Master degree ITALS II(University of Venice)
MA Lingua e cultura italiane per stranieri (University of Bologna)
BA lingue e letterature straniere Moderne (university of Bologna)

Office: Kaletsch Campus, Office 4
Phone: +41 91 986 53 07
E-mail: azanoli@fus.ed

Alessandra teaches Italian Language and Culture. She has worked for several schools and institutions in Bologna, Paris, Buenos Aires, and Lugano.

She has a bachelor’s degree in Languages and foreign literature (French and English) and a master’s degree in Italian language and culture for foreigners at the University of Bologna. She also specialized in teaching Italian with a II level master's degree at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.

During her studies, she spent one academic year at the Paris Diderot University (Paris 7) and six months of teaching and research activities in Buenos Aires, working on the Italian immigration literature in Argentina for her graduation thesis in Contemporary Italian Literature.

She also taught for the professional school of leatherworkers of Louis Vuitton in Paris for one academic year.

She currently works also for ECAP as a teacher of Italian for the integration of migrants and refugees in Switzerland and is completing training to become a FIDE examiner.

Her interests range from cinema to Italian art and popular culture.

2024-2025 Courses

ITA 200	Intermediate Italian, Part I	FALL 2024
This course is designed for students who have completed two semesters of Italian language study. The course provides a review and expansion of command of Italian grammar, vocabulary, and culture. The acquisition of aural/oral communication skills will be stressed and, as such, the predominant language of instruction will be Italian. By the end of the course students will achieve proficiency at the B1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Students will be expected to be proficient in the written and spoken usage of intermediate linguistic structures. Students will be expected to deal with most situations likely to arise in the areas where the language is spoken. They will be able to: a) produce simple connected texts on topics, which are familiar or of personal interest; b) describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions; and c) briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. Project-based assignments will be designed to foster practical communication skills and encourage efforts towards increased student integration in the local Italian-speaking community. Whenever possible, students will be encouraged to participate actively in local initiatives, festivals, events and to apply the skills they are mastering in class to their co-curricular learning on and off campus.
ITA 201	Introductory Italian, Part II	SPRING 2025
This course is designed for students who have completed three semesters of Italian language study. The course provides a review and expansion of command of Italian grammar, vocabulary, and culture. The acquisition of aural/oral communication skills will be stressed and, as such, the predominant language of instruction will be Italian. By the end of the course students will achieve proficiency at the B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Students will be expected to be proficient in the written and spoken usage of intermediate linguistic structures. Students will be able to interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. They will be able to: a) understand the main ideas of complex texts on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization; b) produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options. Whenever possible, the written assignments will be designed to foster practical communication skills and encourage efforts towards increased student integration in the local Italian-speaking community.