Dr. Maria Bada

• Writing, uploading and editing (Italian) in Sitecore for the legal firm's new website launch. • Localising and/or translating banners and web-contents in Italian. • Customer-focused writing, marketing, brand localization, research and documentation. • Liaising with the Italian Bird&Bird branch (Milan), organising workload according urgent priorities. • Liaising with the London Digital team to organise the overall website appearance and consistency with the other existing languages versions.

- Volunteer co-ordination. - Developing an increased, positive profile for the organisation in the local and regional media and community through the development of effective PR and stakeholder engagement. - Events organisation (London network), budgeting and post-evaluation. - Management responsibility for maximising the organisations advertising and fundraising income. - Managing and developing a portfolio of advertising and marketing opportunities offered through the organisation.

Researcher consultant for Nā-naš variety within “Progetto LEM” (Progetto Lingue d’Europa e del Mediterraneo) (www.portal-lem.com) organised by Università degli Studi di Teramo, Dipartimento di Teorie e Politiche dello Sviluppo Sociale. Italian coordinator for the project: Dr. Giovanni Agresti

Teaching and researching in the following areas: * Language and Education in multilingual settings (dealing with both recent minority groups and Endangered Languages) * Endangered Languages (with a specific focus on South Italy) * Language Documentation * Italiano L2 (Italian as a Second Language) * Italiano LS (Italian as a Foreign Language) * Applied Informatics to Arts and Humanities disciplines * Translation Studies

-Teaching Italian language and culture -Communicative approach, using multimedia tools and Informatics Laboratories -Intensive courses (level: basic, intermediate and advanced) -For each period, three weeks (3-4 hours per day)

Academic Teaching position in “Informatica delle lingue straniere e seconde” (Applied Informatics to Arts and Humanities disciplines)

-Coordination for the on-line course “Corso di formazione Italiano L2: lingua di contatto, lingua di cultura” held by Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione, dell´Università e della Ricerca (MIUR)-Roma, Italy. -Coordinating local tutors in seminars and laboratory’s activities -Conferencing (main themes: Language Policy related to Minority issues in Europe, Sociolinguistics, Migration and Identity, Applied Linguistics, Italian as L2 for minority children).

Coordinator for Italian Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione, dell´Università e della Ricerca (MIUR) National pilot project’s framework (Italiano L2, Scuola, Immigrazione–Quando l’Italiano è lingua seconda, nella pratica didattica.)

Co-Director for the Festival delle Letterature -Ia edition c/o Museo di Arte Contemporanea “Vittoria Colonna”- Pescara, Italy

-Teaching Glottodidattica e Didattica delle lingue straniere (Educational Science) (20 hours) -Teaching Didattica della lingua inglese (TEFL) (10 Hours) Nameof employer: Università degli Studi dell’Aquila,Scuola di Specializzazione all’Insegnamento Secondario, (S.S.I.S.) (indirizzo Lingue Straniere).

Teaching Glottodidattica (Educational Sciences) (35 hours) c/o Scuola di Specializzazione all’Insegnamento Secondario (S.S.I.S.) “Raffaele La porta” della Scuola Interateneo Chieti - L’Aquila – Teramo (indirizzo Lingue Straniere) - Università “Gabriele d’Annunzio” di Chieti – Pescara, Viale Pindaro, 44 – 65121, Pescara, Italy

Sociolinguistics and Philology

Communication and Marketing, Macro-economic analysis, Micro-economic analysis; European Juridical Issues, Business English.

English, German, Spanish, Foreign Literatures, Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Educational Studies, Translation Studies.