Nationality: Argentinian - Italian

- Translator Degree (English-Spanish)

University BAU (Buenos Aires University)

The degree entitles me to teach Spanish at an academic level.

- Bilingual School Teacher (English-Spanish)

School/College: Instituto Nacional Superior del Profesorado en Lenguas
(National High School for bilingual professors )

The certificate entitles me to teach primary & middle school native & foreign pupils.

POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION

Courses completed at the University of Buenos Aires (Faculty of Philosophy and Literature)

1995 : Literary Analysis and Theory
1996 : English Literature ( Expertise in William Shakespeare and Samuel Beckett)
1997 : History of Argentine and Latin American Cinema.
Introduction to Combined Visual Arts.
Argentine Literature.

Seminars completed at the University of Buenos Aires (Faculty of Philosophy and Literature)

1997/1999:
The writer's literary laboratory & workshop.
Jorge Luis Borges. His poetry on Buenos Aires.
Jorge Luis Borges. An analysis and theoretical approach to his complete works.

Further professional training

1967/69: Two years simultaneous interpretation training.
Course title: Interpreter.

1990/91: Completed a year course on script, play and creative writing.
Course title: Scriptwriter.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Teaching experience

2008/ 2006

· Spanish Teacher. New Vic College – Stratford

· Spanish / English Translator

My Darling ; a play by the Argentinian playwright Griselda Gambaro.
Opened in 2007. Now on tour in the UK

Cosmetics of the enemy : a play by the Belgian playwright Amélie Nothomb
In pre-production process.

2006/2004

· General & Business Spanish lecturer & translator
The English Academy, Milan, Italy

Taught Spanish and Business Spanish Lessons to advanced adult
Learners who ranged from and university under and post graduates to executives in first line corporations (Tamoil,Fila, Corus etc.)
Prepared students’ assessments & term end examinations.
Monitored students on their busines documents, paper and essay
writing and translations.


2003/2000
· Cultural Consultant & literacy programme coordinator
Camara de Mujeres Pyme ( Business Women Chamber Buenos Aires)

Conceived, coordinated and lectured in seminars on Cassandra´s myth.
Based on a personal research on PARRHËSIA (Gr. ¨freedom of
speech). For professional educators, language teachers, artists and therapists.

As a voluntary worker, conceived and organized a Literacy programme tailor made for illiterate communities in Buenos Aires.

2002/1999

· Created, coordinated and ran Spoken theatre and Love poetry courses at the Argentine Engineers Centre (CAI)
· Conceived, coordinated and ran text analysis workshops, seminars and courses based on Western literature narrative pieces, theatre plays and poetry with an emphasis on the analysis of grammar, syntax and creative essay writing.
Estudio Buenos Aires

1999/1990

· Lectured in Spanish and English/ Spanish translation
General Institute Study Abroad - ISSA-Butler
International Students Exchange Programme

Closely collaborated in the creation of the curriculum and direction of Spanish courses tailored for English speaking college and university students.
Ran courses in Spanish for all level students and implemented a collateral support programme which amalgamated the regular language courses with drama lessons in Spanish meant to optimize the students' conversational skills and encourage their involvement with the second language.

1998-1994
· Spanish Language Lecturer EBA Languages School

Conceived and ran Spanish lessons for foreign students tailored for particular target contents.

Lectured on Argentine Literature, conceived, and ran courses on Jorge Luis Borges fiction.

Implemented and lectured in English in seminars and courses based on texts by William Shakespeare, Chekhov, Strindberg, Schiller, W.Blake etc.

Conceived and lectured in seminars based on texts by Calderon, Cervantes, Garcia Lorca, Jorge Luis Borges, Juan Carlos Onetti, etc.

ACHIEVEMENTS

· As a Spanish lecturer and curricula organizer with Studio Buenos Aires, conceived and implemented the Downtown Drama Workshop, an extra curricular activity complementary to a Study abroad Spanish language programme meant for English mother tongue university students.

· Conceived and implemented creative and speech writing seminars for university students and graduates at Studio Buenos Aires Languages School.

· Conceived and implemented courses and seminars on practical translation tailored for biologists, physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists and other professional graduates.

· Conceived and coached workshops based on Cassandra´ s myth, after a linguistic research on PARRHËSIA(Gr. ¨freedom of speech) where strategies on truthful discourse in relational situations were implemented. For psychologists, therapists and other professional people.

· Translated into Spanish Cassandra of Lycophron from its English version translated from the original Greek and illustrated with notes by Viscount Royston.

· Was twice honoured with the “Theatre of the World” award, granted by the Arts & Literature Department of the Buenos Aires University.

LANGUAGE SKILLS-

Spanish: Native speaker

Near native competence in English
Fluent in Italian
Conversational French

Spanish language services Tutoring services in London

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