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CURRICULUM VITAE

CARMELINA ROTUNDO

Date of Birth: November 24, 19...

Education:

• State Normal School: Diploma, 1971, highest honors.
• British Institute, Florence: First Grade Certificate
in Eng1ish, 1973.
• University of Florence: Laurea in Foreign Languages
and Literature, 1978, highets honors, Spanish and English – also pursued further studies in English and Spanish in F1orence, 1981.
• Eastbourne (England), 1981.
• Traveled in Spain, Greece, Holland, and Great Britain.
• International House of London (June 20 to July 11, 1994), completed 30 hours of English study.
• International House of London (June 25 to July, 1995)
a second course of 30 hours in English study.
• Bell Language School of Saffron Waldon (April 6 to April 18, 1997) a third course of 42 hours in English study.
• University of Florence:refresher course in English for a total of 100 hours, November 1995 to November 1996
- refresher course on the new program in elementary school in Italian language (September 7, 1990 to February 15, 1991) for a total of 32 hours and in the areas of geography, history, and social studies (September 6 to Novernber 22, 1989) as well as other refresher courses.
- Successfully completed the Advanced Course on Intercultural Relations and Methodology, 1997-1998.


Professional Work:
• Employed as a specialist in Eng1ish language at the “II Circolo Didattico di Scandicci (Firenze)”, 1981 to present.
• Conducted a seminar at Lucca on the Ends and Means of English Instruction, 1986.
• Appointed to the examining board of prospective English teachers for the Province of Florence.
• Collaborated with Gonzaga University in Florence (Spokane, Washington, U.S.À.) in the preparation of elementary school teachers.
• Numerous publications/Journalist: member of the National Order of Journalists since 1987.
• Presently Director of “DNA Dimensione Natura Ambiente”, and “Associazione Culturale aderente al movimento giovani per un mondo unito”.
• Currently teaching a tutorial course in the Educational Sciences at the University of Florence. 2002 to the present.

Conferences:
• National Conference on Infancy and Adolescence, November 19—21, 1998.
• Conference on Languauge, Internet, and Multi-media with reference to Elementary School instruction of Foreign Languages, October 10,1994.
• Nationa1 Conference on Gianni Rodari, March 24, 2000
• Comenius School Project Contact Seminar on Euro and E—1earning, Helsinki, January 18—21, 2000.


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