School of Modern Languages & Cultures

Dr Emanuela Ponti

  • Lecturer (Italian) and MFL Coordinator (Modern Foreign Languages)

telephone: 0141 3308250
email: Emanuela.Ponti@glasgow.ac.uk

Room 217A, Hetherington Building, Bute Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8RS

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Biography

I was born in Italy and have lived in Scotland since 2004. In 2005, while studying for my PhD, I started teaching on various courses for the Language Centre, the Adult and Continuing Education Department and the Italian section of SMLC. In 2014 I was appointed as Convener of SMLC's Languages for International Mobility and Languages for Special Purposes (IWLP).      

Education:

  • 2004 - Laurea in Lingue e Letterature Straniere - Universitá degli Studi di Milano
  • 2006 - MPhil Theatre by Research - University of Glasgow
  • 2010 - PhD Theatre Studies - University of Glasgow
  • 2013 - CELTA - Language Centre, University of Glasgow 

Research interests

I am especially interested in the following: 

  • Foreign language learning and teaching - in particular, oral and aural skills
  • Italian as a second language
  • Italian for English speakers
  • All aspects of Italian grammar
  • Peer feedback within the language class  
  • Online assessment and activities for language learning 
  • Use of Mentimeter for continuous assessment in the language class 
  • Inclusive assessment

 

Publications

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2026

Ponti, Emanuela (2026) Can We Do It All? Maximising Testing Opportunities and Looking After Different Learners in an IWLP Italian Course. AULC SIG 'Innovations in Inclusive Language Pedagogies' Conference, University of Kent, 29 April 2026.

2025

Ponti, Emanuela (2025) Maria Letizia Bellocchio, Giuseppe Cavatorta, and Borbala Gaspar. Italian in Wonderland. Open Education Digital Platform (OER) for Basic and Intermediate Italian Culture and Language Courses. The University of Arizona. Online. Annali d’Italianistica, 43, pp. 747-749. [Book Review]

2023

Ponti, Emanuela (2023) Using Mentimeter in an LSP Italian Class to Consolidate Grammar and Vocabulary and to Elicit Peer Feedback: A Practical Showcase. In: Innovation in Language Learning - 16th Edition, Florence, Italy, 09-10 Nov 2023, pp. 239-244. ISBN 9791280225696 (doi: 10.26352/HY09_2384-9509)

2022

Ponti, Emanuela (2022) Review of 'Senti chi parla' (Loescher Editore 2021). Languages Today, 41, p. 6. [Book Review]

Ponti, Emanuela (2022) From Language Centre to MFL Unit within SMLC - The Story So Far. AULC Annual Conference 2022: 'Envisage the Future: Reshaping Language Teaching and Learning', University of Nottingham, 25 - 27 April 2022.

2021

Ponti, Emanuela (2021) DIECI lezioni di italiano – A1 DIECI lezioni di italiano – A1. Tuttitalia, [Book Review]

2010

Ponti, Emanuela (2010) When Our World Became Christian, 312-394 Paul Veyne Cambridge: Polity Press, 2010 (ISBN 9780745644998), 248 pp. Kelvingrove Review, 6, [Book Review]

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Number of items: 7.

Book Reviews

Ponti, Emanuela (2025) Maria Letizia Bellocchio, Giuseppe Cavatorta, and Borbala Gaspar. Italian in Wonderland. Open Education Digital Platform (OER) for Basic and Intermediate Italian Culture and Language Courses. The University of Arizona. Online. Annali d’Italianistica, 43, pp. 747-749. [Book Review]

Ponti, Emanuela (2022) Review of 'Senti chi parla' (Loescher Editore 2021). Languages Today, 41, p. 6. [Book Review]

Ponti, Emanuela (2021) DIECI lezioni di italiano – A1 DIECI lezioni di italiano – A1. Tuttitalia, [Book Review]

Ponti, Emanuela (2010) When Our World Became Christian, 312-394 Paul Veyne Cambridge: Polity Press, 2010 (ISBN 9780745644998), 248 pp. Kelvingrove Review, 6, [Book Review]

Conference or Workshop Item

Ponti, Emanuela (2026) Can We Do It All? Maximising Testing Opportunities and Looking After Different Learners in an IWLP Italian Course. AULC SIG 'Innovations in Inclusive Language Pedagogies' Conference, University of Kent, 29 April 2026.

Ponti, Emanuela (2022) From Language Centre to MFL Unit within SMLC - The Story So Far. AULC Annual Conference 2022: 'Envisage the Future: Reshaping Language Teaching and Learning', University of Nottingham, 25 - 27 April 2022.

Conference Proceedings

Ponti, Emanuela (2023) Using Mentimeter in an LSP Italian Class to Consolidate Grammar and Vocabulary and to Elicit Peer Feedback: A Practical Showcase. In: Innovation in Language Learning - 16th Edition, Florence, Italy, 09-10 Nov 2023, pp. 239-244. ISBN 9791280225696 (doi: 10.26352/HY09_2384-9509)

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Grants

  • November 2023: recipient of the Japan Foundation's Local Support Programme Grant for the delivery of Taster Sessions in Japanese to high school pupils in Glasgow. Media: Visit to St Aloysius' College, Glasgow

Teaching

I teach on the following courses:

  • Italian Language 1 - Beginners (oral and written class)
  • Italian Honours Spoken Language
  • Italian Honours Written Language (Junior)
  • Italian Language for International Mobility 1
  • Italian Language for International Mobility 2
  • MEDEs Italian Stage 1 (Glasgow School of Art)

Additional information

I am the Programme Director of the Languages for International Mobility and Languages for Special Purposes run by the School of Modern Languages and Cultures.  

MFL Course Catalogue:

https://www.gla.ac.uk/coursecatalogue/courselist/?code=MFL&name=Modern+Foreign+Languages

MFL Webpage: 

https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/mlc/lfm/

I also coordinate our commercial Translation and Interpreting Services.

 


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