Dr Emanuela Ponti

  • Teacher and Co-ordinator of Modern Foreign Languages (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 - Universita' 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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2023

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

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

2010

Ponti, E. (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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Book Reviews

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

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

Ponti, E. (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, E. (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, E. (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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