Spilioti, Elena

Adjunct Instructor

Education

• MA University of Rome, Italy
• MA Columbia College Chicago (Broadcast Journalism), Special interest: European Affairs
• MA University of Leicester (Politics of Conflict and Violence), Special interest: approach of language as a tool of structural violence
• BA University of London (Politics and International Relations), Special interest: National identity in the 21st century

Additional Language Certificates

• French: Sorbonne II, concentration History of the European Community
• German:  Grosses Sprachdiplom GOETHE Institute, concentration German Literature
• Introduction to Applied Linguistics
• Teaching foreign languages to students with dyslexia and other forms of neurodiversity

Research Interests

• Challenges in second and third language teaching and learning
• Organic connection of culture and language teaching
• Special forms of culture in the country of the target language: include current affairs, popular theater and opera
• Classic and contemporary music as fun and as a tool in language learning

Courses Taught

• Italian  levels 101-103 and conversational all levels in various educational institutions
• French 
• German
• FACETS Lectures on Italian cinema and on movies on Identity