معرفی
Dr. Carlo Giordano MA is a part-time Lecturer in Italian at Utrecht University's Department of Languages, Literature and Communication, where he teaches courses including TV Italiaans 1 and 2 minor. He also collaborates with institutions such as the University of Macerata, Università Cattolica Milan, and Edulingua (an Italian language school in Marche, Italy), serving as a representative abroad and organizing educational workshops.
- Education: University of Genoa (Italian Studies and Theater Studies), University of Siena, University of Macerata (specialization in teaching Italian as a foreign language).
His research focuses on mitigation strategies in Italian scientific literature, integrating genre analysis, politeness theory, and applied linguistics to understand pragmatic phenomena in academic writing. This work has pedagogical applications for teaching Italian as a second language, particularly in the Dutch context. He defended his PhD thesis at Università Cattolica Milan in 2018, titled "La mitigazione nella prosa scientifico-accademica italiana e nella prospettiva dell'insegnamento dell'italiano LS".
Additional roles include tutoring students and organizing contemporary sociolinguistics workshops at Macerata University, as well as intercultural communication training at Utrecht University.
