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Received a grant from the Consulate General of Italy, Boston, to support an Italian tutor.


Svaldi, M. (2023) Article "Engaging Students in Conversations about Social Justice and Change in Italy, TILCA -Teaching Italian Language and Culture Annual" November 2023 Published


Svaldi M. Insegnare italiano in un鈥檜niversit脿 del New England: analisi, pianificazione e proposta di un corso microlingua [Teaching Italian in higher education in New England: analysis, planification and a proposal of a micro language course]. Itals Journal, Supplement of the ELLE Journal, ISSN: 2280-6792, November 2019, University Ca鈥 Foscari of Venice.


Svaldi, M. (2024) Presented: A Small Cup of Coffee with a Big Impact: the Interconnection between Creativity, Sociality, Sustainability, and Art in the Coffee Industry, MAFLA-Massachusetts Foreign Language Association, October 24-26, 2024


Svaldi, M. (2023) Presenting at the MAFLA (Massachusetts Association Foreign Languages) a paper "L鈥檌ncanto della cultura italiana: Teaching Italian Language and Culture through Food, Design, Sustainability and Urban Planning", October 26-28, 2023


Presented "Immersive Teaching of Italian: Transforming a Challenge Into a Resource" at the virtual ACTFL Convention鈥 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 19-21 November 2021.


Ombretta Frau and Morena Svaldi held a workshop for teachers at the NEMLA conference in Springfield on October 25, 2019. The title of the workshop was "Learn In-Context Around Campus.鈥


Presented her research on Teaching Italian in Higher Education: Assessment, Planning & Retention at the ACTFL Convention鈥揂merican Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Washington, DC, November 22-24, 2019.