Liviana Ferrari

Head of Programme - Languages

Contact details

E: l.ferrari@yorksj.ac.uk

T: +44 (0)1904 876775

Profile

Teaching

Professional Activities

Research & Publications

I am interested in language learning motivation, foreign language learning in adults and qualitative research methods in applied linguistics.

I am currently finishing my PhD in Education at the University of York. My thesis explores the motivation of adult language learners on an Italian beginner course.

As YSJ Teaching Fellow, I have been working on a Curriculum Enhancement Project fund (£3,000) aimed at developing E-portfolios for language learning and assessment.

Publications

Language and editing consultant for:

A.Lamping (2009) Talk Italian Grammar. Harlow: BBC Active.

A.Lamping (2007) Talk Italian 2. Harlow: BBC Active.

Conference papers

Nov 2012 (abstract submitted) E-portfolios for language learning and assessment. ICT for Language Learning, 5^th Edition, Florence.

Sep 2010 Inspiring culture-based language learning through open lectures in Italian ‘Enhancing the Italian studies curriculum: innovation and development’, University of Manchester.

Apr 2010 La Val di Merse e i suoi gioielli nascosti nelle Terre di Siena. Foreign Language Lecture Series,York St John’s University.

Jan 2010 How can the Common European Framework for Languages inform assessment in HE language modules? Learning and Teaching Conference 2010, York St John University.

Sep 2009 Semi-structured interviews as a means of accessing learners’ voices in L2 motivation research. 19th Annual Conference of The European Second Language Association (EUROSLA), University College, Cork.