Category: Research Group2

 Vincenza Tutino graduated in Political Sciences. She is currently working on her PhD on the topic of virtual and blended international exchanges at the Department of Educational Sciences of the University of Catania, Italy.  She has coordinated for many years the International Relations Office and she has also been Vice Director of the Library and Documentation Centre of the University of Catania. Tutino’s list of publications includes theoretical and research papers in the field of preparation and management of Erasmus projects and more specifically on staff international mobility, Erasmus mobility, teaching and training, English language and students in international exchange.      

Antonella Giacosa received her MAs in Comparative studies (Medieval History and Social Studies) and in Foreign Languages and Literatures and Modern Cultures (English and German, emphasis: Linguistics and Sociolinguistics) at the University of Torino, Italy. She is currently working on her PhD in Digital Humanities in the Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures and Modern Cultures University of Torino, Italy. Antonella Giacosa’s list of publications includes theoretical and research papers in the field of EFL/ESP teaching and learning, emergency remote teaching, multimodal analysis, conversation analysis, classroom discourse, discourse analysis, language contact, crisis management communication.

Tamari Dolidze received her Degree of Doctor of Philology on the Doctoral Thesis: “Stylistic Peculiarities of English Newspaper – Informational text”. She currently serves as Associate Professor at Batumi State Maritime Academy (Georgia), Faculty of Business and Communication. Since 2020 she has been elected Associate Professor at the Online University – Pegaso International Group (based in Malta) Prof. Dolidze’s list of publication includes theoretical and research papers in the field of legal English and business communications, business writing and professional communication intercultural and international business communication in English ESP in language training, translation studies, English as a foreign language.

[email protected] ORCID: 0000-0003-4457-3102 Prof. Franca Daniele is Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences at “G. d’Annunzio” University. Prof. Daniele received her Medical Degree and her specialization in Sports Medicine from “G. d’Annunzio” University. She currently serves as professor of English language and translation at “G. d’Annunzio” University Medical School. Prof. Daniele’s list of publications includes theoretical and research papers in the field of English linguistics, translation studies, discourse and text analysis, doctor-patient interaction, ESP and more specifically medical English, English learning and development in multicultural settings. Her current interests involve assessment of machine translations of medical articles.  

Paola Clara Leotta received her PhD in English and Anglo-American Studies at the University of Catania, Italy. She currently serves as Associate Professor of English Linguistics in the Department of Education, and Visiting Professor at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, GrigoI Robakidze University, Georgia. Prof. Leotta’s list of publications includes “New Englishes”, with particular reference to the socio-linguistic study of Indian English; English for Specific Purposes, applied to English for Psychology and Psychiatry; Translation Studies, with particular reference to Audiovisual translation; English Language acquisition and bilingualism.