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Moneta Mazza
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Contact data

Assistant Professor
Department of Roman Law, History and Philosophy of Law International
Via Sant'Abbondio 9 - 22100 Como - Italy
Tel: 031/2384200
Fax: 031/2384009
E-mail:e.monetamazza@uninsubria.it

 

Biography

1947 Born in Milan

1965 Begins law degree at the Catholic University of Sacro Cuore (Milan)

1969 Married

1970 Birth of a son

1971 Birth of a daughter

1972 Degree in Law at Catholic University of Sacro Cuore (Milan)

1973 Birth of a daughter

1975 Teaching Diploma for Economy and Law

1975 Commuting to Germany for family reasons

1977 Birth of a daughter

1977-2000 Teaching Italian and German as foreign languages. Organization of conferences, film festivals, cultural events in cooperation with Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Frankfurt. Presentation of books and teaching texts. Founding member of ACIS (Association for Industrial and Scientific Cooperation between Italy and Germany, under the auspices of the Italian Embassy in Germany)

1993 Attending German and Pedagogy Faculty at Technische Universität Darmstadt

1995 Degree in German and Pedagogy at Technische Universität Darmstadt

1995 Starting Ph.D. in German Linguistics

1995-2003 Adjunct Professor and Project Leader at the Pedagogy Faculty of the Technische Universität Darmstadt

1996-2004 Adjunct Professor at the Germanistics Faculty of the Technische Universität Darmstadt

1999 Finishes Ph.D. in German Linguistics

2001 Comes back to Italy

2001-2005 Adjunct Professor at the University of Insubria and at the University of Milan

2005 Assistant Professor at the School of Law at the University of Insubria
 

Qualifications and awards

1999 Ph.D. in German Linguistics at Technische Universität Darmstadt (magna cum laude)

1995 Degree in German and Pedagogy at Technische Universität Darmstadt) (1/1 cum laude)

1972 Degree in Law at the Catholic University of Sacro Cuore (110/110)
 

Research interests

Linguistics
International lexicon (internationalisms)
- Specialistic lexicon
- Italian and German juridical terminology (comparative analysis)
- Comparison of lexical units in Italian and German
- Textual linguistics
- Language and ideology
- Multilingualism

Didactics: German as foreign language
- Constructivistic theory applied to foreign languages teaching
- Decoding process of visual and auditive data (text comprehension)
- Learning German as tertiary language (after English)

Intercultural communication
- Cultural diversities
- Stereotypes and perception of diversities
- The language of migration

Certification and testing
- Utilization of authentic texts for testing
- Criteria for preparation of tests
 

Teaching experience and appointments

2005 Assistant Professor for German at the School of Law at the University of Insubria

2003 – 2004 Adjunct Professor (German, University of Insubria)

2002 - 2005 Adjunct Professor (German, University of Insubria)

1996-2004 Adjunctt Professor (German linguistics , Institut für
Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft, Technische Universität Darmstadt)

1996- 2003 AdjunctProfessor (Intercultural training, Institut für Pädagogik, Technische Universität Darmstadt

As from 2001 Chief examinator at The European Languages Certificates

1989- 2000 Consultant at International Certificate Conference (ICC)
 

Representative  publications

Monograph
Mazza Moneta, Elisabetta (2000):
[Germans and Italians – Influence of stereotypes on intercultural communication]
Deutsche und Italiener –Der Einfluß von Stereotypen auf interkulturelle Kommunikation,
Frankfurt am Main: Lang, pp. 294
(IT)

Editor

Mazza, Elisabetta (ed.) (2003):
[Life experiences of first generation emigrant women]
Lebenserfahrungen von Migrantinnen der ersten Generation,
Darmstadt: Technische Universität Darmstadt - Schriftenreihe Wissenschaft und Technik 2003, pp. 198
(GER)

Mazza, Elisabetta, Pongratz, Ludwig (eds.) (2000):
[Adult training in a changing environment – An empirical survey at the Popular University in Darmstadt]
Erwachsenenbildung im Umbruch – Eine empirische Untersuchung an der Volkshochschule Darmstadt, Aachen 2000: Shaker, pp. 120
(GER)

Articles

Moneta Mazza, Elisabetta (2005):
[German for Italians: how to recognise common lexical units]
"Deutsch für Italiener: die Erkennung gemeinsamer lexikalischen Einheiten", in :Di Meola, Claudio/Hornung, Antonie/Rega, Lorenza (eds): Perspektiven Eins. Akten der 1. Tagung Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft in Italien
(GER)

Moneta Mazza, Elisabetta (2005):
[Language and law: the “adequate reward” principle in the German law on copy rights]
"Lingua e diritto: il principio del 'compenso adeguato' nella legge tedesca sui diritti d'autore. Criteri di analisi linguistica e di interpretazione testuale", in: Jullion, Marie-Christine (ed.): Linguistica e proprietà intellettuale. Milano: Franco Angeli, 103-110
(IT)

Moneta Mazza, Elisabetta (2004):
[German for beginners: building a new linguistic reality]
"Tedesco per principianti: la costruzione di una nuova realtà linguistica", in: Culture - Annali del Dipartimento di Lingue della Facoltà di Scienze Politiche dell'Università degli Studi di Milano, 169-187
(IT)

Mazza, Elisabetta (2004):
[Constructive learning theory and technology of instruction – Italian as tertiary language]
"Konstruktivistische Lerntheorien und fremdsprachliche Unterrichtspraxis - Am Beispiel Italienisch als Tertiärsprache", in: Hufeisen, Britta/ Marx, Nicole (edited by): Beim Schwedischlernen sind Englisch und Deutsch ganz hilfsvoll - Untersuchungen zum multiplen Sprachenlernen, 44. FAL-Band (Forum Angewandte Linguistik), Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 33-46
(GER)

Mazza, Elisabetta (2004):
[Texts and tests – use of authentic texts for linguistic certification]
"Testi e test - l'uso di testi autentici nella certificazione linguistica", in: D'Achille, Paolo (a cura di): Generi, architetture e forme testuali. Atti del VII Convegno SILFI, Firenze: Franco Cesati, 387-399
(IT)

Mazza, Elisabetta (2004):
[Italian, a European language – how top put into action the passive knowledge of German speaking students]
"Italiano lingua europea - come attivare le conoscenze passive dei discenti germanofoni", in: Italienisch, numero 51, 130-134
(IT)

Moneta Mazza, Elisabetta (2003):
[Teaching Germana s foreign language: the auditive comprehension ]
"Chi ha orecchie per intendere, intenda - La comprensione auditiva nell'insegnamento del tedesco come lingua straniera - Teorie cognitive e prassi didattica", in: Culture - Annali del Dipartimento di Lingue della Facoltà di Scienze Politiche dell'Università degli Studi di Milano, 211-232
(IT)

Mazza, Elisabetta (2002):
"Reading in a tertiary language: German for beginners with English knowledge", in: Kischel, Gerhard (a cura di) (2002): EuroCom: Mehrsprachiges Europa durch Intercomprehension in Sprachfamilien, Hagen: Fernuniversität, 206-213
(EN)

Mazza, Elisabetta (2001):
[Germans and Italians: their perception of themselves and of the other ones]
"Das Bild des anderen: Deutsche und italienische Selbst- und Fremdwahrnehmung", in Brütting, Richard/Kokoskina, Svetlana/Sacco, Sergio (a cura di): Konflikt und Konsens/Conflitto consenso, Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 197-214
(GER)

Mazza, Elisabetta (2001):
[Read to recognise – grammatical processing strategy in reading]
"Lesen als Wiedererkennen – Grammatik-verarbeitungsprozesse beim Lesen", in: Börner, Wolfgang/Vogel, Klaus (a cura di) (2001): Grammatik Lehren und Lernen - Didaktisch-methodische und unterrichtssprachliche Aspekte, Bochum: AKS , 97-113
(GER)

Mazza, Elisabetta (2000):
[Reading an authentic text. Basis for learning a foreign language]
"Das Lesen authentischer Texte als Grundlage für das Erlernen einer Fremdsprache", in: Zeitschrift für Interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht - Didaktik und Methodik im Bereich Deutsch als Fremdsprache [online], anno 4, numero 3, pp. 14
http://www.spz.tudarmstadt.de/projektejournal/jg043/beitrag/mazza11.htm
(GER)

Mazza, Elisabetta (1998):
[A foreigner is a foreigner is a foreigner - Names given by Germans to non-Germans]
"Ein Ausländer ist ein Ausländer ist ein Ausländer - Die sprachlichen (Fehl-)Schritte in Richtung Interkulturalität: Deutsche Bezeichnungen für Nicht-Inländer", in: Zeitschrift für Interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht - Didaktik und Methodik im Bereich Deutsch als Fremdsprache [online], anno 2, numero 3, pp. 11
http://www.spz.tu-darmstadt.de/projektejournal/jg023/beitrag/mazzza.htm
(GER)

Language test
Hantschel, Hans/ Incze, Cora/von Jan, Eduard/Kiefer, Peter/ Klotz, Verena/Mazza, Elisabetta/ Rübeling, Heinrich/ Zeidler, Beate (2001):
[Certificate German Plus – European level B 2 – Model test 1]
Zertifikat Deutsch Plus - Europaratsstufe B 2 - Modelltest 1, Frankfurt am Main: Weiterbildungs-Testsysteme, pp. 55, con cd-rom per la comprensione auditiva
(GER)

 

 
   
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