TESOL Trieste Seminar - Feb. 7, 2020

TESOL ITALY TRIESTE Local Group
cordially invites you to the Free Seminar:


Developing Intercultural and Global Competences with Literature and Films

hosted by

Associazione Italo Americana FVG / American Corner Trieste

Friday, February 7 - 17:00-18:30

Piazza Sant’Antonio Nuovo, 6 – Trieste


This presentation focuses on developing intercultural and global competences through contemporary literature and film clips. Starting from some relevant theoretical insights we will deal with shorter literary texts and film scenes to introduce class activities, with the aim of fostering our students’ cultural sensitivity, critical awareness and reflexivity.


SPEAKER:  Dr.ssa Barbara Lapornik, M.A., comes from Trieste, where she is currently the vice- principal, European project manager and EFL exam tutor at the Liceo Scientifico “France Prešeren”. She has a twenty-year-long experience in coordinating international projects and student exchanges. Her main interest is intercultural student education and she served as TESOL ICIS past chair.

Register to Participate at this link:

Developing Intercultural and Global Competences with Literature and Films

The deadline for registration is: Friday, February 7, 2020

For additional information: tesolitalytrieste@gmail.com

Janine Sprague Zolle, Trieste local group coordinator

Save the Date for the next TESOL Meeting - 
March 6, 2020, 5 pm - U.S. State Department Online Resources for English Language Learning
Speaker:  Anne Johnson - Regional Public Engagement Specialist (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Turkey) Public Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy Rome.