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CURRICULUM VITAE

Full Name: Marcus Daniel Mattia Nationality: British Birthplace and date: Guildford (UK), 23 August 1968 Address: Via Adua, 36 – Collelungo 05010 San Venanzo TR - Italy Telephone: (++39) 075 8742716 – 329 0025287 E-mail: [email protected]

EDUCATION 1980-86 Reed’s School, Cobham, Surrey (UK)  ‘O’ levels in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, geography, English language and economics. CSE in French (grade 1). ‘A’ levels in French language (C), Geography (C) and Economics & Politics (D). ‘AO’ level in General Studies (B) 1986-90 University of Lancaster (UK)  Bachelor of the Arts Honours Degree in French & Italian Studies with Linguistics - Final grade - 2:1. Modules studied included core modules in languages and linguistics, French Existentialist literature, 19th Century French literature, Italian Renaissance painting and architecture, History of the Italian Language and Independent Studies – French Nouvelle Vague cinema (self-created module with tutor)

1990 Surrey Language Centre – Farnham (UK)  UCLES Certificate in TEFL

1992-03 Oxford, UK and Florence, Italy  Series of in-house training programmes including Presentation Skills, Database Management and Direct Marketing.

WORK EXPERIENCE

1990-2 British Institutes - Arona (NO) and Bologna, Italy Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Facoltà di Odontoiatria  EFL teacher, to both groups and individuals, from levels 0 to 5 (FCE). 1992-03 Oxford University Press Italia  Educational Consultant, Southern Italy. The post involved promoting the publisher through the writing and delivering of didactic seminars and presentations in English and Italian (40-50 p.a.) to Italian state school English language teachers (primary to university levels). Topics included ‘Didactic Continuity’, ‘Student Autonomy’, 'Multimedia in EFL’, 'Storytelling with Children’, and many more. Further responsibilities included briefing & updating sales representatives, offering sample lessons in state schools, carrying out product research, managing key accounts (PLSs) participating in trade fairs and conferences on a national and local level (TESOL, British Council etc), database management (in FoxPro and later in Windows), carrying out promotional campaigns and market analysis.

2003 Università degli Studi di Salerno - Centro Linguistico d’Ateneo and Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Facoltà di Ingegneria Aereospaziale;  English Professor – short-term contracts 2005-7 Scuola di Lingue Estere dell’Esercito – Perugia (Italian National Military Language School)  English teacher on various courses, preparing students for TUI (NATO) exam. 2007 Liceo Classico Mariotti di Perugia – English language teacher - annual contract 2007 - present Liceo Scientifico G. Galilei di Perugia English language teacher to students on bilingual course of studies 2008 - present Accademia Britannica – Language School in Perugia – EFL teacher and Cambridge ESOL examiner 2003 - present British School of Marsciano  Director of Studies and EFL teacher. Responsibilities include organising timetables, exams and publicity campaigns and teaching annual courses from levels 1–5, including preparation for Cambridge ESOL exams. Batiza Language Consultants  Translator from Italian into English in fields of publishing (ELT), legal, business and tourism.  Freelance ELT materials writer. Publications:  Workbook for students, accompanying the Rizzoli Larousse bilingual dictionary, 2003 edition, for Italian publishing group Rizzoli - Corriere della Sera.  Test book for ELT course ‘Think English’ Oxford University Press 2008.  CLIL worksheets for New Headway Elementary coursebook, OUP 2009  Test writing for publishers Cambridge University Press and Edizioni Helbling – 2009-10.

FURTHER INFORMATION

 Bilingual Italian-English, excellent knowledge of French.  Sound working knowledge of computer software programmes Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook Express.  Full driving Licence  Interests include cooking, music, reading, cinema, ecology, travel and sport (squash, swimming and motorcycling)

REFERENCES  Available on request