Cheryl Wolley
Professor
English
University of Cagliari
Italy
Biography
(1975) B.A. Honours combined degree in Philosophy, English and Welsh. Post graduate qualifications include: - 1979 an Italian language diploma at the University of Perugia. - 2000 The TEFL Certificate (Teachers of English as a Foreign Language), grade A, obtained at The English Language Centre, Bond Street, London. - 2001 The TEFL Diploma, grade A+, awarded at The English Language Centre, Bond Street, London. - 2007 The Further Certificate for Teachers of Business English LCCI, grade pass with distinction at the Università Cattolica, Roma. Since 1976 until the present date she has worked as a native speaker language teacher (Lettore and then CEL), teaching English to students of Political Science and the newly named Economics, Legal and Political Sciences Faculty from beginner to post-intermediate level. During her 40 years of experience she has integrated traditional methodology with multimedia technology and language laboratories. She has also taught English at Facoltà di Magistero (1977-1978) and at the Faculty of Letters, University of Sassari, Consorzio Uno, Oristano (2002-2003).
Research Interest
Language Teaching and Methodology ; Item writing and Rating; ESP
Publications
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2009 Britain Past and Present: History, Language and Institutions. English for Political Scienc,e ARACNE editrice. Co-authors Giordano, Michela and Lander Simon F.
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2008 Teaching reading: still an important issue for EFL teachers in the 21st century? in RILA, September/December n3, Bulzoni Editore.
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2007 An Experimental In-Service Item Writing and Rating Course in RILA, n.3 Bulzoni Editore.
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2006 Rater Training: an Essential Principle for Transparency and Equivalence in Testing in RILA, n-2-3, Bulzoni Editore
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2006 The Long and Winding Road from Behaviourism to Intercultural Communicative Competence. How awareness of developments in traditions helps the ELT teacher in Englishes, N.28, ANNO 10, Grafiche Editoriali, Roma.
