Inglese Dinamico
Who we are
Nancy Steinbock, M.A. CCC-SPL - Director/Project Design and Facilitation
Nancy Rose Steinbock, M.A., CCC-SLP is the creator and director of Inglese Dinamico, Venice, Italy. Trained in America as a speech/language pathologist after completing her first degree in English and British Literature, Ms. Steinbock worked for many years as a diagnostician and therapist with learning-disabled children. She specialized in speaking, reading and writing disorders in older children. Her expertise extended to diagnosis and treatment of at-risk children in toddlerhood. She was recognized for her work in identifying and treating difficult to diagnose students who were experiencing academic difficulties in regular classrooms settings. Her particular interest in dyslexia and its causes led her into the area of phonology/morphology and its critical importance as a culprit in reading failure. She became a champion of early diagnosis and treatment in preschool children to prevent academic failure.
In 2003, she relocated to Venice, Italy to begin a project to develop more effective teaching methodology for English language acquisition based upon the approach she had developed as a language-learning specialist. Her program has received funding to provide experimental projects based upon her language intervention' techniques. She has written a number of articles on applying her techniques to students from pre-school through adulthood. She consults on and develops bilingual education curriculum and presents her work regularly at national and international conferences.
Verusca Costenaro, M.A. - Research/Preschool Language Facilitator
Verusca Costenaro graduated in Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures at Cą Foscari University in Venice, Italy. She is specialized in teaching English and French.
At present she is a PhD student of English Linguistics at the Doctoral School of Linguistic, Philological and Literary Sciences of the University of Padua. Her research field especially focuses on teaching English as a foreign language to young learners, i.e. preschoolers and school-aged children. She is currently working as an Italian language facilitator for foreign children in primary schools. She has recently worked as an English and French teacher in secondary junior and senior schools. Her spheres of research and interest are Systemic Functional Linguistics, First and Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (in particular facilitating acquisition of English and Italian as foreign/second languages for young children), Post-colonial Literatures and Translation Studies. She has a special interest in "ludic linguistics", in rhyming and wordplay in particular, as well as their application to foreign/second language teaching.
Roberta Purisiol, M.A. - Project Development and Facilitation
Roberta Purisiol is a professional linguist, who has been well-recognized for her work as a translator and teacher. Roberta studied Humanities (English and German joint honours) at the University of North London, studying and working in Berlin during the historic period of 1989-90, before graduating in 1991. She later worked for her alma mater, teaching courses in Discourse Analysis and Italian Language. Her experience as a student and teacher of foreign languages led her to choosing an MA course in Linguistics at the University of Westminster (1991-1993). She wrote her thesis in Newsdiscourse. On her return to Italy in 1997, Roberta worked as an English teacher and a personal assistant in an international architecture studio in Venice, while raising her two young daughters. Roberta’s dedication and ideas regarding social concerns can be seen in her work: as a secondary school teacher she is conscientious and immediately establishes a rapport with her students, treating them with kindness and respect, encouraging mutual respect among class participants. She has also been a vociferous and active campaigner against the proposed school reforms in Italy. Whatever activity she pursues, she does so with passion, integrity and professionalism.
Suggested links:
- Educators Publishing Service
- Lexia Learning
Special thanks:
Fabio Visintin for the logo
Cesare Peris, President of Societą di Mutuo Soccorso dei Carpentieri e Calafati for his support and encouragement.
Christina Malfer, graphic designer of program publicity materials.
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