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Francesca Maria Roncoroni

PhD Student

Biography

Francesca grew up, studied, and started a career in Communications and Language Teaching (French, Italian, and Chinese) in Milan, Italy, and Paris, France. At UIUC, she completed her M.A. in French Second Language Learning and is now a Ph.D. student in French Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education (SLATE).

Research Interests

Foreign/Second Language Acquisition

Distance Language Teaching

Global Simulations and Language Learning

Foreign Language Anxiety

Multiliteracies and Language Learning

Multilingualism

Reverse Transfer

 

Research Description

Effects of Global versus Virtual-Reality Simulations and Language Background on Intermediate-French L2 Oral Production

 

Education

Ph.D. French SLATE (in progress) - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

M.A. French Second Language Learning - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

Diploma in Teaching Italian as a Second Language (DITALS) - Concentrations: Adult Learners (18+) and Chinese Native Speakers - University for Foreigners, Siena (Italy)

Diplôme Intensif in Chinese - National Institute of Oriental Languages and Cultures, Paris (France) 

M.S. Economics and Management for the Arts, Culture, and Communications - Bocconi University, Milan (Italy)

B.S. Economics and Management for the Arts, Culture, and Communications - Bocconi University, Milan (Italy)

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Study Abroad - Paris Institut of Political Studies (Sciences Po), Paris (France)

French Professional Business Certificate (DFA1) - Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Paris (France)

 

Awards and Honors

K.A. Looney Award for Excellence in Teaching (Junior Category) - SP18

List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent with Outstanding Ratings - SP18, SP19, SP20

 

Courses Taught

FR   101 - Elementary French I

ITAL 102 - Elementary Italian II

FR   103 - Intermediate French I

FR   133 - Accelerated Intermediate French I

FR   104 - Intermediate French II

 

Research Presentations

Roncoroni, F. & Turner, R. (2019). A study of Global Simulation for Engagement, Intercultural Awareness, and Fluency in Spontaneous Speech of Intermediate II French Learners. Poster Presentation at the 11th Annual SLATE Graduate Research Symposium, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Mutidjo, A. & Roncoroni, F. (2017). Teaching the French Imperative Present through Poetry: A Multiliteracies Approach. Presentation at the 2017 Language Teaching Share Fair, Center for Language Instruction and Coordination, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.