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Design and delivery of core Japanese language and linguistics courses for the second and third years of the Written Linguistic Mediation – Japanese degree programme.

In-house and official-event consecutive interpreting from Japanese into Italian and from Italian into Japanese for international guests in the publishing (manga) and video game sectors.

Contract lecturer for a Japanese-language workshop using extensive reading (Tadoku) for the POT 7 – UNISCO project for L-11 and L-12 degree classes at upper secondary schools.

Analysed multilingual linguistic data to improve NLP models through semantic and syntactic annotation for machine-learning systems. Reviewed multi-channel content and corpora for computational linguistics projects.

Designed and delivered core Japanese language, literature and culture courses for A1–B2 levels. Conducted language-teaching experiments using digital tools such as PowerPoint, Quizlet, and artificial intelligence.

Editorial translation of manga from Japanese into Italian, including titles such as Il fiore e il demone, Junjo Romantica, Lunatic Circus, Vampire Princess Miyu, Il giorno di Kira, and Mononokean l'imbronciato.

Designed and delivered a co-curricular training module aimed at strengthening Japanese-language skills and developing intermediate-level intercultural communication skills within the PNRR Multilingualism Enhancement project.

Grade: 10/10

Teaching qualification for foreign languages and cultures (Japanese) with a focus on teaching methodology, inclusive education, and digital tools for teaching.

Completed 24 university credits for teaching, covering philosophical anthropology, language teaching, and psychology of intercultural education.

Grade: 110/110 with honours

Master's degree in Comparative Literatures and Cultures with a focus on Japanese and English language and literature, linguistics, and philology. Graduated with honors.

Grade: 110/110 with honours

Bachelor's degree in Comparative Languages and Cultures with a focus on Japanese and English. Graduated with honors.

International mobility programme at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan, supported by a university scholarship and a Japanese government (JASSO) scholarship.

Completed a 200-hour course in coding.

Completed a 200-hour course in interactive whiteboard (IWB) use.

Completed 200-hour courses in tablets and software for digital teaching.

Completed a translation course focused on translating manga.

Achieved Ascentis Level 3 C2 International Certificate in ESOL.

Achieved a Level 5 Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL).