PERSONAL INFORMATION
FULL NAME
: RAFFAELE CONTARDI
DATE OF BIRTH
: 30/04/1953
PERSONAL ADDRESS
:
G. Marconi 72/a –
60011, ARCEVIA (AN) ITALY
TEL
: +39 0731 9549 – MOBILE:
+ 39 320 6789690
E-MAIL
:
contardir@hotmail.com ;
raffaele.contardi@quicklearningitalian.com
EDUCATION
: Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures
from Urbino University of Studies in Italy
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
I am an experienced native Italian
language teacher who is able to conduct
intensive Italian language courses anywhere in the world.
I have 28 years of experience in teaching
the Italian Language to foreigners.
During that period I have organized and taught more than 500 courses in Italy
and abroad, for
professionals and students of 74 different countries.
SPECIAL HONORS
Recipient of the " Commendatore of the Star of Solidarity ", an award presented by
the President of Italy, H.E. Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, on June 2, 2003.
This distinction is awarded for continuous devotes service in diffusing and teaching
Italian language and culture both in Italy and abroad for the past 25 years.
COURSES PRESENTATION
Per the request of the participants, I can conduct Italian language courses for
foreigners (whose mother tongue is not Italian) either in Italy or abroad.
Days, date, time and length of the course can be modified to fit the participant's
needs and requests.
At the end of the course, I shall assure that the courses participants will be
able to conduct conversation in Italian language automatically and correctly,
with the knowledge of principal Italian verbs, tenses and grammatical structures.
I have always been able to achieve excellent results within a short period, applying
a teaching method that is very instructive, yet enjoyable.
I ca assure my dedication, professionalism to achieve an excellent final result.
ITALIAN
LANGUAGE COURSES PACKAGES OFFERED IN 2008 - 2009
50 hours in 10 days
5 hour
lesson daily in 10 consecutive days = total 50 hours
Example of
course time table: 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon daily
(time table
negotiable between directors, students and teacher)
*Course
price option 1 : 7.000 € (Seven Thousand Euro) net
** Course price option 2 : 6.000 € (Six
Thousand Euro) net
48 hours in 2 weeks
4 hour
lesson daily in 12 days ( no lesson on Sunday ) = total 48 hour
Course time
table is negotiable later between directors, students and teacher
*Course
price option 1 : 7.000 € (Seven Thousand Euro) net
** Course price option 2 : 6.000 €
(Six Thousand Euro) net
52 hours in 3 weeks
3½ hour
lesson daily in 15 days ( no lesson Saturday and Sunday ) = total 52 hours
Course time
table is negotiable later between directors, students and teacher
*Course
price option 1 : 7.000 € (Seven Thousand Euro) net
** Course price option 2 : 6.000 € (Six
Thousand Euro) net
* In Option 1, the course price is an all-inclusive package. The institution/participants
do not have to bear the costs of the teacher's return air ticket, meals and accommodation,
in-country transport, etc.
** In Option 2, the course price would be reduced if the institution/participants provide
the teacher with meals (dinner only) and accommodation.
Maximum number of participants : 20 -25 students in a class.
Minimum requirement to organize a course : a classroom with a blackboard and access
to a photocopy machine. Classroom materials for the course will be provided by the teacher.
You will always be assured of my great enthusiasm, professionalism and availability to
assist you in your Italian language study.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
VIETNAM Embassy
of Italy – MAE (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Italy)
1. 23/11/2000 – 31/12/2007: Teacher of Italian at Hanoi
University of Foreign Studies: Department
2. of Italian Language and Culture.
3. Teacher of Italian in the Vietnam-Italy Friendship
Association (2000-2004)
4. Didactic Consultant at the Embassy of Italy in Hanoi.
(2000-2007)
5. 2002-2003-2004-2005: Teacher of Italian language for
Vietnamese military officers.
6. 14/02/2001 – 20/06/2001: Teacher of Italian language for
employees of Merloni Termosanitari, Vietnam
7. 15/04/2002 – 20/06/2002: Teacher of Italian language for
employees of Merloni Termosanitari, Vietnam
8. 05/12/2000 – 31/01/2001: Teacher of Italian language for a
Vietnamese military officer.
PRIVATE COURSES
01/1999 – 11/2002: 9 private courses
for German engineers, artists and professionals.
KAZAKHSTAN
27/08/1999 – 14/09/1999: Teacher for
Italian language training programme as part of the project KAZ
“Gadet”, organized by CAVITAL
CONSORTIUM FANO (PS), Italy, which involved 4 university teachers
in Kazakhstan.
RUSSIA
07/07/1999 – 11/07/1999: Teacher of
“Intensive Italian course” under the project “TACIS PCP 4/IT-3-R
STYLE”, organized by
BRUPER-INTERNATIONAL GROUP SPA (Montecchio, PS, Italy) at the State
University of Kazan.
CHINA
1995– 1998: Teacher of Italian
language for various courses organized by “MERLONI TERMOSANITARI” (MTS)
"
18/09/1995 – 20/12/1995: a course for
directors of MERLONI TERMOSANITARI’s China-based affiliate,
23/03/1998 – 23/05/1998: a course for
5 Russian engineers and 5 Chinese engineers,
08/06/1998 – 31/07/1998: a course for
a Czech administrative officer,
27/05/1998 – 31/07/1998: a course for
a German engineer,
01/09/1998 – 16/09/1998: an
intermediate/ upper-intermediate course for MTS’s Chinese workers
(Shanghai).
ITALY
20/10/1993 – 30/04/1994: three
courses for Bosnia-Herzegovina refugees at Prefettura di Ancona.
PARAGUAY Embassy of Italy
22/08/1992 – 28/02/1993: Teacher
of Italian language and Cultural Attaché at the Embassy of Italy
in Paraguay
Courses including:
1. Two courses at
the Faculty of Philosophy - National University,
2. Five courses at
“Dante Alighieri” Institute (for graduates and post-graduates students),
3. Course for
Paraguayan teachers who teach Italian language: provide didactic consultant and
lecturer
SOMALIA Embassy of Italy
30/01/1990 – 05/06/1990: Teacher
and Assistant at the Italian Language Cathedral, technical
co-operation with universities and
educational institutions in Somalia.
ARGENTINA
29/09/1987 – 21/12/1997: Teacher
of Italian language and Didactic Consultant at the Institute of
Culture of Cordoba:
1. A course for
architects of “Cordoba Society of Architects”,
2. A course at
Language High School of National University of Cordoba,
3. A course for
amateurs at the Institute of Culture of Cordoba,
4. A didactic
consultant for teachers of the Dante Alighieri Association of Cordoba.
CHINA
12/03/1987 – 30/06/1987: technical
and cultural mission at the invitation of Chinese Government:
o
Teacher of Italian language for Universities Cooperation programme,
o
Teacher of courses of Italian language, researcher and didactic
consultant.
ITALY
1980 – 1993: Courses Coordinator
and Teacher of Italian Language at the International Polytechnique for
Economic and Industrial Development,
partly financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Italy
150 courses of Italian
language addressed to students from Latin-America, Africa and Asian countries
who came from the following
countries:
Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela,
Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, Colombia, Panama, Cuba, Haiti,
Barbados, Jamaica, Dominican
Republic, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico,
Madagascar, Angola, Zambia,
Mozambique, Zaire, Tanzania, Kenya, Congo, Ethiopia, Somalia,
Cameroon, Nigeria, Niger, Ghana,
Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, Mauritania, Chad, Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Cape
Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Syria,
India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal,
Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia,
South Korea, Philippines, China.
[ Italian courses for European
Countries & others: France, Germany, Spain, Portugal,
Bosnia-Erzegovina, Croatia, Russia,
Kazakhstan, Denmark, Sweden, Canada, Australia ]
INTERESTS:
Travel, sport, music and
cultural exchange with people coming from different countries.
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REFERENCES
1. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Vang,
Rector, Hanoi University of Foreign Studies, Vietnam.
E-mail:
vang@netnam.vn
2. Mr. Luigi Solari, H.E
Ambassador of Italy to Hanoi, Vietnam, official term 2000 –
January 2004. E-mail:
L_solari@libero.it
3. Mr. Carlo Batori, First
Secretary - Embassy of Italy in Kabul.
E-mail:
carlo_batori@hotmail.com
4. Mr. Giovanni Favilli, was
the First Secretary - Embassy of Italy in Hanoi, Vietnam.
E-mail :
giovanni.favilli@hotmail.com
5. Mr. Marcello Silvestrini,
Director of Italian Language Courses, University of Foreign Studies
Perugia, Italy. Email:
silvestr@unistrapg.it