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