About

Dr. Giacomo Folinazzo — Head of the Centre of Research in Education

Dr. Giacomo Folinazzo holds a PhD in Language and Literacies Education from Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)- University of Toronto. With over 20 years of experience teaching languages across Canada, Italy and Japan, he has lectured on a diverse range of subjects, including language, culture, communication, second language learning and Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL), at various post-secondary institutions. Currently, Dr. Folinazzo is a professor at Niagara College in the School of English Language Studies. His most recent research projects in language education and teacher training include collaboration with Italy’s Ministry of Education on the Divari project. Dr. Folinazzo is actively engaged in the academic community through research, publications, training sessions, workshops and conference presentations across Europe, North America, and the Middle East.

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Recent Publications

Folinazzo, G., & Cinganotto, L. (2024). Il Volume Complementare in azione: scenari didattici in lingua inglese in contesto italiano e canadese a confronto. In R. Moretti & D. Delle Chiaie (Eds.), Educazione linguistica, documenti programmatici e proposte didattiche. Alcuni esempi dall’Italia e dal mondo. ETS Edizioni, Pisa.

Schmor, R., Alemani, C., Folinazzo, G. (2023). La voce degli insegnanti nella ricerca. Approfondimenti e riflessioni pedagogiche. In E. Piccardo & G. Langé (Eds.), La classe plurilingue (pp.315-327). Pearson.

Scholze, A., Potkonjak, S., Marcel, F., Folinazzo, G., & Townend, N. (2022). Scenarios for learning–scenarios as learning: A design- based research process. In E. Piccardo, G. Lawrence, A. Germain-Rutherford & A. Galante (Eds.), Activating linguistic and cultural diversity in the language classroom (pp. 113-139). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

Townend, N., Bartosik, A., Folinazzo, G., & Kelly, J. (2022). Teachers implementing Action-oriented Scenarios: Realities of the twenty-first century classroom. In E. Piccardo, G. Lawrence, A. Germain-Rutherford & A. Galante (Eds.), Activating linguistic and cultural diversity in the language classroom (pp. 179-233). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

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