Curriculum di Marcella Maria MARIOTTI

CURRENT POSITION:

• Lecturer (tenure track), Japanese Language, Department of Asian and North African Studies, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (2010- today)

OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES:

• Department Representative for I.S.A (Teaching & Learning Otherways) Project (Project Leader: Paolo Balboni, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
• Ca' Foscari Desk Japan (Italian Chamber of Commerce in Japan, Tokyo), Supervisor
• Student Internship, Supervisor (Japanese Division)
• BUNPOHYDICT (Hypermedia Dictionary of Japanese Grammar), Project Leader
• ITADICT (Japanese-Italian online Database, virgo.unive.it/itadict), Project Leader

 RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Japanese Language Teaching
• E-learning 2.0: Hypermedia Dictionary of Japanese Grammar (BunpoHyDict)
• Japanese-Italian online database (ITADICT)
• Contemporary Japanese Literature Translation
• Children and Young Adult Japanese Literature

 EDUCATION:

• 2007: PhD in East Asian Studies (Japanese Language Education), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
• 2002: PhD credits completion in Sociology (Mass Communication Studies), Osaka University
• 1999: M.A. in Sociology (Mass Communication Studies), Osaka University
• 1996: B.A. hons. in Japanese Studies (Japanese Contemporary Religions, 110/110 summa cum laude), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

 DISTINCTIONS, GRANTS:

• 2008-10: JSPS Post-doc Research Fellowship; research project: “Compiling a New Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar for Italian Speakers” (host researcher: Prof. Hirose Masayoshi),  Faculty of Liberal Arts, International Christian University, Tokyo
• 2004-07: MURST Study Grant for PhD course, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
• 2002: MURST Research Grant; project “The dynamics of primary socialization in contemporary Japan: the case of the cartoon Soreike! Anpanman”
• 2001: Alcantara SpA (TORAY INDUSTRIES group, Milan) Study Grant.
• 1998: Paolo Beonio-Brocchieri Prize for the B.A. thesis “The new generations in Japan and their fascination with the Apocalypse”
• 1996-2001: Japanese Government Grant for Master and PhD course in Sociology, Osaka University
• 1991-92: Japanese Government Grant, Kyoto University

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

• Nov. 2010: Lecturer (tenure-track), Japanese Language, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
• Sept-Nov 2010: Adjunct Professor of Japanese Language, Ca' Foscari University of Venice (5 courses)
• 2007-08: Adjunct Professor of Japanese Language, Ca' Foscari University of Venice (5 courses)
• 2001-04 : Adjunct Professor of Japanese Language, Ca' Foscari University of Venice (2 to 5 courses)
• 1996-2001 Italian Language Instructor  in Japan (Panasonic-Matsushita Inc. Hirakata; Itariago Jisshū Kōza, Osaka; Italian Institute of Culture, Kyoto and Osaka) 

 RECENT CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS:

• 2012.4.16 (Mariotti, Beghi, Mantelli): “Il progetto ITADICT: database online giapponese-italiano” (ITADICT Project: ondine Japanese-Italian Database), DSAAM, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
• 2011.11.26: “The Bunpo Hyper-Dictionary Project: Japanese Grammar through Realia Resources”, International Conference Contemporary Japan. Challenges Facing a World Economic Power in Transition,, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
• 2011.09.23: “Imparare il giapponese con cartoni animati, spot TV e internet: il progetto ipermediale BunpoHyDict” (Learning Japanese through anime, commercials and the Net), Veneto Night La notte Europea dei Ricercatori, Marie Curie Actions, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia.
• 2011.02.15: “Fansubbing e didattica: vecchie e nuove sfide e Tecnologie” (Fansubbing and language learning/teaching: old and new challenges and Technologies”, La traduzione dalle lingue orientali: limiti, specificità e prospettive, Workshop, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
• 2010.08.25-27: “BunpoHyDict: a Hypermedia Dictionary of Japanese Grammar and its development”, 15th Symposium of the Association of Japanese Language Teachers in Europe, University of Bucharest
• 2010.06.04: ”BunpōHyDict （ハイ�ーメディア 辞�）とe-learning 2.0 (BunpoHyDict and e-learning 2.0)”, International Symposium: Insegnamento della lingua giapponese e Studi giapponesi: didattica e nuove tecnologie, Centro Linguistico dei Poli Scientifico-Didattici della Romagna, Alma Mater Studiorum - Bologna University
• 2009.10.11: ”日本語 の法 の ハイ�ーメディア 辞�  (A Hypermedia Dictionary of Japanese Grammar)”, Autumn Conference of the Association for Japanese Language Education, University of Kyushu (http://www.soc.nii.ac.jp/nkg/taikai/09akitaikai.pdf)
• 2009.10.06:  "The pleasure of grammar: A Hypermedia Dictionary of Japanese Grammar", Institute of Asian Cultural Studies, ICU University, Tokyo (http://subsite.icu.ac.jp/iacs/)
• 2008.12.05: イタリアにお�る日本語教育の現状 (Current state of Japanese language education in Italy), Tokyo Joshi University

 MEMBERSHIPS:

• AIDLG (Associazione Italiana Docenti di Lingua Giapponese: Japanese Language Teachers Association, Board)
• AISTUGIA (Associazione Italiana Studi Giapponesi, Italian Association for Japanese Studies)
• NKG (Nihongo Kyōiku Gakkai, Japanese Association for Japanese Applied Linguistics)
• AJE (Association of Japanese Language Teachers in Europe)