Lecturer of Spanish & Italian International Communications and Culture State University of New York at Cortland  P.O. Box 2000  Cortland, NY  13045  office:    Old Main 228-A tel.:        (607) 753-2032  e-mail:   cerosaletti@cortland.edu

Education: M.Ed., Foreign and Second Language Education State University of New York at Buffalo - 1988   B.A., Spanish, summa cum laude The College of St. Rose, Albany, NY - 1980   Diploma Intermedio di Lingua Italiana "Firenze" Accademia Italiana di Lingua Scuola Leonardo da Vinci, Siena, Italy - 2002

Courses I teach:

SPANISH:   SPA 101:    Beginning Spanish I
                        SPA 102:    Beginning Spanish II
                        SPA 201:    Intermediate Spanish I
                        SPA 202:    Intermediate Spanish II
                        SPA 305:    Spanish Conversation and Composition

ITALIAN:   ITA 101:    Beginning Italian I
                        ITA 102:    Beginning Italian II
                        ITA 201:    Intermediate Italian I
                        ITA 202:    Intermediate Italian II

OTHER:   International Studies 100: Culture Through Film    (A "World First" Freshman Learning Community Course)
 
 

TECHNOLOGY IN MY COURSES:

I use WebCT (the College's "closed" on-line course system) in all my courses to make the course syllabus and course handouts available to students on line, thus allowing them to keep up with the course even when they must miss class.  I also use my WebCT course websites to provide audio files to students, to accompany their study of vocabulary and, on occasion, of grammar concepts, as well as to provide answers to assigned grammar exercises, for students to check their comprehension prior to grammar quizzes in class.  I also use WebCT for e-mail communication with my classes outside of class.
 

SPANISH  &  ITALIAN  COURSES:

As a Full-time Lecturer in Spanish and Italian, specializing in teaching Beginning and Intermediate language courses and, occasionally, Spanish Conversation and Composition, I assist students from a variety of majors to acquire a basic proficiency in the language unxcder study.  My professional interests are in contextualized and communicative lesson and materials development and proficiency-oriented oral achievement testing.  Students continually tell me I have a good knack for presenting and explaining language concepts, as well as for designing meaningful exercises for in-class practice.  My latest teaching-related projects are developing Microsoft PowerPoint presentations for my courses, ranging from colorful, animated presentations of vocabulary and grammar material to PowerPoint slides for in-class activities, and creating WebCT online classrooms for all my courses, so that students have access on-line to the course syllabus and course handouts and assignments given in class.

IST 100-800: Culture Through Film,  and the "WORLD FIRST" Freshman Learning Community:

I currently teach a course every fall semester as part of the SUNY Cortland "World First" Freshman Learning Community.  The course, “Culture Through Film,” has been designed to be part of the integrated set of courses in the “World First” Learning Community:

--  HISTORY  101:   The World Since 1500
--  ANTHROPOLOGY  102:  Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
--  COMPOSITION  100:  Academic Writing I
--  INTERNATIONAL STUDIES  100-800: Culture Through Film
--  a foreign language course
--  COR 101: Cortland Experience

In the World First Learning Community, students and instructors explore and seek to understand aspects of world cultures, and global issues and international connections, both contemporary and historical.

In the course, “Culture Through Film,” students learn about film as a form of artistic expression, through study and examination of the basic narrative and stylistic aspects of film.  Students also develop an awareness of film as a medium of cultural representation and expression, including their own contemporary American culture.  Through the screening, study and discussion of a selection of films tied to the World First Learning Community themes, students also explore global issues such as historical and contemporary colonialism, racism and multiculturalism, human rights, international violence, and global economic structures and related issues such as inequality and poverty.
 

Professional History in Foreign Language Education:

Full-time Lecturer of Spanish  --  Fall, 1989 - present
Full-time Lecturer of Italian  -- Fall, 2005 - present
State University of New York College at Cortland
Fall, 1989  --  present

Phi Beta Delta, International Honor Society
Inducted as a member of the newly-formed SUNY Cortland Zeta Xi Chapter,  Spring 2006

SUNY Cortland Non-Tenure Track Excellence in Teaching Award,  Spring 2002
 

Spanish Teacher
North Syracuse Junior High School
1988-89

Adjunct Instructor of Spanish
The College of St. Rose
Spring, Summer, 1988

Graduate Teacher Intern
SUNY Buffalo / Clarence Central High School, Clarence, NY
September, 1986 -- December, 1987

Work I do with Study Abroad:

College Study Abroad Committee

Principal among my activities in service to the college is my work on the Study Abroad Committee.  This committee works with the College's Office of International Programs in the development of programs abroad, curricular matters, and the review of applications and acceptance of students who apply for study abroad programs.  I am one of the committee members with responsibility for working with our study abroad program in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

Since my first years at SUNY Cortland, I have been involved with the Wintersession Program in Cuernavaca, which is a three-week January Wintersession program in Mexico.  In this program, we offer the lower-level Spanish courses (beginning and intermediate) as well as an upper-level course.  It is a wonderful language learning experience and a great study-abroad opportunity in Spanish for students who might not go on to take upper-level Spanish courses.

Faculty Director, SUNY Cortland January Wintersession Program in Cuernavaca, Mexico:

 I have had the pleasure of being faculty director for the SUNY Cortland Wintersession Program in Cuernavaca on six occasions, and it's a blast!  I have come to love Mexico and its people, and  I enjoy returning there with new crops of students.  It is a consistently rewarding pleasure for me to interest students in this program, and then to see them enjoy the experience--and Spanish!--so much.
 

Experience Abroad:
 

MEXICO:

Faculty Director, SUNY Cortland Wintersession Program in Cuernavaca, Mexico  -- 2002, 2001, 1999, 1998, 1994, 1993
 

La Catedral Metropolitana, el Zócalo, México D.F.

Yo, en Taxco, la ciudad de plata -- 1994

Yo en el Popocatépetl enero, 1993 --¡cuando todavía se podía subirlo!

La pirámide de la Luna, Teotihuacán

SPAIN:

Graduate Study, Universidad de Salamanca, Cursos Internacionales de Verano, Salamanca, Spain  --  Summer, 1987
 

EL SALVADOR, Central America:

High-school exchange student  -- Summer, 1975
 

Italian:

Since the year 2000, I have pursued another long-time foreign language interest of mine:  Italian.   I studied the language in Italy in the summers of both 2002 and 2003, as well as having now traveled there four times.   I have also initiated a beginning and intermediate Italian course sequence at SUNY Cortland, inaugurated in the Fall 2005 semester.

STUDY ABROAD IN ITALY:

Non-credit study in the SUNY Oswego Summer Program in Altomonte, Calabria  --  July 2003
Informally audited an Intermediate Italian class and an Italian culture class
Completed self-study of an entire intermediate-level Italian textbook, with consultation with program professor, Dr. Joseph Alessia
Program travel:  visited Pompei and traveled the Amalfi Coast from Sorrento to Salerno
 

Italian language study at the Scuola Leonardo da Vinci, Siena, Tuscany  -- June 2002
Studied Italian at the language institute at the intermediate and advanced levels.
Sat for the exam for the Diploma Intermedio di Lingua Italiana "Firenze" of the Accademia Italiana di Lingua.  Exam results:  ottimo (highest score level)
 
 

PERSONAL TRAVEL IN ITALY:

Family vacation to Italy, in the company of my sister and her family  -- Summer 2004
Visited:  Rome;  the Vatican;  various locales in the Province of Siena, in Tuscany;  Florence;  and Venice
Visited relatives in:  Firenzuola (Alto Mugello)--Province of Florence, Tuscany;   and in Turin, and Castell'Alfero--Province of Asti
 

Firenzuola, Alto Mugello -- Toscana

Torino

Castell'Alfero, Provincia di Asti

Personal travel in Italy--  July 2003
While in Italy for SUNY Oswego's Summer Program in Altomonte, visited relatives in Naples

Personal travel in Italy--  July 2002
Visited relatives in:  Firenzuola (Alto Mugello)--Province of Florence, Tuscany;  and in Turin, and Castell'Alfero--Province of Asti
Visited:  Rome;  the Vatican;  various locales in the Province of Siena, in Tuscany;  Florence;  and Bellagio, on Lago di Como
 

Roma

Firenze

Bellagio, Lago di Como

Family visit to Italy, in the company of my grandmother   --  January 1978
Visited relatives in:  Turin, and Castell'Alfero--Province of Asti;  Firenzuola (Alto Mugello)--Province of Florence, Tuscany;  and in Naples.
Visited:  Rome, Florence, Naples, Capri, and Turin.