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EDUCATION

Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 2002
MA - Masters of Arts in Applied Linguistics and English as a second language
- Courses taken include Approaches to ESL/EFL Teaching, General Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Sound System of English, Intercultural Communication, Practicum for Teachers of ESL/EFL, Issues in Second Language Writing, Teaching Second Language Listening Comprehension, English Grammar for ESL/EFL Teachers, Materials Design, Research Design, and Bilingualism. GPA 3.97

International House, Rome, Italy 1997
CELTA - Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults
- Semi intensive course, continuous assessment, culminating in a certificate granted by University of Cambridge, Local Examination Syndicate/ Royal Society for the Arts.

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island 1987
BFA - Bachelors of Fine Arts, Ceramics
- Three years of undergraduate academic and studio courses.

Temple University Abroad, Rome, Italy 1985-1986
One-year program in Sculpture and Ceramics
- Yearlong courses in Fine Arts and academics.

TEACHING EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Universite' d'Antsiranana - Diego Suarez (Antsiranana) MADAGASCAR
September 2003 - June 2004
EFL Instructor/ Program Consultant
- As part of the English Language Fellow Program, full-time instructor in the university’s English language department. Courses taught include Anglo-American Culture I & II, Advanced Writing III, ESP Oral Communication III, ESP Integrated Skills III, ESP Listening Comprehension III, and Intercultural Communication III as part of a series of English for specific purposes (ESP) courses for the department’s English for Business and Tourism degree track. Also involved in syllabus development and design, materials development & design, leading three extracurricular English clubs, and in various university-sponsored professional development seminars for local EFL educators, as well as setting up and managing the American Corner, an English-language section of the university library sponsored by the US Embassy to Madagascar.

Georgia Perimeter College, Dunwoody, Georgia January - August 2003
ESL Instructor/ Italian Instructor
- Part-time adjunct professor in the ESL department. Courses taught include Integrated Skills II & III, Academic Composition II and Writing Workshop as well as Italian drill sessions for the Critical Language program

Gwinnett Technical College, Lawrenceville, Georgia January - June 2003
ESL Instructor
- Part-time instructor in the college's ESL program teaching basic skills to adult learners

Georgia State University, Intensive English Program, Atlanta, Georgia
June - December 2002
ESL Instructor
- Employed as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in Georgia State University's English for academic purposes (EAP) program. Courses taught include Extensive Reading and Oral Communication. Participated also in the GSTEP administration process as an oral interviewer/ rater.

Atlanta Technical College, Atlanta, Georgia
October 2001 - June 2002
ESL Instructor
- Responsible for teaching English as a Second Language to students of varying ages and levels of proficiency in the College's Vocational English as a Second Language (VESL) program. Taught two daily courses, low-intermediate and high-beginning levels, using a variety of materials geared for workplace and survival language development. Learner population is primarily refugees and low-income immigrants who have little or no educational background in their countries of origin, and are often barely literate in their native languages. Responsibilities included daily lesson planning and instruction, testing, evaluations, syllabus design and organizational tasks.

Berlitz Language Center, Atlanta, Georgia
June - September 2001
ESL/ Italian Instructor
- Responsible for teaching English as a second language and Italian to students of all ages and cultural backgrounds using the Berlitz Method and materials. Duties included individual (private) tutoring and group instruction and encompassed all levels of proficiency in both languages taught.

Language Institute of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia June - July 2001
ESL/ Italian Instructor
- Responsible for teaching English as a second language and Italian to students of all ages and cultural backgrounds. Based on current texts from major publishers, duties included both individual (private) and group instruction following needs assessment criteria.

Emory University, Evening at Emory Program, Atlanta, Georgia
February - March 2002
Italian Instructor
- Responsible for teaching basic Italian language and culture to prospective travelers and business people in the university's continuing education program. Taught a weekly course for one six-week session.

Atlanta English Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
February - June 2001
ESL Instructor
- Responsible for teaching English as a Second Language to students of all ages and cultural backgrounds. Duties included formulation and pursuance of a syllabus-oriented course adhering to general requirements for each level taught and developing and administering exit exams upon completion of each ten-week session. Courses taught comprised Level Two (Novice High), Level Five (Intermediate Mid), Level Six (Intermediate High), Level Seven (Advanced), TOEFL Preparation, Reading and Listening (Intermediate Low) and Writing (Advanced).

Howard School, Atlanta, Georgia
January - February 2001
Substitute teacher
- Responsible for teaching elementary, middle and high school classes in the absence of the regular teacher. Duties included assisting one of the team teachers in the elementary school, proctoring exams in the middle school, and teaching academic content lessons in the high school on an on-call basis.

Berlitz Language Centres, Rome, Italy
1989 - 1999
Didactic Inspector/ Method Trainer/ EFL Instructor
- Responsible for training new teachers in the Berlitz Method, developing new English for specific purposes (ESP) materials, editing and revising existing texts; creating and supervising exams both on the premises and at major contract sites such as the Italian Police Commissioner's Academy, Telecom (the Italian telecommunications conglomerate), and the Home Office among others; as well as teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) to students of all ages and levels both individually and in groups.

Training School, Rome, Italy
1997 - 1998
EFL Instructor
- Responsible for teaching English as a foreign language to Italian students of all ages and levels of proficiency using current methodology and materials from all major EFL publishers both in group lessons and individual tutoring sessions.

Berlitz Language Center, Boston, Massachusetts 1995 - 1996
ESL Instructor/ Italian Instructor/ Office Assistant
- Responsible for teaching English and Italian to all levels and all ages of students using the Berlitz Method and supplementary materials in order to bring them to advanced fluency in relatively brief courses; students were from a variety of nationalities and social situations, providing a broad range of language abilities and cultural knowledge. Activities included exam preparation, progress reports and evaluation, as well as scheduling and data entry in the administrative office.

OTHER EMPLOYMENT

Georgia Perimeter College, Department of ESL/FL
August 2004 - present
Coordinator, Critical Languages Program/ Supervisor, Language Laboratory
- Responsible for managing, expanding, & insuring the smooth running of the Clarkston campus' self-instructional program in less commonly taught languages in accordance with the guidelines of the National Association for Self-Instructional Language Programs (NASILP); responsible for training tutors in the methodology, advising student participants in the program, creating & maintaining a departmental website, developing organizational materials, & supervising drill sessions. In the language laboratory responsibilities include tutoring ESL writers, overseeing computer use, & providing guidance for students as well as collaborating with department head & other interested staff members to improve laboratory facilities & promote laboratory use by the wider college community.

Georgia State University, Applied Linguistics/ ESL
August 2001 - December 2002
Research Assistant
- Responsible for assisting Dr. Stephanie Lindemann, assistant professor, in her research on native speaker reactions to non-native speech. Duties included designing and maintaining a web site, developing record-keeping files in Microsoft Access and Excel, entering data collected, coordinating audio recording sessions, transcribing recordings, library research, and keeping an electronic bibliography using End Note.

Radha Imports, Atlanta, Georgia November 1999 - December 2000
Buyer/ Co-owner
-Managed a retail shop with my husband and a third partner selling Indian house-wares and clothing. Responsibilities included traveling to India every three months to purchase and ship new merchandise, as well as daily business activities - click here for a funny photo of my husband, Albino Mattioli, in the shop

Saint Mary's College Rome Program, Rome, Italy 1992 - 1999
Archival Assistant/ Bilingual Secretary
- Responsible for augmenting and developing the electronic version (on Microsoft Access) of the comprehensive of archives of one of Italy's most famous contemporary writers, Giorgio Bassani, leading to the publication of a complete bibliography of his works; also organized and maintained multilingual library facilities for students of the one-year-abroad program, scheduled and coordinated work/study student staff both in the library and in the administrative offices; and took care of purchasing, desktop publishing, community relations and general clerical/ secretarial tasks for the academic administration.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

- Member of the international association Teachers of English to Speakers of Others Language (TESOL)
- Member of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL)
- Member of the state association Georgia Teachers of English to Speakers of Others Language (GATESOL)

2003. Beverly Benson Travel Grant to attend the International TESOL Conference in Baltimore, Maryland sponsored by Georgia TESOL.

2003 - 2004. Junior English Language Fellow to Madagascar sponsored by the School for International Training and the United States Department of State.

Mattioli, G. 2005. An English language library in a Malagasy field. English Language Fellows Program Alumni Newsletter. 

Mattioli, G. 2004. Native language intrusions and making do with words: Linguistically homogeneous classrooms and native language use. English teaching forum. 2(43).

Mattioli, G. 2004. English grammar for you – Level A. Diego Suarez: UNA Press. (in-house publication)

 Mattioli, G. 2004. English grammar for you – Level B. Diego Suarez: UNA Press. (in-house publication)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2003. Mattioli, Gyl. Picture this! - Demonstration on the value of visuals in the ESL classroom. Second Annual ESOL Conference, Center for Field Experiences and Partnerships, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia.

2003. Mattioli, Gyl. Bringing Center Culture to Periphery Learners. - Poster presentation. Graduate Student Forum at the 2003 International TESOL Conference, Baltimore, Maryland.

2003. Mattioli, Gyl. Coming together – a series of workshops for English teachers. Workshop 1: Teaching large classes, Workshop 2: The non-native speaker teacher, Workshop 3: Best practices activity showcase. Centre Régional d’Anglais pour Tourisme d’Antsiranana (CREATA), Diego Suarez, Madagascar.

2004. Mattioli, Gyl. Getting ready for the university in English – A workshop for local secondary school teachers on preparing students for higher education in English. Lycée Mixte, Diego Suarez, Madagascar.

2004. Mattioli, Gyl. Picture this in Madagascar ! – Demonstration on the value of visuals in the EFL classroom. American Culture Center, Antananarivo, Madagascar.

2004. Mattioli, Gyl. English pronunciation instruction – Presentation of a guide for teachers on pronunciation instruction in EFL. American Cultural Center, Antananarivo, Madagascar.

2004. Kendrick, Eric, Robinson, Rick, & Mattioli, Gyl. LCTCLs in the community college: Georgia Perimeter College - A case study. Thirty-first Annual Conference of NASILP, Washington, DC. click here for Gyl Mattioli's Power Point presentation on technology in the community college CLP or here for the technology handout (pdf)

2004. Mattioli, Gyl. My journal makes me free. Best Practices for ESOL Teachers, Gainesville College, Gainesville, Georgia. click here for handout (pdf).

LANGUAGES & SKILLS

Italian, fluent in all aspects
French, Advanced level
Spanish, Intermediate level
Malagasy, Elementary level

Microsoft Office (including Front Page)
End Note
Dreamweaver (web page design)
Linguistic research software

- Translation/editing for the business & entertainment industry, English to Italian, Italian to English
- Student of Vedic philosophy and culture, extensive travel in India

REFERENCES

Dr. H. Patricia Byrd
Professor
Co-Chair
Department of Applied Linguistics/ ESL
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Tel.404-651-2934
patbyrd@gsu.edu
http://www.gsu.edu/~eslhpb/Pat_CV/

Dr. Gayle L. Nelson
Professor
Co-Chair
Department of Applied Linguistic/ ESL
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Tel 404-651-2940
gnelson@gsu.edu
http://www.gsu.edu/%7Eeslgln/homepage.htm

Dr. John M. Murphy
Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Linguistics/ ESL
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Tel. 404-651-3224
jmmurphy@gsu.edu
http://www.gsu.edu/~esljmm/methods/murphycv.htm

Dr. Stephanie Lindemann
Associate Professor (academic advisor for my graduate studies)
Department of Applied Linguistics/ ESL
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Tel. 404-651-0254
lindemann@gsu.edu
http://www.gsu.edu/~eslsal/

Dr. Portia Prebys
Director
Saint Mary's College Rome Program
Rome, Italy
Tel. 390-6880-4772
aacupi@mclink.it