Innovation in Language Learning

Giampiero de Cristofaro holds a degree in mathematics from Naples University “Federico II”. Attached to the Department of Geometry of the same University, in charge of practical exercises for the students, and afterwards of a research project on the use of the TIC in the Mathematics teaching. Permanent secondary school teacher of mathematics and physics, by appointment of the Ministry has been trainer in in-service courses to foster the introduction of TIC in schools, in charge, as expert, of tutorial guidance to teachers in secondary schools aimed at limiting the phenomenon of dropping out of schools, project manager and scientific point of reference of a training course of trainers in scientific and logic-mathematic area of upper secondary school
Founder and President of FENICE, designed and fulfilled more than 30 seminars and public conferences (one in Brussels), 135 in-service courses and training courses for teachers both initial and in-service, 12 projects funded by the European Union and was partner of other 9.
Journalist and editorial director of the periodical «Scuol@Europa» and a newsletter in three languages (IT, EN, FR).
Seven projects designed by him were on language learning with the aim to increase the European dimension in education and favour the concrete building of the European Union through the knowledge on foreign languages. Three of these projects gave rise to www.languagesbysongs.eu a website where it is applied a methodology based on the use of songs, Internet and Karaoke, awarded in 2012 as Star Project.