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Born in Switzerland to Italian parents, David grew up bilingually (Italian – German) and moved to the UK at a young age. He is a multilingual lecturer in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and a dual national (Swiss – British).
 

Qualifications and Background

• FHEA: Fellowship of AdvanceHE (formerly the Higher Education Academy)
• Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics (Distinction)
  University College London
• Cambridge DELTA: Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (Distinction)
  University College London
• Trinity CertTESOL: Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (Merit)
  St Giles College, London
• BA (Hons) in Dance & Theatre Performance (Distinction)
  Doreen Bird College, London
   

2012 – 2022 University College London (UCL)

Lecturer in EAP: Academic Communication Centre (2019 – 2022)

• co-designing and co-delivering with Engineering lecturers academic writing courses, webinars, and workshops for undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students in the Faculty of Engineering Sciences
• providing cross-faculty one-to-one academic writing consultations for postgraduate students in STEM-related disciplines and the UCL School of Management
• co-designing and co-delivering with departmental heads the training of postgraduate teaching assistants (PGTAs) in the delivery of one-to-one academic writing consultations for undergraduate Engineering students

Academic Writing Consultant: School of Engineering, New Giza University, Cairo (Egypt) (2021)

Associate Lecturer in EAP: Academic Communication Centre (2016 – 2019)

• designing and delivering academic writing and speaking courses for postgraduate students in the Faculty of Engineering Sciences and the UCL School of Management

            Teaching Fellow in EAP: Pre-, and in-sessional EAP courses (2012 – 2016)

2011 – 2012 Nazarbayev University, Astana (Kazakhstan)

            Teacher Educator

2010 - 2011 Queen Mary University of London

            Teaching Fellow in EAP

2009 – 2010 British Council, Doha (Qatar)

            English Language Teacher

Current activities

• Since 2022, Lecturer in EAP at the Language Center for the UZH and ETH
• Cambridge DELTA Teacher Trainer, London (UK)

Current interests

EAP practitioner identity, teacher education and development, embedded academic literacy initiatives, cross-faculty collaboration

Presentations and Publications

What’s your Position? Criticality, Structure, and Style
Pre-sessional teacher development lecture and workshop
University College London, Centre for Languages & international Education (2022)

We’re a little bit fraudulent sometimes: Exploring EAP Teacher Identity
Conference presentation & closing plenary panellist
BALEAP Conference | University of Leeds, UK (2019)

Say that again: Interactional Processes in L2 Academic Speaking
Conference Presentation
BALEAP Professional Issues Meeting (PIM) | University of Sheffield, UK (2015)

Recycling Vocabulary
Conference Presentation & Teacher Training Workshop
Kazakhstan Teachers of English Association (KazTEA) Conference | Eurasian National University, Astana (Kazakhstan) (2012)

Task-based Learning
Presentation & Teacher Training Workshop
Professional Development Conference | Nazarbayev University, Astana (Kazakhstan) (2011)