About Us
We would like to introduce you to the people who work “behind the scenes”, then to the people you will meet when you first come to our school, and last but not least some of our teachers.
Management
President
Piero Salituri (p.salituri@linguasi.it)
Piero has twenty years of experience in handling Marketing and Communications. He created and organised national fund raising and promotion projects for various companies, associations and organisations (Nazionale Italiani Cantanti, UISP, Fondo Mondiale per la Natura). He has participated in and organised seminars and courses on Marketing and Communications. At Lingua Sì he is in charge of Area Marketing and Administration. He participated in international workshops specialised in vacation courses.
Piero loves nature, animals (has a dog called Zaffi) and travel. He is a trekking enthusiast.
Director
Claudia Wiegleb (c.wiegleb@linguasi.it)Claudia received her degree in History of Italian Art and Letters from the University of Göttingen (Germany). She was a consultant to the Goethe Home & Museum in Rome and to several Italian companies and associations.
She taught training courses organised by the European Community, and is a member of I.L.S.A. (Association of Teachers of Italian as a Second Language). She participates yearly in refresher courses and seminars on teaching. At Lingua Sì she is in charge of Area Language Courses and Linguistic Services.
Claudia loves the countryside, reading, animals – at present has three cats – and is crazy about her two children born in 2006 and 2009.
Office
Chiara Fragomeni (info@linguasi.it)
Having graduated from the Superior School for Interpreters and Translators in Rome where she studied English and German, Chiara worked as a tour guide for a year. From 2001 to 2003 she worked as secretary, assistant to students and translator for Lingua Sì, where she has now returned after two years at the Dilit International House in Rome where she was secretary, assistant to students and in charge of the booking office. At Lingua Sì her role is Secretariat and Student Assistant. She is very fond of animals, the countryside, travelling and learning about new languages and cultures.
Ufficio Marketing
Responsabile Piero Salituri (p.salituri@linguasi.it)
Website e news Claudia Wiegleb (c.wiegleb@linguasi.it)
Grafica Enrico Calcagno
Programmi Studio Francesca Geri (tour@studyprogramsinitaly.it)
Tsuyoshi Doh (doh@linguasi.jp)A Japanese citizen, Tsuyoshi has a degree in information sciences from the prestigious Waseda University in Tokyo. He collaborated for 3 years in creating websites for the Excite portal. He has been collaborating with Lingua Sì for three years, managing their site graphics. He is responsible for Lingua Sì promotion in Japan. His interests include sports, graphics, art, design – both on the computer and free-hand.
Italian courses and language services
All our teachers have university degrees and are experts in teaching Italian as a second language. In order to join the teaching staff they must attend a training course at our school to gain in-depth teaching techniques. They attend national and international refresher courses and seminars. Their excellent capability for communication, friendliness and willingness is perfect for their work in class.
Area Supervisor Claudia Wiegleb (c.wiegleb@linguasi.it)
Course Supervisor Marilena Macolino (italiano@linguasi.it)
Do you want to know who are teachers? Here is a sampling:
Marilena Macolino (italiano@linguasi.it)
Marilena received her degree in Foreign Languages and Letters from Viterbo’s Tuscia University. Her thesis was on Romance Philology, titled “Galeran de Bretagne, romance of the 13th century”, translation to Italian from ancient French. She worked with translations and then attended an L2 teaching course. At Lingua Sì she teaches and is in charge of Italian courses, and collaborates in managing linguistic services. She likes her work very much, which gives her the opportunity to be in touch with people from different cultures. She loves the sea, learning about new countries and all kinds of music.
Eva Santaguida (info@studyprogramsinitaly.it)
Eva received her degree in Communications Sciences from Rome’s “La Sapienza” University, with a specialisation in Mass Communications. She taught Italian as a second language in various American universities in Rome.
She is an enthusiast of art, cinema, philosophy, books and good Italian cuisine.
Eva has two big dreams: get her degree in Philosophy and take a long trip around all of Africa.
Francesca Geri (tour@studyprogramsinitaly.it)Francesca studied English and German at the University of Foreign Languages and Literature in Perugia. She graduated with her thesis on an English contemporary writer. She then attended a training course on teaching methods and techniques. She is a language teacher at Lingua Sì and manages relationships with several of the countries that the school has contacts with. She is a psychology enthusiast and enjoys meeting and working with people from all over the world. A keen writer, Francesca believes that writing is a way to get to know yourself better. She loves cinema, books, travelling to discover new cultures, children, all kinds of music, animals, nature and good Italian cooking!
Valeria Carli (marketing@stradadeivinietruscoromana.it)Drawn by a passion for languages, the Orient and Japanese culture in particular, she studied and received her degree in Oriental Languages and Civilisation at La Sapienza University in Rome.
After spending a few years travelling around the world, especially Japan and Ireland, she returned home.
Ever since she was a little girl her dream was to teach, so she attended a training course for teaching Italian as a second language (L2).
She loves Orvieto, her home city, and loves diving into other cultures to gain knowledge and know herself.
Alessandra Venturi“In life one must always be ENTHUSIASTIC and pass that ENTHUSIASM on!”…
There! This is her motto.
After receiving her degree in Foreign Languages and Literature she delved into her passion for teaching, with the DITALS (Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language) specialisation at the University for Foreigners in Siena. She was the Italian Crew Lecturer on cruise ships and taught at the Italian Culture Institute in Barcelona, where she discovered her passion for Latin American dance.
She adores travelling and one of her dreams is discovering India. She loves being in good company and is a radiant person. Theatre, cooking, reading and cats are her passions.
Flavia Colitti LamsBilingual since birth she has a university degree in Italian Language and Literature and is a TEFL qualified teacher. She always taught both Italian and English and also worked as a translator, but she really loves teaching. That’s why she attended also a training course for teaching Italian as a second language. She loves art, poetry, history and nature, and lives in the countryside surrounded by ancient oaks and olive trees.
Giuseppina Pappalardo WilmottAfter receiving her degree in Letters from the University of Queensland, Australia, in 2005 she received her Master in Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language form the University for Foreigners in Perugia. In 1999 she began working for the Ministry of Public Education of NSW, Australia, as linguistic and teaching consultant, in addition to training teachers. She boasts a consolidated experience in teaching foreign languages. She has collaborated with various schools as a language teacher and has managed the coordination of full immersion programmes. At present she continues to collaborate also with the University for Foreigners in Perugia.