Dott. Andrea Zhok

A.Zhok@bristol.ac.uk Tel: 0117 92 89138

Room G109, 21 Woodland Road

Andrea Zhok was educated in Classics and Italian in Trieste before graduating in 1996 from the University of Udine, reading English and Linguistics.

He has been with the Italian Department since 2000, and served as Language Co-ordinator between 2002 and 2011, when he was appointed Language Director.

He studied for a Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Modern Foreign Languages (PGCE, Wales 1999) and worked teaching Italian in South Wales for many years. He has also worked as a freelance translator and interpreter, and holds the Diploma in Translation of the Institute of Linguists (Dip Trans IoL, 2000).

In 2009, during a career break from Bristol, he worked in Italy as an EFL and Italian as Foreign Language teacher in a secondary school, also undergoing further training in pedagogic matters relating to language teaching. This included developing literacy and intercultural skills for integration of non Italian immigrant pupils.

Areas of Responsibility

He currently manages all aspects of language teaching within the Italian Department, including Applied Foreign Language units, and is in overall charge of the Year Abroad, with direct responsibility for Incoming Erasmus students.

Interests and Research

His main interests are language teaching methodology (particularly innovative ways and use of ICT and multimedia), translation, Italian current affairs and Italian opera (mainly 18th and 19th century). He has championed the use of ‘blended learning’, making extensive use of e-assessment in the delivery of the language programme and was instrumental in bidding for improved IT resources within the SML, namely the brand new Multimedia Centre.

He is co-editor of the Association for Language Learning (ALL) journal Tuttitalia. 

Publications

Conference Proceedings

Aiming for the ‘Perfect Blend’ – A blended approach to assessment: introducing comprehensive online assessment practices in teaching and learning Italian language at advanced level – in www.sis.ac.uk (forthcoming)