Professor Sonia Cunico

Sonia Cunico is Professor of Language Teaching at the University of Exeter where she has worked since 2010 and was till 2023 the Director of Language Teaching for the Department of Languages, Cultures, and Vuisual Studies and Director of the Foreign Language Centre. She is the co-director of the BA International Business and Modern Languages. She has a BA in English and Spanish (University of Padua), an MA in Language Studies (University of Lancaster), an MA in Applied Linguistics and TESOL (University of Leicester), and a PhD from the University of Lancaster. She is a Qualified Teacher both in Italy and in England, and has a Diploma in Translation from the Institute of Linguists. Sonia has extensive experience of teaching Italian as L2 to UK undergraduates, Translation Studies at MA level, and of curriculum development in the language learning element of specialist and Foreign Language Centers programs. Sonia research interests are MFL in Higher Education, Teacher Education, Intercultural Competence, Translation Studies, Critical Discourse Analysis. Sonia has been a member of ALL Italian Committee and the editor of Tuttitalia (2004-10).

MA in Applied Linguistics and TESOL – University of Leicester

Ph.D. in Linguistics – University of Lancaster

MA in Language Studies - University of Lancaster

Diploma in Translation – Institute of Linguists

BA in English Language and Literature – University of Padua (Italy)