Carriera accademica
Da Giugno 2023, Assegnista di ricerca, Dipartimento di Scienze Dell'Educazione "Giovanni Maria Bertin", Universitá di Bologna.
2022/2023, Prof. a contratto Dipartimento di Scienze Dell'Educazione "Giovanni Maria Bertin", Universitá di Bologna
2019-2021, Visiting Research Fellow, School of Education, Trinity College Dublin.
2018-2021, Prof. a contratto Froebel Department of Early Childhood Education, Maynooth University
2019-2020, Assistant Professor in Linguistics School of Communications and Media, University of Ulster
2015-2018, Assistant Professor in Clinical Speech and Language Studies Department of Clinical Speech and Language Studies, Trinity College Dublin
2010-2015, Assistant Professor in acquisizione del linguaggio e bilinguismo Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics, University of Reading
2005-2006, Lecturer in Italian studies Department of Languages and literatures, University College Dublin
Titoli accademici
2014, Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) Centre for the Development of Teaching and Learning, University of Reading, UK.
2011, PhD/Dottorato in Linguistica School of Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies, Dublin City University, Irlanda Tesi: Bilingual first language acquisition: the nature of the weak language and the role of the input. Relatrice, Prof. Eithne Guilfoyle.
2006, Masters of Philosophy (MPhil) in Applied Linguistics Centre for Language and Communication Studies, Trinity College Dublin, Irlanda.
2004, Laurea Triennale in Studi Linguistici e Filologici (110 e lode) Facoltá di Lettere e Filosofia, Universitá La Sapienza, Roma.
Certificazioni
2022, Certificato di formatore per il progetto “sentire” l’inglese nella fascia d’etá 0-3-6” Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Educazione “Giovanni Maria Bertin” Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna.
2014, Certificato in British Sign Language, Level 1 Deaf Positives, Slough, UK
2004, IELTS, International English Language Testing System.
2003, Diploma DILIT in insegnamento dell’Italiano agli stranieri DILIT International School, Roma.
Conferenze
La Morgia, F. 2023. The Role of Linguistic Theory in Heritage Language Teaching. Perspectives on Home, Heritage and Community Languages, Uppsala Universitet. 19-20 October 2023.
La Morgia, F. 2022. The experience of mothers raising children across cultures. Motherhood and Activism. School of Creative Arts and Industries, Canterbury Christ Church University, 8th June 2022.
La Morgia, F. 2016. The acquisition of Italian in a majority and a heritage context. An analysis of the CDI scores of simultaneous bilingual toddlers. International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Dublin, 21-25 August 2016.
La Morgia, F. and Billington, J. 2015. Can heritage language vocabulary size be predicted by language exposure measures? International Symposium on Bilingualism, New Brunswick, NJ, May 2015.
La Morgia, F. 2014. The value of multilingualism: views from new speakers of English. 2nd International Symposium “New speakers in a multilingual Europe: opportunities and challenges”, 1st Whole Action Conference of the European Network on New Speakers in a Multilingual Europe (ISCH COST Action IS1306), 20-22 November 2014.
La Morgia, F. 2012. The effects of input and interaction on early 2L1 acquisition. A longitudinal case study. Dynamique du langage, Lyon, 5-7 December 2012.
La Morgia, F. 2012. Production and comprehension in 2L1 development: a longitudinal study of parent-child interaction. International conference on bilingual and multilingual interaction, University of Bangor, 30 March-1 April 2012.
La Morgia, F. 2011. Input and dominance in 2L1 acquisition. International Symposium of Bilingualism 8. University of Oslo, 15-18 June.
La Morgia, F. 2011. The effects of the input on the acquisition and maintenance of a heritage language. Second Westminster linguistics conference, University of Westminster, London 22-23 July.
La Morgia, F. 2011. Auxiliary selection in Eastern Abruzzese: a case of contact induced change. First international conference of the Irish Network in Formal Linguistics, University of Ulster, Belfast 25-27 May.
La Morgia, F. and Guilfoyle, E. 2010. Input, dominance and interfaces in bilingual first language acquisition. Second Workshop of the Irish Network in Formal Linguistics, Dublin City University.
La Morgia, F. 2009. The role of the input in bilingual first language acquisition. The Child: Postgraduate Research Conference. First Annual Multi Disciplinary Initiative of the Research Forum for the Child. Queens University, Belfast, 2-3 June.
La Morgia, F. 2008. L’inversione del soggetto e la “weaker language hypothesis”. AitLa – Associazione Italiana di Linguistica Applicata. Malta, 22-23 February 2008.
La Morgia, F. 2008. Raising bilingual children in a monolingual society: problems and concerns. Children and Migration: identities, mobilities, and belonging(s). University College Cork. 9-11 April 2008.
