Rita Caputo

Education

• (07/2024) MA in Italian Studies, European Literary Cultures and Linguistics – Linguistics track, University of Bologna.
  Master’s thesis in Italian Literature and Language, titled Babele: a classroom experience of play and writing.
  Advisor: Prof. Nicola Bonazzi. Co-advisor: Prof. Rosy Nardone.
  Final grade: 110/110 with honours.
• (11/2021) BA in Humanities – Classical Studies track, University of Bologna.
  Bachelor’s thesis in Historical Linguistics, titled The absence of numerals in the Pirahã language: a typological approach.
  Advisor: Prof. Chiara Gianollo.
  Final grade: 110/110.
• (07/2018) Classical High School Diploma (Liceo Classico “V. Lanza”, Foggia).
  Final grade: 100/100 with honours.
• (10/2025) DITALS I Certification for Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language, Adult-Senior profile (University for Foreigners of Siena).

Positions

• (11/2025–present) Teaching Tutor for the BA programme in Humanities (L-10).
• (10/2024–present) Research Grant Holder for the Erasmus+ project Communikite (supervisor: Prof. Matteo Viale).

Professional Activities

• 06/2026 – Presented Kite 5 Section of the Guide and Bologna's Strategy for Sustainability and Dissemination at the CommuniKite Project Meeting, Salamanca, Spain.

• 05/2026 – Presented An Introduction to the Guide during the webinar New Tools for Italian L2: Kite and the CommuniKite Guide (Microsoft Teams).

• 03/2026 – Student orientation during A Day at the University at DAMSLab, University of Bologna.

• 12/2025 – Presented K5 Dissemination and Sustainability at the CommuniKite Project Meeting, University of Warsaw.

• 11/2025 – Presented K5: The Kite Section on Non-verbal Communication at the event Teaching Italian L2 in a Multilingual World: Tools and Perspectives, University of Bologna.

• 09/2025 – Present – Co-authored and translated, with Prof. Matteo Viale, the Guide for Using Kite in Italian L2 Teaching, focusing on non-verbal communication.

• 05/2025 – Co-organized the international training course Teaching Methodologies for Foreign Languages for Absolute Beginners (University of Bologna).

• 10/2024 – 09/2025 – Co-authored and translated, with Prof. Matteo Viale, Kite, a linguistic first-aid kit for refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers.

• 12/2024 – Selected participant in the international training course Cultural and Linguistic Mediation, University of Poitiers.