PIRARO Sergio

Sergio Piraro is associate Professor of SSD L-LIN/04 French Language at the Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche e Storia delle Istituzioni dell'Università di Messina. From the Fall Session 2001/2002 holds this position at the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Messina. Has also taught at the Faculty of Economics of the Universities of Catania and Messina and at the Faculty of Letters of the Universitie of Messina. Is a member of the Commissions of comparative evaluation procedures for researcher S.S.D. L-LIN/04, in various universities. Is a member of the Scientific Committee “Research Journals of the Language Centre of the University of Messina” and Vice-Director of the CLAM Technical-Scientific Committee of Messina: July 23 2009 to November 22 2010 and since November 2011. Is a member of the doctoral boards of the University of Messina, 2006 and 2010. Has participated in various research projects amongst which: 2009 PRIN research “The norm and French language norms: linguistic description prescriptivism and the teaching of foreign languages”, in 2008/09 was in charge of the PRA Synonymity and lexicon in FLE didactics, in 2005 participated in the PRIN research: Synonymity between language and parole in the French and English codes. Has participated in national and international conferences amongst which: - Multilingualism and the job market, Professional Languages and Profiles: experiences, difficulties and counseling in Sicily, with a close look at the area of the Strait of Messina, March 19 2012, University of Messina, Education Faculty, - Seventh Italian Day of Dictionaries. Genesis of the Dictionary: The Adventure of Synonyms December 2-4 2010 University of Messina, - International Conference: Synonymity between Language and Parole in the French and Italian Codes, Milan, October 24-27 2007, University Cattolica del Sacro-Cuore Milano, Department of Linguistics Sciences and Foreign Languages.