Personal profile: Caroline Mary De Bohun Clark

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Since 2024, Referente Internationalisation, Centro Linguistico di Ateneo
2018-2023, President, Centro Linguistico di Ateneo
2015-2018, Director, Centro Linguistico di Ateneo
2013-2015, Vice-Director, Centro Linguistico di Ateneo
2023 Visiting professor, University of Melbourne, Language Testing Research Centre
Since 2019 Co-supervisor Industry Community Project (ICPU)
Since 2000 Membro Gruppo per l'accreditamento e la valutazione (GAV) for SRD and HRG degree courses SRD and HRG
Since 2008 Member of Commission for Scientific Publications, Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies (SPGI)
Since 2017 Associate Professor in English Language and Translation, Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies (SPGI)
2007-2017 Research Fellow in English Language and Linguistics, University of Padova, Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies (SPGI)
1999-2007 Research Fellow in English Language and Linguistics, University of Bologna, Department of Political, Social and International Sciences
From 1991 Lecturer in English Language and Translation on BA and MA courses, University of Padova.

COURSES

ENGLISH LANGUAGE (undergraduate) Scienze Politiche, Relazioni Internazionali e Diritti Umani (SRD)
LANGUAGE OF ADVOCACY (post-graduate) Human Rights and Multi-Level Governance Course
COMMUNICATION SKILLS (post-graduate) Forest Science, Italian Food and Wine


RECENT PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE:
Clark, C. (2023) “What language does internationalization speak?” in Mosaic Vol 13 n.1, pp. 46-65. Editions Soleil Publishing.
Clark, C. (2022) “Developing an institutional language policy in the complex scenario of internationalization” in Verbum, vol. 13, 2022 Vilniaus Universitetas, Lituania.
Clark, C. (2022) The Language of Internationalisation. In Literature in an Intercultural Perspective
Clark, C. (2019) “Lingua e Politica, Politics of Language”, in Lingue e Linguaggi Politiche, Cancellier A, e  Cassani A (eds), Padova: Padova University Press.
Clark, C., Ackerley K.  (2019) “Meeting the Challenges of Delivering Specialised English Language Training for University Staff”  In LINGUAE &
Clark, C. (2018) “Supporting Lecturers In English-medium Instruction” in  Internationalising Curricula in Higher Education: Linguistic and Cultural Considerations on Quality, Studer, P. (ed) Swiss Journal of Applied Linguistics (vol. 107): Zurich: Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Clark, C. (2018) “The problem (or non-problem) of the non-native speaker in EMI” in The teaching of languages in the new millennium: the challenges of internationalisation, Venice: Edizioni Ca’ Foscari.
Clark, C. (2017) “How students perceive EMI”, in Sharing Perspectives on EMI. Guarda M, Ackerley K. & Helm F (eds)  Bern: Peter Lang.
Clark, C. (2018) “The problem (or non-problem) of the non-native speaker in EMI” in The teaching of languages in the new millennium: the challenges of internationalisation, Venice: Edizioni Ca’ Foscari.
Clark, C. (2017) “How students perceive EMI”, in Sharing Perspectives on EMI. Guarda M, Ackerley K. & Helm F (eds)  Bern: Peter Lang.
Clark, C., Davies, G. (2002). “Assessment Through Listening Tasks” in C. Taylor Torsello, R. Guerini (eds) Innovazioni nell'apprendimento linguistico con il supporto del Centro Linguistico di Ateneo, Padova: CLEUP.
Clark, C., (2002) “Portfolio assessment as part of the teaching/learning process” in C. Taylor, M. Catricalà, J. Morley (eds) 2001 - Anno Europeo delle lingue: proposte della nuova università italiana, Siena: Terre di Sienne Editrici.

RESEARCH FIELDS

English-Medium Instruction (EMI)
Communication Strategies
Language Testing and Assessment
Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies
Language of the News, Journalism and Political Discourse