Nancy Mezzio (M.A.)
Nancy Mezzio is research assistant to Prof. Dr. Ivo Steininger.
Contact Information
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
English Department / Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10B, Room 442a
D-35394 Giessen, Germany
Tel.: +49 641 99 30338
E-Mail: nancy.mezzio
Bio
Nancy Mezzio teaches TEFL at the English department of JLU. She is currently conducting research on EFL teaching methodologies that, starting from the digital manipulation of authentic cultural-literary products, intend to guarantee more effectiveness in the language learning outcomes both in formal and informal learning environments. The study also investigates, as well as simultaneously aims at further developing, the digital competence of pre-service and in-service EFL teachers.
Prior to her academic position at JLU, she was lecturer, research assistant and second examiner in final examinations (Staatsexamen) at the English department/TEFL of the University of Rostock. She additionally taught in Rostock English, German, and Italian as a foreign language in adult education.
Research interests
Her academic interests focus on:
- Psycholinguistics and Second Language Acquisition
- Teaching English with multimodal literary texts
- Digitalisation in the foreign language teacher training
- Digitalisation in foreign language learning and teaching
Publication
Mezzio, Nancy (2024). Digital language immersion, interaction, and production: Ein Bericht zum integrativen Einsatz filmischer Formate im modernen Fremdsprachenunterricht aus Lehrkräftesicht. In Wolff et al. [Hrsg.]. Digitale Lehre und Lehrkräftebildung in MV. Quo vadis? DOI: 10.25656/01:28683