Dr. Maria R. Tringali is currently a part-time Lecturer of Italian for the Institute for World Languages and Cultures at CSU Monterey Bay, as well as an Assistant Professor
of Italian at D.L.I.F.L.C., Presidio of Monterey, Ca.
Dr. Tringali has been part of the WLC parttime faculty since August, 1996.
She teaches two courses in the Fall semester, Beginning Italian I, Ital. 101 and
Intermediare Italian I, Ital. 201; and two courses in the Spring semester, Beginning
Italian II, Ital. 102 and Intermediate Italian II, Ital. 202 at CSUMB.
She has developed the curriculum for the Italian program at CSUMB and continues
to add new material and updates. She has attended workshops, seminar and conferences
sponsored by the WLC and by the Monterey Bay Foreign Language Project.
She has been an Assistant Professor of Italian at D.L.I.F.L.C. since March 2, 1998.
She has taught at DLI for approximately 8 years. Besides teaching Italian at DLI, she has
attended several workshops for professional development and she has worked with
a team of Italian instructors to develop test items for the students.
She has been an Adjunct Professor at the Monterey Institute Of International Studies,
and the Italian language coordinator for the Summer Intensive Language Program.
She taught Elementary and Intermediate Italian during the Summer Intensive Language
Program and Advanced Italian during the Fall and Spring semesters at MIIS.