Dr. Diana Pili-Moss

Diana Pili-Moss is Lecturer in TEFL and Senior Research Associate at the Institute for English Studies.

Her main research interests are in the area of second language learning in instructed contexts, both in the classroom and through digital media. Specifically, she is interested in the way cognitive factors modulate child and adult learning, processing and use of a second or additional language, with a focus on the role of memory and age. She is also interested in the pedagogical implications of this research for how languages are taught and learned in the classroom and in the role of corrective feedback in L2 development. Previously she did research in the area of comparative Romance and Germanic linguistics focusing on the interface between syntax and semantics.                

Academic Employment and Teaching

Since 03/2021 Lecturer in TEFL, Institute of English Studies, Leuphana University Lüneburg (D)

Since 12/2020 Senior Research Associate, TEFL, Institute of English Studies, Leuphana University Lüneburg (D)

09/2020- 12/2020 Associate Lecturer, Second Language Acquisition (MA TEFL), Department of Linguistics and English Studies, Lancaster University (UK)

10/2019- 10/2020 Post-doctoral ESRC Fellowship (Principal Investigator), Department of Linguistics and English Studies, Lancaster University (UK)

09/2018- 08/2019 Lecturer in Language Acquisition, Department of History, English, Linguistics and Music, University of Huddersfield (UK)

09/2015 – 01/2016 Associate Lecturer, General linguistics, Department of Linguistics and English Studies, Lancaster University (UK)

09/2010-08/2015 Teacher of L2 Italian, University Language Centre, The University of Manchester (UK)

09/2008- 07/2011 Secondary school teacher at various institutions (Modern Foreign Languages) – (UK)

2004 - 2008 Secondary school teacher (L2 English), Fondazione Luigi Clerici, Milano (ITA)

01/2002-12/2003 Research associate, Centro di Studi Cognitivi sul Linguaggio, University of Siena (ITA)

12/1999-12/2001 Research associate, Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere, University of Verona (ITA)

Education

2013-2018: PhD – Second Language Acquisition, Lancaster University (UK)

2008-2010: Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), Modern Foreign Languages,   Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), Manchester Metropolitan University (UK)

1997-2000: Dr. phil. in General Linguistics, Universität Potsdam (Germany)

1990-1995: MA in Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, Instituto Universitario di Lingue Moderne (IULM) (Italy)