Former Full professor of German Linguistics at the Univeristy of Modena and Reggio Emilia and Lecturer in German as a foreign language at the Univeristy of Zurich. Main teaching and research interests: Biological and institutional conditions for learning, Language development,  teaching speaking and writing in German as a mother tongue, as a second language and as a foreign language, language policy.

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A full list of her publications is available here .