Nicoletta Simi
Biographic Data
| ID | 9412904 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicoletta Simi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicoletta |
| FAMILY NAME | Simi |
| SIGNATURE | SIMI N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Link Campus University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6757-4971 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
An Introduction to Informal Pathways to English Learning
Over the last decade, Italian university students have come to encounter English increasingly outside formal instruction, through a broad and fast-changing media ecology that includes traditional and digital formats, platforms and everyday communicative practices. This introduction frames the monographic issue Informal Pathways to English Learning within the national PRIN project on media-driven informalisation of English learning in Italy, which…
Learning English Specialised Vocabulary through Informal Exposure to Special-Interest Content
This study investigates whether informal engagement with special-interest content can foster the acquisition of specialised English vocabulary and how such learning is shaped by individual and experiential factors. One hundred and forty-six Italian university students, who had received only general-purpose English instruction, completed a background questionnaire, a general Vocabulary Size Test (VST), a specialised VST targeting cooking terminolo…
The Lexicon of Politics
This paper presents an empirical-experimental study examining whether, and to what extent, undergraduate students of Political Science at an Italian university acquire English socio-political lexis through informal exposure to online media. The study was conducted at the University of Pisa and involved a small sample of 31 second-year students, tested prior to their attendance of the official English Language course, in order to assess their extr…
Compliments as supportive moves in social media conflicts
This study examines how Italian learners of English use compliments when responding to criticism on social media to support others in online conflict. While previous research has shown that learners can often recognise positive evaluation but struggle to identify compliments accurately, less is known about how they produce them in confrontational interaction. To address this, the study discusses written responses to scenarios based on real Facebo…
Parsing Ambiguity
This study investigates how Italian learners of English as a second language (ESL) process garden-path sentences, with a focus on parsing strategies and comprehension across different CEFR proficiency levels. Participants completed a self-paced reading task, and their performance was assessed through both reading times and comprehension accuracy. The results indicate that advanced learners (C1–C2) demonstrate greater sensitivity to syntactic ambi…
“I Would Never Take My Pet to Someone I Didn’t Trust … My Pet’s Health Is My Health”
This study examines the linguistic and cultural characteristics of positive online reviews left by pet owners for veterinary clinics, with a comparative focus on English and Italian reviews. As pets increasingly become integral family members, online feedback has a significant impact on pet owners’ choices of veterinary services. Using a self-compiled corpus, this analysis employs corpus-assisted tools to explore how reviewers in each language ar…
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“I Would Never Take My Pet to Someone I Didn’t Trust … My Pet’s Health Is My Health”
This study examines the linguistic and cultural characteristics of positive online reviews left by pet owners for veterinary clinics, with a comparative focus on English and Italian reviews. As pets increasingly become integral family members, online feedback has a significant impact on pet owners’ choices of veterinary services. Using a self-compiled corpus, this analysis employs corpus-assisted tools to explore how reviewers in each language ar…
Parsing Ambiguity
This study investigates how Italian learners of English as a second language (ESL) process garden-path sentences, with a focus on parsing strategies and comprehension across different CEFR proficiency levels. Participants completed a self-paced reading task, and their performance was assessed through both reading times and comprehension accuracy. The results indicate that advanced learners (C1–C2) demonstrate greater sensitivity to syntactic ambi…
An Introduction to Informal Pathways to English Learning
Over the last decade, Italian university students have come to encounter English increasingly outside formal instruction, through a broad and fast-changing media ecology that includes traditional and digital formats, platforms and everyday communicative practices. This introduction frames the monographic issue Informal Pathways to English Learning within the national PRIN project on media-driven informalisation of English learning in Italy, which…
Learning English Specialised Vocabulary through Informal Exposure to Special-Interest Content
This study investigates whether informal engagement with special-interest content can foster the acquisition of specialised English vocabulary and how such learning is shaped by individual and experiential factors. One hundred and forty-six Italian university students, who had received only general-purpose English instruction, completed a background questionnaire, a general Vocabulary Size Test (VST), a specialised VST targeting cooking terminolo…
The Lexicon of Politics
This paper presents an empirical-experimental study examining whether, and to what extent, undergraduate students of Political Science at an Italian university acquire English socio-political lexis through informal exposure to online media. The study was conducted at the University of Pisa and involved a small sample of 31 second-year students, tested prior to their attendance of the official English Language course, in order to assess their extr…
Compliments as supportive moves in social media conflicts
This study examines how Italian learners of English use compliments when responding to criticism on social media to support others in online conflict. While previous research has shown that learners can often recognise positive evaluation but struggle to identify compliments accurately, less is known about how they produce them in confrontational interaction. To address this, the study discusses written responses to scenarios based on real Facebo…
Second Language Learning and Teaching (4 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 works) · Vocabulary (3 works) · Informal learning (2 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Second Language Acquisition and Learning (2 works) · Social media (2 works) · Ambiguity (1 work)