Luciano Mariani is a freelance teacher trainer, consultant and materials writer based in Milan, Italy. He has published widely on the topics of study skills, learning styles and strategies, and learner autonomy, and is the author of cross-curricular materials such as "Study Skills through English", "Strategie per Imparare" and "Portfolio" published by Zanichelli, Bologna. He has also co-authored several grammar books and secondary school courses published by Longman, Harlow, and Zanichelli, Bologna, and has contributed to “Insights from the Common European Framework”, edited by Keith Morrow and published by Oxford University Press. He runs a bilingual (English and Italian) website – Learning Paths:
www.learningpaths.org – which is specifically devoted to learning styles and strategies for teacher and learner development.
