JoLIE 11:1/2018 NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS AZAMAT AKBAROV Professor Ph.D. Busan University of Foreign Studies, Busan, South Korea Email address: azamatakbar@yahoo.com Azamat Akbarov holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics. He is Full Professor in Applied Linguistics at Kazakh National University in Almaty, Kazakhstan. His extensive experience includes both general English and several areas of Applied Linguistics, and he has published widely in these areas. He also has cross-linguistic expertise, having worked in French, Turkish, Russian, Korean, Bosnian, Kazakh and Uzbek as well as English, and understands the practical issues involved in teaching and learning different languages and transferring research ideas from one language to another. He is the Chairman of the International Conference of Foreign Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics (FLTAL), President of the Association for Applied Linguistics in Kazakhstan (AALK), Editor-in-Chief of J- FLTAL journal. He is the current member of American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), The International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA) and The International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL). MONA ARHIRE Associate Professor Habil. Transilvania University of Brașov, Romania Email address: mona.arhire@gmail.com Dr. habil. Mona Arhire is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Letters and the head of the Research Centre for Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, at Transilvania University of Brașov, Romania. She graduated from the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures (Arabic-English department) of the University of Bucharest in 1992, and earned her PhD in Philology from Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu in 2006. Her teaching and research activities fall within the scope of Translation Studies, Corpus-based Translation Studies, Corpus Linguistics, Contrastive Studies and Intercultural Communication. She has published books and book chapters with national and international publishing houses, as well as articles in reputed journals. Among her scientific works, some representative ones are: Cohesive Devices in Translator Training: A Study Based on a Romanian Translational Learner Corpus (in Revue Meta, 2017), Corpusbased Translation for Research, Practice and Training (Iași: Institutul European, 2014, ISBN 978-606-24-0037-8), Structural Equivalence in Translation. An
158 Notes on contributors Introduction, Vol. I and II (Cluj-Napoca: Casa Cărții de Știință, 2015, 2016, ISBN 978-606-17-0859-8), Translation as a Form of Intercultural Workplace Communication, (in Professional Communication across Languages and Cultures, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2012, ISBN 978 90 272 1034 0). Dr. Arhire is a member of the European Society for Translation Studies and of the European Society for the Study of English. HAKAN AYDOĞAN Ph.D., Independent Researcher, Turkey Email address: aydoganh@hotmail.com Dr. Hakan Aydoğan taught English as a foreign language in Turkish State universities and Europe. His BA, MAs and PhD are in English language teaching. The main interest of his scientific studies are TESOL, EFL and methodology of EFL. He is currently conducting independent research studies in the same fields. CRISTINA BURTEA-CIOROIANU Senior Lecturer Ph.D. University of Craiova, Romania Email address: cris_mitrica@yahoo.com Cristina-Eugenia Burtea-Cioroianu is a Senior Lecturer PhD at the Department of Applied Modern Languages of the University of Craiova, with a 19-year old academic background, a specialist in Romanian language and literature, Latin language and literature and legal language. She is a graduate of two faculties, the Faculty of Letters and the Faculty of Law, then a Master in "Modern Governance and Local Development" and owner of a cum laude doctor s degree; single author of 5 books published in the country and abroad and two works as the first author, as well as of about 49 articles in the country and abroad. Member of the editorial staff of SYMBOLON journal having as coordinators: Professor PhD Jean-Jacques Wunenburger, Professor PhD Ionel Buşe, Editions Universitaires de Lyon III. She is a member of several societies and university associations, as well as a member of the organising committee and keynote speaker at several international conferences. She brought a significant contribution to the encyclopaedia La vie de l auteurs de lʼeurope du centre-est depuis 1945, a project in progress since January 2017, in collaboration with the Institute of France, Foundation Simone et Cino Del Duca. GABRIELA CUSEN Associate Professor, Ph.D. Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania Email address: gcusen@gmail.com Gabriela Cusen is an associate professor at the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Letters, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania (PhD in applied linguistics). Her current areas of research include:
Notes on contributors 159 sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, intercultural communication in professional contexts, second language acquisition and language teaching. She is the author of Investigating vocabulary learning strategies: A case study of Romanian undergraduates with a professional interest in learning English as a foreign language. Her articles on the aforementioned topics, have appeared in several journals, including Bulletin of Transilvania University of Brașov, Quality Assurance Review for Higher Education, Romanian Journal of English Studies and Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica. DANIELA DOBOȘ Associate Professor, Ph.D. Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Romania Email address: dana_dobos@yahoo.com Daniela Doboş is Associate Professor in the Department of English of the Faculty of Letters, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Romania. Her research interests are English and Romanian grammar and linguistics, specialized translation and cultural studies. She has published extensively in various journals and in various collections of essays. Among her latest articles there are Vulgar Slang in English and Romanian. A Few Notes on Romanian Hip Hop Lyrics Translated into English in Argotica No 1(3)/2014 and The West Going East: Archaic Romania in Western Authors Travel Writings of the Late Twentieth Century in Views of the East. Travel and Intercultural Communication in Europe, Alexandru Ioan Cuza Publishing House, 2016. She is the author of two books on English linguistics. ADINA-IRINA FORNA Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Cluj-Napoca Technical University, Romania Email address: adina.forna@lang.utcluj.ro Adina-Irina Forna is a member of the Department of Modern Languages and Communication at the Cluj-Napoca Technical University, Romania. She is teaching French for Specific Purposes for several specializations (architecture, mechanical engineering, computer science, etc.). She is a member of the team of Centre d Études des Lettres Belges de Langue Française, affiliated with Babeș- Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca. Her research interests cluster around scientific and technical French, FFL and FSP teaching methods, discourse analysis, linguistics, French civilization, Francophonie. She published a French course for students in architecture and civil engineering, several contributions in collective volumes and many articles, interviews, book reviews and translations in specialised journals.
160 Notes on contributors RALUCA GHENŢULESCU Lecturer Ph.D. The Department of Foreign Languages and Communication The Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest Email address: raluca.ghentulescu@utcb.ro Raluca Ghentulescu is a lecturer at the Specialization of Translation and Interpretation at the Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest, where she teaches the courses and seminars of Terminology and Specialised Technical Translations. After defending her doctoral thesis in British Cultural Studies in 2010, she has focused on topics related to Communication, Culture and Civilisation, because she intends to publish a book and several articles dedicated to these fields of knowledge. The results of her research up to this moment are presented in the articles she has submitted for publication. ARINA GREAVU Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania Email address: arinagreavu@yahoo.com Arina Greavu is assistant professor at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, where she specialises in teaching English to students of Economics. Her research interests are in the areas of language contact study, bilingualism and specialised languages. She has extensive experience in the English Grammar and ESP teaching and materials preparation, and has contributed articles to various specialized journals. JOANNA KIC-DRGAS Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland Email address: joanna.kic-drgas@tu.koszalin.pl Dr Joanna Kic-Drgas graduated from linguistics and is employed as an Assistant Professor in Teaching Languages for Specific Purposes in the Institute of Applied Linguistics at the Faculty of Modern Languages and Literature of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. She has ten years of experience in teaching languages for specific purposes and has authored and co-authored academic and professional papers focused on teaching methodology in languages for specific purposes. LENDITA KRYEZIU Lecturer in Linguistics and English Language University of Prishtina, Faculty of Philology Address: George Bush st, nn, 10 000 Prishtina, Kosovo Email address: lendita.kryeziu@uni-pr.edu
Notes on contributors 161 Lendita Kryeziu, born 1972, is a PhD student of Linguistics at the University of Prishtina, where she received her MA degree in 2012. She has been working as a lecturer at the same university since 2011 where she instructed her students in different fields of English linguistics. Her research interests include applied linguistics, language acquisition, sociolinguistics, idiomatics and second language teaching. She has published several articles in her field of interest and participated in very important conferences in the local, regional and international level. She is currently writing her dissertation on TED talks as means of improving listening and speaking skills in teaching English and corpus analysis. She has been awarded with The best student award by the University of Prishtina in 1994 while doing her major studies and been acknowledged with The best reader award by the municipal library of Suhareka, Kosovo in 2004. OANA MUREȘAN Senior Lecturer, Ph.D. Iuliu Haţieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca Email address: oanamur@yahoo.com Oana Mureşan is a Senior Lecturer of English for Specific Purposes at the Department of Modern Languages of Iuliu Haţieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca. She has a PhD in Medicine and Literature from the same university and her research interests include ESP and EAP, and Literature and Medicine. Teodora POPESCU Associate Professor Ph.Ed. 1 Decembrie 1918 University of Alba-Iulia, Romania 11-13 Unirii Street, Alba Iulia 510009, Romania Email address: teo_popescu@hotmail.com Teodora Popescu, Doctor of Education (2004), teaches ELT Methodology (preand in-service teacher training), English Semantics, Translation Studies and Intercultural Business Communication. She is the author of: Pre-service English teacher education: classroom education and teaching practice booklet (2007), Elaborarea şi implementarea curriculum-ului de limba engleză la facultăţile cu profil economic (2006) and co-author of Dictionary of Business Collocations. With Romanian translation and practice section (2009); Mic dicţionar englez-germanfrancez-italian-român de termeni economici, juridici şi politici (2006); Reading and Vocabulary for Business Students, Parts I and II (2003 / 2004). She has also (co)-authored 80 articles in the field of ELT methodology, curriculum studies, CALL, lexical semantics and intercultural business communication. Teodora Popescu is editor-in-chief of The Journal of Linguistic and Intercultural Education - JoLIE, 1 Decembrie 1918 University of Alba Iulia, Romania. She has co-chaired conferences in Linguistic and Intercultural Education and Internationalisation of
162 Notes on contributors Higher Education. She holds the position of Dean of the Faculty of History and Philology, 1 Decembrie 1918 University of Alba Iulia, Romania. LINDITA SEJDIU RUGOVA Associate Professor in Linguistics and English Language, Ph.D. University of Prishtina, Faculty of Philology Address: George Bush st, nn, 10 000 Prishtina, Kosovo Email address: lindita.rugova@uni-pr.edu Dr. Lindita Sejdiu Rugova, born 1975, studied English language and Literature at the University of Prishtina, Kosovo, and received her magisterium and Ph.D. Thesis in the field of Linguistics, with a specialization in contrastive syntax and text grammar studies between English and Albanian, in Prishtina. She is a co-author of the textbook Introduction to Text studies in Albanian and has published a series of articles on Albanian Morpho-syntax and on Albanian Text studies in general. She has been involved in many academic research projects on English language teaching as well on teaching Albanian as a second or foreign language. She has participated as a visiting lecturer in many European universities programmes, such as: Naples, Venice, Prague, Copenhagen, Berlin, and has been one of the first Albanian scholars that have introduced contemporary syntactic analyses and text grammar studies in Albanian.