Affiliation
South East European University, Macedonia
Special Award
- Certificate of Appreciation
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- Google Scholar: 2
Dr. Elena Spirovska
South East Europian University, Macedonia
SCOPE Number:
33066998-5524-9272
Biography
Dr. Elena Spirovska works as an English language lecturer at the Language Centre and Faculty of Languages, Cultures and Communications at South East European University in Republic of North Macedonia, teaching English for Academic Purposes, General English courses, English for Specific Purposes as well as academic courses including: Literature in English Language Teaching, Modern Literature and English Literature Prose at the Department of English Language and Literature.
In 2003, she started working on her Master’s Degree as a participant in the Distance Education programme provided by Indiana University in cooperation with SEEU. She completed the programme and obtained her degree-Master of Educational Sciences- in 2005. In 2008, she started working on her doctoral dissertation at the Faculty of Languages, Cultures and Communications, South East European University, and defended her doctoral dissertation in 2012.
In the meantime, she participated and presented on numerous international conferences on topics related to teaching English as a Foreign Language, ESP and Literature and published several articles in international journals and conference proceedings. She has also served as a reviewer in several academic journals, including SEEU Review and Folia Linguistica et Litteraria.
Her academic interests include teaching English as a foreign or second language and Literature in EFL, as well as English for Specific Purposes.
Publications
- Spirovska, Elena; RECONSIDERING TEACHERS’ VIEWS ON THE PROCESSES OF COURSE DESIGN AND TEACHING MATERIALS SELECTION IN THE CONTEXT OF ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES. In Journal of Teaching English for Specific and Academic Purposes, pp. 231-240. 2021. (Link)
- EXPLORING MULTICULTURAL ASPECTS IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM THROUGH READING TEXTS. SEEU, Tetovo, 2020. (Link)
- A Synthesis of Technique and Proficiency in Teaching Writing. Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, 2020. (Link)
- EXPLORING MULTICULTURAL ASPECTS IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM THROUGH READING TEXTS. SEEU, Tetovo, 2020. (Link)
- MEMORIES AND STORIES OF RETURNING HOME IN KHALED HOSSEINI’S NOVELS -THE KITE RUNNER, AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED, A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS. In Folia Linguistica et Litteraria, pp. 27-37. 2020. (Link)
- Rethinking Personal History and Maintaining Identity – Offred in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. In Folia Linguistica et Litteraria , pp. 143-154. 2019. (Link)
- READER-RESPONSE THEORY AND APPROACH: APPLICATION, VALUES AND SIGNIFICANCE FOR STUDENTS IN LITERATURE COURSES. In SEEU Review , pp. 20-35. 2019. (Link)
- Enhancing employability skills in ESP (English for Specific Purposes) context – a study conducted at South East European University. In Positioning English for Specific Purposes in an English Language Teaching Context, pp. 978-1-62273-414-6. Vernon Press, Wilmington, DE 19801, 2018. (Link)
Conferences
- ESP Connections (September 2022 )
University of Niš, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Serbia - (Re)Considering theFoundation Principles and Assessing the Common Grounds between ESP/LSP/GE (July 2020)- online
University of Niš, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Serbia - “Home-Thoughts, from Abroad” (from a poem by Robert Browning) ( June 27-28, 2019)
National Library “Đurđe Crnojević” and American Corner Cetinje, Montenegro, - Reclaiming / Renaming Histories, (June 28-29, 2018)
The XIV International Conference on Anglo-American Literary Studies
Nikšić, Montenegro - Establishing the Predominant Position of ESP within Adult ELT3 rd International ESP Conference and Summer School (July , 2017)
University of Niš, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Serbia