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Personal information

First name / Surname Nikola Dobrić

Address Mozartstrasse 42, 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria Telephone +43(0)6765483905 Homepage http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/iaa/inhalt/2512.htm E-mail Nikola.Dobric@aau.at Nationality Serbian Date of birth 28.09.1982

Academic Positions

Dates March 2010 – currently

Occupation or position Universitätsassistent

Main activities and responsibilities

Teaching linguistics and conducting (applied) linguistic research

Employer Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Universitätsstraße 65-67, 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria

Dates Winter semester 2014

Occupation or position Guest lecturer (Erasmus)

Main activities and responsibilities

Teaching within different courses (corpus linguistics, learner corpus annotation - MA curriculum)

Employer English Department, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Dates Winter semester 2013

Occupation or position Guest lecturer

Main activities and responsibilities

Teaching a course ‘Corpus Linguistics’ (MA curriculum)

Employer English Department, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Dates Winter semester 2014

Occupation or position Guest lecturer

Main activities and responsibilities

Teaching a course ‘Corpus Linguistics’ (MA curriculum)

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Other work experience

Dates November 2007 – November 2009

Occupation or position Foreign Language Lecturer

Main activities and responsibilities

Teaching Business English (ESP) at a tertiary level

Employer Higher business School of Professional Studies, Vladimira Perica 4, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

Business College (Fachhochschule) – BA level of education http://www.vps.ns.ac.rs/sr/nastavnik.1.30.html?sn=234

Dates September 2007 – February 2010

Occupation or position EFL Teacher

Main activities and responsibilities

Teaching English at higher levels of the CEFR

Employer Foreign Languages Centre Lingua,Železnicka 34, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia EFL Training and Translation

http://www.skola-lingua.edu.rs/

Dates September 2008 – January 2013

Occupation or position Freelance translator

Main activities and responsibilities

CAT translation services

Employer CEET Language Solutions, The Check Republic

International Translation Agency

http://www.ceet.eu/

Dates May 2008 – February 2010

Occupation or position Online mentor

Main activities and responsibilities

Tracking and supervising online distance studies in English

Employer Higher Business School “Doba”, Maribor, Slovenia

Business College (Fachhochschule) – BA level of education

http://www.doba.rs/

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Occupation or position English Language Teacher

Main activities and responsibilities

Teaching English in Primary Education

Name and address of employer

Primary School (Volksschule) Ivo Lola Ribar, Marsala Tita 48, 21428 Plavna, Serbia

Academic degrees, education and training

Dates September 2014 – in progress

Title of qualification Habilitation (Post-doc Project)

Title of project Non-norm Adequate Features and Assessment of Writing – A Corpus-based Study Subjects/occupational

skills covered

Applied Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics, Language Teaching, Language Acquisition, Language Testing, Didactics, and Psychometrics

Name and type of organisation(s) providing education and training

Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik , Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt

The Language Testing Center, Klagenfurt

Dates March 2010 – September 2012

Title of qualification

*(continuation of studies)

Dr. phil (Ph.D.) in Linguistics

* graduation with distinction

Title of project Can You Really Know a Word by the Company It Keeps? An Investigation into the Contextual Influence on Aspects of Polysemy

(supervisors: Allan Richard James & Veronica Zima-Smith)

* published as: The Theory and Practice of Corpus-based Semantics, (2013), AAA Series, Gunter Narr Verlag: Tübingen.

Subjects/occupational skills covered

Lexicography, Lexical Semantics, Corpus Linguistics, Cognitive Linguistics, and Computational Linguistics

Name and type of organisation(s) providing education and training

Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik , Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt

Dates November 2009 – March 2010

Title of qualification

*(start of PhD studies)

Dr. phil (Ph.D.) in Linguistics

Subjects/occupational skills covered

Lexicography, Lexical Semantics, Corpus Linguistics, Cognitive Linguistics, and Computational Linguistics

Name and type of organisation(s) providing education and training

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Dates October 2007 – September 2008

Title of qualification awarded

MA in Corpus Linguistics

* graduation with distinction

Title of project Discrimination Discourse in English and Serbian

Subjects/occupational skills covered

Corpus Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, and DA

Name and type of organisation(s) providing education and training

Faculty of Philosophy, English Department, University of Novi Sad

Dates October 2001 – April 2006

Title of qualification awarded

BA (Diploma/Mag.) in English Language and Linguistics

Subjects/occupational skills covered

English Linguistics, Literature, and Teaching Methodology

Name and type of organisation(s) providing education and training

English Department, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad

Dates May 2014 Title of qualification awarded Training Subjects/occupational skills covered

Running Erasmus+ Joint Degrees (MA&PhDs)

Name and type of organisation(s) providing education and training

INTERuv Project, The Hague, Netherlands

Dates November 2010

Title of qualification awarded

Training and Certificate

Subjects/occupational skills covered

Using the statistical package SPSS

Name and type of organisation(s) providing education and training

ZID, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt

Dates October 2010

Title of qualification awarded

Training and Certificate

Subjects/occupational skills covered

Managing the webpage design and organization system at the university

Name and type of organisation(s) providing education and training

ZID, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt

Dates June 2010

Title of qualification awarded

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Subjects/occupational skills covered

Learning about the crucial skills for scientific workers

Name and type of organisation(s) providing education and training

FA Personalentwicklung, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt

Dates June 2008

Title of qualification awarded

CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) Language Certificate

Subjects/occupational skills covered

English Language Competence

Name and type of organisation(s) providing education and training

Cambridge University, ESOL Examinations, British Council, London

Level in national or international classification

C2/ Highest Level of the Common European Framework

Dates June 2008 FTBE

Title of qualification awarded

LCCI First Certificate for Teachers of Business English

Subjects/occupational skills covered

Business English Competence and Teaching Methodology

Name and type of organisation(s) providing education and training

London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, London

Dates May 2008

Title of qualification awarded

Training and Certificate

Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

E-learning mentorship, tracking competence, and teaching methodology

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Higher Business School Doba, Maribor, Slovenia

Academic and administrative functions

Dates February 2014 – currently

Function performed Co-founder, Chief Editor, and Journal Manager of Colloquim

http://colloquium.aau.at

Main activities and responsibilities

Starting and running a scientific journal, managing academic and technical aspects

Dates July 2011 – currently

Function performed Studienprogramleiter (Director of Studies)

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Main activities and responsibilities

Organizing courses and course instructors; balancing the teaching budget; responsible for the implementation of the BA and MA; admission of international students and the

recognition of courses

Dates January 2014 – October 2014

Function performed Initiative Coordinator of the Klagenfurt Open Access Initiative

Main activities and responsibilities

Raising awareness about the importance of Open Access and organizing the setup of an Open Access University Press

Dates November 2013 – currently

Function performed Curricula Committee (CuKo) for English and American Studies

Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria

Main activities and responsibilities

Participating in the creation and changes of all study programs including work on the new Teacher Training (Lehramt Neu) for English

Dates March 2010 – currently

Function performed Coordinator of international cooperation

Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria

Main activities and responsibilities

Coordinating student and staff exchanges with nine Erasmus and Joint-study International Universities (most prominently Australian and West Balkan Universities)

Dates February 2015

Function performed External contributor in the Quality Management and Audit of Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt as part of the Fokusgruppe Internationales

Main activities and responsibilities

Providing feedback about the quality of the international cooperation, the administration of it, and the strategy defined for the future

Dates November 2012 – November 2013

Function performed KUWI Research Key User

Main activities and responsibilities

Managing research visibility of the Department

Fakultät für Kulturwissenschaften, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria

http://kuwiresearch.aau.at/beteiligte_personen.php

Dates January 2011 – September 2013

Function performed Public Spokesperson

Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria

Main activities and responsibilities

Publicity-related communication; maintaining the departmental web page; designing and releasing advertising material

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Function performed The ThinkTank newsletter founder and coeditor

Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria

Main activities and responsibilities

Editing the newsletter of the Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt

Dates January 2013 – currently

Function performed Scholarly Board member of Metodicki vidici

http://epub.ff.uns.ac.rs/index.php/MV

Main activities and responsibilities

Advising the journal in terms of applied linguistics, with a particular focus on learner corpora and language testing

Awards

Dates December 2014

Award Förderpreis der Bildungsforschung 2014 (Award for Educational Research)

Issuing organization Fachübergreifenden Forschungsclusters Bildung, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt

http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/main/inhalt/42477.htm

Memberships

Dates October 2014 – currently

Organization Learner Corpus Association

http://www.learnercorpusassociation.org/

Dates May 2012 – currently

Organization South East Applied Linguistics (SEAL) Research Group – co-founder http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/iaa/inhalt/2310.htm

Dates January 2011 – currently

Organization Austrian Association of University Teachers (AAUTE)

http://www.univie.ac.at/aauteweb/

Dates January 2011 – currently

Organization The European Society for the Study of English (ESSE)

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Personal skills and competences

Mother tongue(s) Serbian (BCS)

Other language(s) English, German

Social skills and competences

Seven years of experience in teaching at a university tertiary level; working on interdisciplinary research; experience in managing both practical and scientific aspects of linguistic projects; experience in teaching small and large lecture groups of students and supervising their work; experience in organizing and running curricula; very extrovert, good people skills and thriving under pressure; rather knowledgeable in history, economy, literature, politics and medical developments.

Organisational skills and competences

Aadministrative work related to university environment; organizing teaching at departmental level (Director of Studies); Lehramt, BA, and MA curricula creation; project management; spearheading initiatives (Open Access); journal management; journal editing; reviewing and refereeing; significant translation experience

Technical skills and competences

Text mining; corpus tools (concordancers); CAT tools (Trados, QMemo, Sisulizer); statistical software (R, SPSS); web design tools (RedDot)

Computer skills and competences

Full Windows environment (Power Point, Word, Internet Explorer, Excel, Corel Draw, AdobeInDesign CS4); E-learning software (Moodle, Blackboard); corpus annotation software (taggers and parsers)

References

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