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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)
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/
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
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
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)
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
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)
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)