ACADEMIC CURRICULUM VIATE Assoc. Prof. Dr. FLORENTINA HALIMI, PhD (Fulbright Scholar) Forename: Florentina Mobile Number: +389 (0)

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1 ACADEMIC CURRICULUM VIATE Assoc. Prof. Dr. FLORENTINA HALIMI, PhD (Fulbright Scholar) PERSONAL INFORMATION Surname: HALIMI Forename: Florentina Mobile Number: +389 (0) ; PRESENT APPOINTMENT Present post Grade Main responsibilities FON University, Skopje, Macedonia Associate Professor, PhD. Fulbright Scholar Lecturing & Research Supervision

2 PREVIOUS SUBSTANTIVE APPOINTMENTS Dates Since 2013 Appointment GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit)-Kosovo Key expert and research analyst 2011 Fordham University, Graduate School of Education Division of Curriculum and Teaching, New York City, USA Taught a one semester MA Course Visiting professor (Fulbright Scholar) 2011 (September 2014) FON University, Faculty of Foreign Languages Associate Professor State Tetovo University, Faculty of Philology, English Department Vienna University, Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies, Department of English and American Studies Full-time PhD Studies SEEU (South East European University): 1. Teacher Training Faculty, Senior Lecturer 2. Vice-Head of the Language Centre GRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE QUALIFICATIONS Date Title of award Subject Awarding body Fulbright Scholar Curriculum Development in Fordham University-USA 2012 Post-doctoral Fellowship in Education Teacher Training Ph.D. in Social and Multilingualism: Vienna University, Austria 2011 Psychological linguistics English as a Third Language in Macedonia 2006 MSc in Linguistics Bilingualism in Macedonia University of Prishtina, R. of Kosovo 1998 Diploma in Philological Sciences English Language and Literature University of Prishtina R. Of Kosovo

3 MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES Date Body 2013 Scientific Committee member of the International Virtual Conference on Advanced Scientific Results 2013 Scientific Committee Member of the Global Virtual Conference 2012 Scientific Committee Member of the International Conference on Advanced Research in Scientific Areas (ARSA-2012) 2012 Scientific Committee Member of the Electronic International Interdisciplinary Conference 2012 Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Education, Psychology and Social Sciences, Publisher: Thomson Ltd 2012 Member of the Council for International Exchange of Scholars 2011 Member of American TESOL Association, New York, NY 2007 Member of the Linguistic Society of America 2003 Member, Expert Committee on Syllabi and Examinations, SEE University Member of English Linguistic Society in Macedonia 2001 Member of German Association on Human Rights

4 LEARNING AND TEACHING Teaching responsibilities during the last academic year Programme Unit Level of study: Faculty of Foreign Languages English Department Undergraduate studies and Post graduate studies: My contribution: Conduct lectures and seminars, mentor young aspiring academics, perform advanced research, engagement in external fund-raising projects Teaching and assessment responsibilities: Evidence of your contribution to enhancing the student experience in your programme/units e.g. teaching plan, design and carry out assessment as an ongoing part of learning and teaching and periodically use specific assessments, tests or examinations as appropriate. I constantly work in inspiring and motivating students to the development of their critical thinking skills, problem-solving skills and scholarly values involve learners fully in assessment and help them to understand what is expected Encourage students to adopt research-like ways of learning, and engage students as active, questioning participants who use the inquiry and research processes of their discipline to learn. evaluate evidence of learning to contribute to profiles and report on learners achievements and progress. I incorporate primary sources, recent research discoveries and new knowledge in my teaching. Additional comments (including actions to enhance learning) I design the course syllabi on students learning needs and approaches. I try to find out about the ways my students are learning and the ways they are relating to the subject, and adjust my teaching. I am approachable and provide empathic and effective guidance to students; where possible assisting students from equity and other demographic subgroups to participate and achieve success in my courses I always try to enhance teaching beyond my own teaching in context, discipline or profession, and seek opportunities to engage in mentoring junior staff.

5 Summary of significant personal achievements in teaching My most important accomplishment as an associate professor is not that I have become an excellent teacher. Instead, my central achievement is that I have become an integrated teacher, scholar, and citizen - a true university professor. To appreciate what I mean by this claim, I must provide a little history. In my first years as an instructor, I thought the sole task was to deliver the best courses possible. I learned whatever I needed to master, experimented with numerous techniques and strategies, developed new courses and constantly revised old ones. The students evaluations, in combination with their performance on papers and exams, gave me the feedback I needed to determine whether I was progressing as a teacher. Only a few years after I began, I started to receive university recognition for my efforts. In 2001 I was honoured with the Teacher of the Year, bestowed by the Associated Professors from Indiana University and South East European University in Tetovo. As my scholarly visibility grew, opportunities to integrate my teaching and research expanded even more. I was frequently asked to deliver guest lectures and to lead seminars in undergraduate programs at other colleges and universities. Such accomplishments no doubt contributed to my being selected a Fulbright Scholar for the to conduct a post-doctoral research and teach a one-semester course at Fordham University in New York, NY, USA. This very privileged scholarship allowed me to integrate research and teaching in a manner that will contribute to develop new research projects.

6 RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP Summary of current research and scholarship I was extremely honoured to be the recipient of the Fulbright scholarship award for for post-doctoral research and teaching a one-semester course at Fordham University, New York, NY, USA. I enjoyed teaching a semester-long master s course on Sociology of Language Acquisition (CTGE 5840-SLA). I was really excited to work with American students. The most memorable experience was the first time I stood in front of my new students and was introduced by my faculty advisor Dr. Carolyn Brown and my colleague Dr. Aida Nevarezalatorre. A very warm and friendly atmosphere was created followed by relevant questions and a good academic discussion. I can say that teaching played a great role during my visit there, as I got a lot of pleasure and satisfaction from it. In addition to teaching, I was invited to present several lectures at doctoral program at the TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Department. Along with teaching, I was constantly working on my research. I explored the teacher training programs, their curriculum and syllabi at five universities in New York. In collaboration with my American colleagues from Fordham University, I have been visiting five different universities in New York: Fordham University, City University of New York (CUNY), Long Island University, Queen's College and New York University and have been conducting several interviews with program directors and teacher training educators. In addition to teaching and research, I was also involved in many activities connected to my area of study. One of them was the NYS TESOL 41st Annual Conference. I have gained a lot from these activities. They have helped me greatly in developing my knowledge and keeping it updated. Actually, they did not only sharpen and developed the knowledge I had, but also helped me perform more highly skilled and demanding tasks. Summary of research and scholarship in the previous three years I am a socio and psycholinguist. My scholarship is grounded in theories and methods found in the field of social psychology of language with application to language acquisition and use, language teaching and language policy (Bilingualism and Multilingualism) I have been educated at the University of Vienna, where I was awarded a Ph.D. scholarship in Linguistics in Prior to the PhD degree, I had completed many professional development programs for teacher training, Educational Leadership and Curriculum Development, awarded by the American Embassy in Skopje, USAID and the British Council in Skopje. I got the trainings for these programs at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, the George Washington University, Washington D.C., the Oxford Brooks University, Oxford, GB and the South East University in Tetovo. I have benefited from the outstretched and guiding hands of several exceptional academicians who invested immeasurable personal and professional resources into my training. It is largely because of the mentoring of these scholars combined with institutional supports afforded me that I am inspired to strive for excellence in all three areas of academe: research, service, and teaching.

7 Summary of significant personal achievements in research and scholarship My research experience began my freshman year and has spanned from field of Linguistics to Education. I have initiated and conducted multiple independent projects as well as assisted with data collection for larger projects. My field research has taken me to the USA, Austria, Spain, Great Britain and Germany. Overall, I have presented the results of my researches at conferences and seminars; have paper of my own research and have contributed to their publication. I gained further research experience assisting my PhD supervisors, Dr. Christine Dalton-Puffer (Vienna University) and Dr. Ulrike Jessner (Innsbruck University), gathered data on the sociology and psychology of multilinigual language acquisition. I described my role in the project in an oral presentation given to the Vienna University doctoral research seminars. My current research is examining the role EFL teaching in primary secondary and high schools in Macedonia. I plan on presenting this project September 2013 at the 25th Annual EAIE (European Association for International Education) Conference. In addition to my research interest, I have been associated with Scientific Journal International for a bit more than a year and my experience has been of utmost high quality. The intellectual productions, the review processes, and the published works do not differ at all, from any other ranked academic journals. I have found that the parameters, the array of diversity, and the involvement of the authors is of enormously high standards. Scientific Journals International is a pioneer of open access publishing and it abides to the highest criteria of intellectual research, I have ever been exposed. Research grants and contracts awarded Dates Award holder and PI Funding body Title September September 2012 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Florentina Halimi at Fordham University, New York, NY Fulbright Teaching and Research October 2007 May 2011 September October PhD Dissertation research Grand SEEU, Tetovo, Principal Investigator: Florentina Halimi Vienna University USAID, Macedonia Applied Linguistics Educational Leadership

8 PUBLICATIONS HALIMI, F. (2013). A Comparative Study of ESL/EFL Teacher Education Preparation for ELLs. (in press) HALIMI,F. (2013). Textbook use in the history classroom in Albanian-language areas in Macedonia: An analysis of history textbooks and history teaching methodologies. The Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research (GEI). Braunschweig, Germany HALIMI, F.(2013). Bilingualism, Multilingualism and English in Republic of Macedonia. Vizione 20. UDC : (497.7)(047.53) HALIMI,.F & SPASOSKA,N., (2013). Foreign Language Curriculum Development: A case study analysis of program goals and objectives. ScieConf Scientific Conference 2013, 6. - Psychology, Sociology and Pedagogy, Social Science. ISSN: HALIMI, F. (2012). Sociological and Psychological Perspectives on Foreign Language Acquisition: The Influence of Attitudes and Motivation. Electronic International Interdisciplinary Conference ISSN: HALIMI,F. (2012). Multilingualism in Macedonia: A sociolinguistic perspective. Vienna: University of Vienna HALIMI, F.(2011). Psycholinguistic perspectives in Acquiring English as a Third Language. Vienna: University of Vienna HALIMI,F. (2010). English as a Third Language in Macedonia. 4th Congress of Social Studies in the Balkans, Publications: 4. Uluslararası Balkanlarda Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi Sakarya: Sakarya Üniversitesi Turkiye HALIMI, F. (2008). Learning English as a Third Language in Macedonia: Lexical transfer of L1 Albanian, L2 Macedonian in L3 English production. In Marti Arnandiz,Otilia, and Safont Jorda, Maria del Pilar (eds).achieving multilingualism: wills and ways. Catello, Publications Universitat Jaume I: ISBN: HALIMI, F.(2007). Functions of Teacher and Student Utterances. Paper presented at the Linguistic Conference (Content and Language Integrated Learning. HALIMI, F. (2007). Psycholinguistics: A Cross-Language Perspective. paper presented at the International Conference in Linguistics: University of Vienna, Austria HALIMI, F. & BROWN, C. (2007). School leadership development in post conflict countries. paper presented at the International Conference in Athens Institute for Education and Research Athens, Greece HALIMI,F. (2004). Родова Перспектива на трговија со луѓе. Евро Балкан Прес. Истразувачки центар за родови студии. pp HALIMI,F. (2002). Adopting English Computer Terms into Albanian. In ELT Conference, SEEU- Teтovo, Macedonia HALIMI, F. (2001). Bilingualism in Macedonia, paper presented at the International Conference Gjuha shqipe në pragun e shekullit të ri, UT, UP. Albanian language on the new century threshold. Prishtine, Kosovë STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING Staff development and training activities undertaken over the last three years Dates Activity: all teacher training programs Hours 2011 Fulbright Scholar: Fordham University, Institute for Bilingual and Multilingual Education research in the Division of Curriculum and Teaching, New York USA 15

9 2010 University of Maribor, Slovenia- English language Department,- ERASMUS teacher exchange program George Washington University, Washington DC, USA-Teacher 15 Training Program 2004 Oxford Brooks University,- Teaching English as a Foreign 10 Language, 2004 American Embassy in Skopje,- Professional Development 10 Training Program 2003 Indiana University USA Indiana, Bloomington, ELT Training 20 Program 2002 Indiana University USA, ELT/ ESP Professional Development 95 b Staff development and training activities co-ordinated, tutored, led or initiated over the last three years Dates Activity Hours 2012 EFL Teacher Training Workshop, FON University, Skopje Workshops on Tools for Leadership: Professional Communication for women working in non-profit, community-based organizations Research Methodology-Teacher Training consultations, plenary, and workshop Major conferences attended over the last three years 5 Dates Title and nature of involvement International Conference on Albanian-language history textbooks and teaching in south-eastern Europe. The Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research (GEI) Global Virtual Conference 2013 (GV-CONF 2013) Goce Delchev University Macedonia & THOMSON Ltd. Slovakia EIIC Electronic International Interdisciplinary Conference The 1st Virtual International Conference on Advanced Research in Scientific Areas (ARSA-2012) Slovakia NEW YORK TESOL 41st Annual Conference: Rockville Centre, NY 4th conference: The society Aphra Behn Europe, University of Vienna The Third International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF3), University of Vienna International Conference on Multilingualism (ICOM) Achieving multilingualism: wills and ways. Catello, Spain, Universitat Jaume I Activities and achievements in the most recent period of study leave Dates Description of activities and achievements Fulbright Scholarship Award

10 ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY Main research expert in education and social sciences Diplomatic Consultancy COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES Details for the last three years: President of the Board of NGO AMI, Macedonia Program Coordinator of the German NGO AMICA E.v. Freiburg, Germany Language competences Mother tongue(s) Near native or bilingual speaker : Other language(s) Albanian English Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing European level (*) Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production English C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 Macedonian C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 German B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 Turkish B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 Serbian C1 C1 C1 C1 C1