ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

PhD Dragana Vuković Vojnović

dragana.vukovic.vojnovic@dgt.uns.ac.rs

Short biography:

Born in 1970 in Novi Sad. Graduated in 1993 at the University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of English Language and Literature and holds B.A. in Teaching English Language and Literature. She obtained the MA in Philology in 2002 at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philology, Department of English Studies with the topic ‘Present perfect and present perfect progressive and their equivalents in the Serbian language’. She obtained the PhD in Philology in 2021 at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philology, where she defended her doctoral dissertation entitled “Contrastive analysis of adjective+noun and noun+noun collocations in the corpus of tourism texts in English and Serbian”.

Contact:

Tel: +381 21 485 2844
email: dragana.vukovic.vojnovic@dgt.uns.ac.rs

Office hours: Tuesday at 11 a.m.

Academic positions:

  • 2022 – Assistant Professor, Foreign Language – English Language, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management.
  • 2014 – 2019, Senior foreign language teacher, English, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management.
  • 2003 – 2014, Senior lecturer, English, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management.
  • 2012 – 2016, Senior lecturer, English, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Department of General Sciences in Technology, additional work up to the permitted workload
  • 1995 – 2003, Lecturer, English, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management.

Research interests:

  • English as the language of profession and science
  • Academic writing and academic language skills
  • English as the language of tourism
  • Contrastive studies of English and Serbian
  • Innovation in foreign language teaching and learning at university level
  • Pragmatics and interculturality

Other professional engagements:

  • 2022 – COIL coordinator
  • 2020 – Preparing students for taking Cambridge English exams, Centre for Foreign Languages, Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad
  • 2007 – 2012. Head of the Centre for Languages for Specific Purposes, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hospitality, accredited by the London Chamber of Commerce (LCCI International Qualifications). Successfully trained several generations of participants who obtained internationally recognized English for Tourism and English for Business certificates.
  • 2007 – 2015. Simultaneous interpreter at the international postgraduate studies program (MBA) at the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad in cooperation with UBI from Brussels.
  • Independent written and oral translation and proofreading.

Courses:

  • English language in tourism and hospitality A2
  • English language in tourism and hospitality B1
  • English language in tourism and hospitality B2
  • Business and Academic English (MSc programme)
  • English language and communication in cultural tourism (MSc programme)

Other relevant information

Foreign languages: English – native like fluency, French – B2, German – A2

Membership in professional and scientific associations:

  • Serbian Association for the Study of English (member of ESSE – European Society for the Study of English)
  • Applied Linguistics Association of Serbia (member of AILA-e Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée)
  • Society for Foreign Languages ​​and Literatures of Serbia – Section of university foreign language teachers

International cooperation:

  • 2023 Pennsylvania State University, USA, organization and implementation of a virtual student exchange with the Lehigh Valley campus
  • 2023. Participation in EUGLOH project activities, implementation of virtual student exchange within WP5
  • 2019; 2021. University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland, Erasmus Mobility for Teaching

Selected references

  1. Vuković Vojnović, D. (2023). ‘Experience Norfolk! Experience Fun!’ vs ‘Doživi više od očekivanog’ – a corpus-based contrastive study of reader engagement markers on the web. In ELOPE Vol. 20, No. 1, Novel Challenges for Discourse Analysis: Cross-Linguistic and Cross-Cultural Perspectives (edited by Frančiška Lipovšek and Gašper Ilc).  University of Ljubljana Press, pp. 133-150 DOI:10.4312/elope.20.1.133-150 M23
  2. Vuković Vojnović, D. and Ljiljana Knežević (2023). Inclusion of Virtual Exchange in ESP University Classes –Students’ Perceptions. In Metodički vidici 14/2 (editor-in-chief dr Biljana Radić Bojanić). Novi Sad, Filozofski fakultet, pp. 143-160. M51
  3. Radovanović, A. and Vuković Vojnović. (2023). Hedges in Tourism and Hospitality-Related Research Articles. In B.A.S. British and American Studies. A Journal of Romanian Society of English and American Studies., Vol. 29 (edited by Hortensia Parlog). University of Timisoara, Department of English Language and Literature. pp. 209-220 DOI: 10.35923/BAS.29.20 M23
  4. Radojičić, S. and D. Vuković Vojnović. (2022). “Self-Directed Learning Readiness – a Case Study of English for Specific Purposes Learners at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad”. LINGUAPEDA 2021. Conference Proceedings. (edited by Ritva Kantelinen, Maria Kautonen & Zinab Elgundi). Suomen Ainedidaktinen Tutkimusseura, Helsinki 2022. p. 242-262 M33
  5. Vuković Vojnović, D. (2021). Key Noun + Noun Collocations in the Language of Tourism: A Corpus-Based Study of English and Serbian. ELOPE, Vol. 18 (2), 51-68  URL: revije.ff.uni-lj.si/elope, https://doi.org/10.4312/elope.18.2.51-68 M23
  6. Vuković Vojnović, D. (2020). Enhancing ESP Vocabulary Practice with Online Corpus Analysis Tools. Contemporary Research in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning. (eds. Dana di Pardo Leon Henri, Bhawana Jain) Cambridge Scholars 163-183 M14
  7. Vuković Vojnović, D. (2020). Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Tourism Websites – The Promotion of Cultural Values through the Language of Tourism. Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies: BELLS90: proceedings. Vol. 1 / International Conference to Mark the 90th Anniversary of the English Department, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade; [editor-in-chief Biljana Čubrović]. – Belgrade: Faculty of Philology, 2020 (Užice: Grafičar). 449 – 470 M52
  8. Vuković Vojnović, D. and J. Jerković (2018). The Writing Skill Needs Analysis in a Professional Context: a Case Study of Hotel Employees. Zbornik radova sa konferencije: The Tenth International Language Conference on The Importance of Learning Professional Foreign Languages for Communication Between Cultures – Proceedings. Fakultet za logistiku Celje, Slovenija 397-406 M33
  9. Knežević, LJ. and Vuković Vojnović (2018). Differences in the use of L2 learning strategies among students of mathematics, computer science and tourism.  Zbornik radova sa Četvrte konferencije Strani jezik struke i profesionalni identitet. Univerzitet u Beogradu, Učiteljski fakultet. M33
  10. Vuković Vojnović, D.(2016). Poetic and Narrative Elements in the Language of Tourism. Saopštenje na konferenciji: 37e colloque international du GERAS. Book of Abstracts. Paris: Université Paris 8 Vincennes–Saint-Denis. M34
  11. Vuković Vojnović, D. and J. Jerković (2015). Epistemic Modality Markers in English Research Articles: A Tourism Discipline Study. Proceedings of the Eighth International Language Conference on the Importance of Learning Professional Foreign Languages for Communication Between Cultures. Zagreb: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb: 246 – 252. M33
  12. Vuković Vojnović, D. and M. Nićin (2013). Multicultural Contexts in ESP Classroom – a Case Study of the Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad. The Importance of  Learning Professional Foreign Languages for Communication Between Cultures – Proceedings (urednice: Polona Vičič, Vesna Mia Ipavec and Alenka Plos). Fakultet za logistiku Celje-Krško: 316-322. M33
  13. Vuković Vojnović, D. (2013). Značaj izučavanja kolokacija u engleskom jeziku turizma. Aktuelne teme engleskog jezika nauke i struke u Srbiji – tematski zbornik radova. (urednice: Silaški Nadežda i Tatjana Đurović). Beograd: Centar za izdavačku delatnost Ekonomskog fakulteta u Beogradu. M44
  14. Jerković, J. i Vuković Vojnović, D. (2012). Problemi kod pisanja studentskih apstrakata na engleskom jeziku na nematičnim fakultetima. Metodički vidici 3/12, Filozofski fakultet u Novom Sadu: 277-290. M53
  15. Vuković Vojnović, D. and M. Nićin (2012). English as a Global Language in the Tourism Industry: A Case Study. English of Tourism (ur. Georgeta Rata, Ioan Petroman i Cornelia Petroman). Cambridge Scholars Publishing: 3-18. M14
  16. Vuković Vojnović, D.(2011). ‘Low budget’and ‘high season’ – delve into the ‘vast ocean’ of collocations related to the language of tourism.  Primenjena lingvistika danas – između teorije i prakse – Zbornik radova sa Trećeg kongresa. Društvo za primenjenu lingvistiku Srbije, Filozofski fakultet u Novom Sadu, Filološki fakultet u Beogradu: 397-496.  M44

University coursebook:

  • Vuković Vojnović, D. (2010). English for Specific Purposes: Tourism and Hospitality. (univerzitetski udžbenik) Novi Sad: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences.ISBN-978-86-7031-218-0