Name, Surname, Degree: doc. Mgr. Zuzana Sándorová, PhD.
E-mail: zsandorova@ukf.sk
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zuzana-Sandorova
ORCID: 0000-0001-8738-4737
Phone number: +421 37 6408 314
Office: DRB 201
Education:
Management of Culture and Tourism – Master’s degree (Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra) – 2002
Teacher of vocational subjects (Faculty of Education, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra) – 2006
Teacher of English language and literature (Faculty of Education, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra) – 2010
Didactics of English Language and Literature – Doctoral degree (Faculty of Education, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra) – 2015
– Dissertation: “The Intercultural Component and its Suitability in an EFL Course-book Package”
Specialised didactics– Post-doctoral degree (Faculty of Education, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra) – 2023
- Title of the post-doctoral thesis: „Addressing Current Challenges in Teaching English for Specific Purposes“
- Title of the post-doctoral lecture: „Rozvíjanie jazykových zručností v dištančnej výučbe anglického jazyka“ (Developing language skills in distance English teaching)
Past Work Experience:
2021 – Department of English Language and Culture, Faculty of Education Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Assistant Professor
2015 – 2021 – Department of Tourism, Faculty of Central European Studies, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra; Assistant Professor
2012 – 2015 – Department of Language Pedagogy and Intercultural Studies, Faculty of Education, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra; full-time doctoral student
2006 – 2013 – Private Secondary Vocational School, Dolné Obdokovce; teacher
2003 – 2006 – Nitra Self-governing Region, Department of Culture, Nitra; cultural referee
Courses:
Morphology
Syntax
Intercultural competence for Teachers of English Language
Didactics of intercultural communicative competences
Didactics of sociolinguistic and pragmatic competences
Didactics of distance English language teaching
English for Specific Purposes
English Language in Commercial Communication
Language Skills I. (Listening Comprehension, Speaking)
Reading comprehension, Writing
Language Courses, Internships, International Work Experience:
Institute of Applied Linguistics, Adam Mickiewicz Unversity in Poznan, Poland – Erasmus+ Training Mobility – 2023
HAN University of Applied Sciences, Nijmegen, the Netherlands – ERASMUS+ Teaching Mobility – 2023
Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey – Erasmus+ Training Mobility – 2022
Beijing International Studies University, Beijing, China – Erasmus+ Staff Training Mobility Ka107 – 2019
University of Almeria, La Cañada de San Urbano, Spain – ERASMUS+ Staff Mobility for Teaching – 2016
School of English and American Studies, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest (Hungary) – Ceepus Mobility Grant – 2015
Cork English World, Ireland – Staging English Language Learning – Teacher development course ERASMUS+ – 2012
Bell International College, Cambridge, United Kingdom – Contemporary English – Teacher development course ERASMUS+, 2010
CUEF Université Stendhal Grenoble 3, Grenoble, France – Summer course – Upper intermediate level of French language – 2002
Budapest Business School, Faculty of Commerce, Hospitality and Tourism, Budapest, Hungary – Mobility Grant – 2001
Projects:
2021 – 2024 – Erasmus+, Key Action 2: Cooperation partnerships higher education: “Innovation of the professional training of future tourism experts using a fictitious training hotel (TRAIN-e-HOTEL)”, co-researcher;
2020 – 2022 – KEGA No. 020UKF-4/2020 „Designing a textbook and multimedia support for courses developing intercultural communicative competence in English language with regard to the needs of tourism industry”, project leader;
2018 – 2020 – VEGA No. 1/0169/18 „Creative Tourism as a new tourism product in Slovakia”, co-researcher;
2016 – 2018 – KEGA No. 055UKF-4/2016 “Designing digital textbooks and multimedia material support for the subject fields Methodology of research in language pedagogy and Methodology of research in literature pedagogy”, co-researcher;
Publications:
Publications in journals indexed in Web of Science or Scopus databases:
SÁNDOROVÁ, Z. – BETÁK, N.2023. Implementing Design Thinking and Peer Instruction in an Online Environment to Develop Tourism Undergraduates’ English Language Skills. In: Journal of Language and Cultural Education. – ISSN 1339-4584, Roč. 10, č. 2 (2023), s. 20-41. DOI 10.2478/jolace-2022-0008.
SÁNDOROVÁ, Z. 2021. Developing Intercultural Competence at Slovak Secondary Schools / Sándorová, Zuzana [Autor, 100%]. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.36923/jicc.v21i3.17. In: Journal of Intercultural Communication. Štokholm (Švédsko): Taylor & Francis Group. – ISSN 1404-1634. – Roč. 21, č. 3 (2021), s. 1-13
SÁNDOROVÁ, Z. 2021. What cultural aspects should be taught in FL lessons? A model for evaluating the cultural content in FL course-books. DOI 10.4025/actascilangcult.v43i2.52066. In: Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture. ISSN 1983-4683, Roč. 43, č. 2 (2021), s. 1-15.
SÁNDOROVÁ, Z. et al. 2020. Design thinking – A revolutionary new approach in tourism education? DOI 10.1016/j.jhlste.2019.100238. In. Journal of hospitality, leisure, sport & tourism education. – ISSN 1473-8376, Roč. 26 (2020), s. 1-9.
SÁNDOROVÁ, Z. 2019. The Importance of Intercultural Communicative Competences for Tourism Labour Market: Students’ Views and their Self-Assessment. DOI 10.2478/jolace-2019-0007. In. Journal of Language and Cultural Education. – ISSN 1339-4584, Vol. 7, no. 1 (2019), p. 103-117.
SÁNDOROVÁ, Z. 2018. Applying the Method of Design Thinking in Teaching ESP in the Context of Creative Tourism. In Innovation in Language Learning: Proceedings from 11th International Conference. 8-9 November 2018, Florence, Italy. Bologna: Filodiritto Publisher, 2018. ISBN 978-88-85813-21-2. ISSN 2420-9619, P. 297-300.
SÁNDOROVÁ, Z. 2017. Intercultural aspects in a selected EFL course-book package and in EFL classrooms in Slovakia, 2017. DOI 10.18355/XL.2017.10.03.21.In. XLinguae: European Scientific Language Journal. – ISSN 1337-8384, Vol. 10, no. 3 (2017), p. 256-272.
SÁNDOROVÁ, Z. 2016. The intercultural component in an EFL course-book package. DOI 10.1515/jolace-2016-0031. In. JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL EDUCATION. – ISSN 1339-4045, Vol. 4, no. 3 (2016), p. 178-203.
SÁNDOROVÁ, Z. 2013. Real Life English in Foreign Language Teaching. In: Bildung und Sprachen in Europa : International Conference on Education and Languages in Europe. Masaryk University Brno, June 13-14, 2013. – Münster : LIT Verlag, 2013. – ISBN 978-3-643-50505-7, P. 429-438.
Monographs:
SÁNDOROVÁ, Z. 2017. Foreign Language Coursebooks in Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence. Nitra: UKF, 2017. 180 p. ISBN 978-80-558-1265-6.
Textbooks:
SÁNDOROVÁ, Z. – KÁLAZIOVÁ, I. – IVENZ, P. – REID, E. – HEGEDŰS, O. – KENNY, N. 2021. Cultural Specifics of Selected English-Speaking Countries. Nitra: UKF, 2021. 352 s. ISBN 978-80-558-1833-7.
BETÁK, N. – SÁNDOROVÁ, Z. 2022. Intercultural communication and digital marketing in a tourism context ; recenzent: Györgyi Janková, Štěpán Chalupa. – 1.vyd. – Nitra : UKF, 2022. – 109 s. – ISBN 978-80-558-1894-8.
Other:
SÁNDOROVÁ, Z., BETÁK, N., PRESINSZKÁ, S. 2022. Developing Tourism Undergraduates’ Intercultural Communicative Skills in the English Language in a Purely Online Environment /. In: Educational Alternatives– Burgas (Bulharsko): Science Events. – ISSN 1314-7277. – Roč. 20 (2022), s. 183-195
SÁNDOROVÁ, Z. – BETÁK, N. 2021. E-learning and developing intercultural communicative competences in the english language during the covid-19 quarantine: tourism students’ feedback and recommendations ; L. Gómez Chova – A. López Martínez, 2021. In. INTED2021 : 15th International Technology, Education and Development Conference March 8th-9th, 2021. – Valencia : IATED Academy, 2021. – ISBN 978-84-09-27666-0, S. 6174-6182.
SÁNDOROVÁ, Z. – BOBÁKOVÁ, H. – HEINZ, H. 2021. Living and Working in a Multicultural Society – A Comparative Study of Czech and Slovak Tourism Undergraduates’ Views ; recenzent: Robert Pucher, Maria Markova, 2021. DOI 10.26352/F701_2384-9509. In. Pixel„Politics and Knowledge: New Trends in Social Research“ : proceedings of 7th Academos Conference 2020 International Conference, Virtual Edition 1-2 July 2021. – Florencia : Filodiritto Publisher, 2021. – ISBN 979-12-80225-23-8, P. 519-524.
BETÁK, N. – SÁNDOROVÁ, Z. 2021. Measuring Tourism Students’ Creativity Based on Character Traits, 2021. In. Hristina Rucheva TasevIAI Academic Conference Proceedings : International Virtual Academic Conference Education and Social Sciences Business and Economics, Skopije 29. april 2020. – Skopje : International Academic Institute, 2021. – ISSN 2671-3179, P. 4-9.
SÁNDOROVÁ, Z. – BETÁK. 2021. Tourism Undergraduates’ Views on Distance Learning in General and on the Lessons Fostering Communicative Competences in the English Language and Intercultural Skills during the Second Wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic, 2021. In. EDULEARN21 : 13th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Barcelona, 5th – 6th of July, 2021. – Valencia : IATED Academy, 2021. – ISBN 978-84-09-31267-2, P. 5346-5352.
MAZÚCHOVÁ, Z. – SÁNDOROVÁ, Z. – PROFIETOVÁ, B. 2021. Creative Activities Offered by Selected Hotels in Slovakia: Kreatívne aktivity ponúkané vybranými hotelmi na Slovensku, 2021. DOI 10.17846/GI.2020.24.2.207-218.In. Geografické informácie: Geographical Information. ISSN 1337-9453, Roč. 24, č. 2, s. 207-218.
SÁNDOROVÁ, Z. – BETÁK, N. 2021. Tourism Undergraduates’ As Creative Tourists’ Experiences and Interests: Vysokoškolskí študenti v odbore Turizmus – zážitky a záujmy tvorivých turistov, 2021. DOI 10.17846/GI.2020.24.2.301-314. In. Geografické informácie: Geographical Information. ISSN 1337-9453, Roč. 24, č. 2 (2020), s. 301-314.
BETÁK, N. – SÁNDOROVÁ, Z. 2020. The Creativity of Tourism Undergraduates as Future Creative Tourism Experts, 2020. In. 10 th International Conference the Future of Education : International conference, Florence 18-19 June 2020. – Florence : Filodiritto Publisher, 2020. – ISBN 978-88-85813-87-8. – ISSN 2384-9509, online, p. 271-275.
SÁNDOROVÁ, Z. – TKÁČ-ZABÁKOVÁ, L. – HLAVINOVÁ TEKELIOVÁ, D. 2020. Tourism undergraduates’ attitudes towards cultural diversity. In. ed. Silvia Pokrivčáková LLCE2020 : Conference Proceedings, Roma, 0.12.2020-12.12.2020. Nitra : SlovakEdu, 2020. ISBN 978-80-89864-20-1, P. 110-126.
SÁNDOROVÁ. Z. 2014. Content Analysis as a Research Method in Investigating the Cultural Content of Foreign Language Textbooks. In. JoLaCE – Journal of Language and Cultural Education. ISSN 1339-4045, Vol. 2, no. 1 (2014), p. 95-125.
SÁNDOROVÁ, Z. 2013. Traditional and Computer-based Teaching Aids and Learning Resources in Foreign Language Education in Slovakia, 2013. In. Journal of Language and Cultural Education. – ISSN 1339-4045, Vol. 1, no. 1 (2013), p. 86-111.