Professor Adriana VIZENTAL, Ph.D.
Personal data:
First and last name: ADRIANA VIZENTAL
Position: Professor
Scientific degree: Doctor of Philology
Date of birth: March 24, 1952
Place of birth: Arad, Romania
Nationality: Romanian
Institutional affiliation: Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad
Address:
Ştefan Augustin Doinaş St., Bl. M.14, ap.8.
310012 Arad, Romania
Phone: + 40.257.255067, mobile: +40.(0)745.252500
E-mail: advizental@ yahoo.com
Current position
Professor at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Foreign Languages
Scientific Secretary of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Fields of competence
Linguistics (English): Phonetics and phonology, semantics, pragmatics, the discourse of advertising
Methodology of teaching and testing English as a foreign language
Studies
- B.A. in Philology, “Babeş-Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca
- Doctor of Philology, “Babeş-Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca
Professional activities
- Professor at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of “Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad, section Romanian-English, tenured for the subjects:
- English phonetics and phonology
- Semantics and pragmatics
- Methodology of teaching English as a foreign language
- The discourse of advertising (Masters)
- Practical course for IT students
- 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010: In charge of Section I (Humanities and Administrative Sciences) of the International Symposium Research and Education in an Innovation Era of “Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad
Scientific research
- 2005-2009: member in the European Socrates project Lingua 2, New Learners in the New Europe (see www.thinking-approach.org / www.thinking-approach.eu )
- 2006-2008: member in the European project DOLCETA (Development of On Line Consumer Education Tools for Adultes) of the European Comission – for Consumer Health and Protection (see www.dolceta.eu / www.dolceta.ro )
- 2005-2008: member in the Grundtvig-G4PP project NILE (Network Intercultural Learning in Europe) for implementing intercultural activities.
Professional Affiliations
- ARACIS evaluator
- Member CopyRo
- Founding member of AIC (Judeo-Cristian Association) (2010)
- Member Lions
Languages
- English
- French
- Hungarian
- German