Title, Name and Surname

Senior Lecturer Elena Taneva, MA

Short narrative bio

In 2003 I graduated from the Department of German Language and Literature at the Faculty of Philology “Blaže Koneski” in Skopje, earning the title of Professor of German Language and Literature with Albanian Language and Literature. In 2018, I defended my master’s thesis titled “Connectors with a copulative and adversative function in the work ‘The Trial’ by Franz Kafka and their translation equivalents in English and Macedonian” after which I obtained a master’s degree in applied linguistics. From 2003 to 2005 I worked as a junior assistant at the MM-College in Skopje, where I taught German at the Faculty of Philology, as well as German for Specific Purposes. Since 2005, I have been teaching GSP at the FON University, but most of my work experience includes engagement at the home faculty – the Faculty of Foreign Languages. At this Faculty I have taught German 1–6 (Language B); German language 1–4 (language C); German civilization; Business translation from German into Macedonian and vice versa (1 and 2); Business German (1 and 2); Business two-way translation from German to Macedonian. Since 2009, I have been teaching GSP for the postgraduate studies at FON University, and since 2013 I have been teaching the subjects German Business 3 and 4 for the postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Foreign Languages.  Since 2007, I have been fully responsible for the development of curricula and subject programs in the field of German language for all faculties at FON University.

Course you have been teaching and courses you are teaching currently

German Language B1-B6

German Language C1-C4

German Culture

Business German Language 1-4 German Language 1-2 (general elective courses)

Business translation from German into Macedonian and vice versa (1 and 2)

Business two-way translation from German to Macedonian (for postgraduate studies)

German for Specific Purposes

Subjects and research fields of BA, MA, or PhD thesis you’ve supervised and are interested in supervising

Modern German Language; German Culture; Comparative literature theses (combined with English language works/authors)

Research interests (and on-going research, if you are conducting one)

My research interests are in the following fields:

German language studies: Morphosyntax, Contrastive Analysis; Applied Linguistics; Translation: German-Macedonian, English language.

List of published articles (academic journals), texts (in edited books) and books

– Taneva, Elena: “Bilingualism and multilingualism in students born and raised in German-speaking territories (Limited to students enrolled from 2008-2013 at the Faculty of Foreign Languages – FON University)”, Knowledge International Journal; 9th International Scientific Conference, Institute of Knowledge Management, Skopje, 2016

– Jankulovska, Ana; Todorovska, Aleksandra; Taneva, Elena: Odgovori na komplimenti vo makedonskiot jazik, Literaturen zbor, 1-3, Skopje 2015 (pp. 61-76)

– Živković, Ivana; Taneva, Elena: Politička kultura – analiza na izborniot jazik, FON Univerzitet, 2008