Ilina Stojanovska

PERSONAL INFORMATION Present address: 8000 51st Avenue, College Park, Maryland 20740, USA Permanent address Bul. Asnom br. 56-2/7, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia E-mail: [email protected]

EDUCATION

 University of Maryland at College Park, (2010 -) Second year in PhD program in Second Language Acquisition, GPA : 4.00

 Cambridge University (2008-2009) MPhil MPhil Hons English and Applied Linguistics

 Faculty of Philology-Blaze Koneski, Ss. Cyril and Methodious University, (2003 – 2008), BA English Language and Literature, GPA: 9.08

HONORS AND GRANTS

 Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT), NSF: Biological and Computational Foundations of Language Diversity – 2011-2013.  Awarded the Global Supplementary Grant Program for the 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 academic year (OSI).  Graduate Assistantship, University of Maryland (2010, 2011, 2012).  Awarded Chevening full scholarship to pursue Mphil English and Applied Linguistics at the University of Cambridge, UK (2008).  Award for an Outstanding Student at the Department of English Language and Literature, Skopje, Macedonia (2007).  Scholarship of Republic of Macedonia as an outstanding student (2004-07).  Scholarship to attend the International Summer School for Greek Language, History and Culture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (2003, 2002).

PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION

 SLRF (Second Language Research Forum), Pittsburgh, Pennsilvania, October, 2012

- Implicit learning of a L2 morphosyntactic rule and relevance for teaching. Poster presented.  SLRF, Ames, Iowa, October, 2011

- Implicit learning of a L2 morphosyntactic rule. Poster presented.  Science Day. University of Maryland, College Park, 2011

- Implicit and Explicit Learning and Knowledge. Poster presented.  SLRF, College Park, Maryland, October, 2010.

- Volunteering  Gave a presentation as an Alumni about the academic and social issues in Cambridge for the OSI, Istanbul, Turkey, August, 2009  Attended a workshop for working with autistic children, organized by the Sunshine Club, Umbrella Social Club, 2008  Teacher Training Course for Newly Qualified Teachers, British Council, Skopje, Macedonia, October 2007 to April 2008  Connected Students seminar, Skopje, April 2003

- Discussions about students on the Balkans, preparation of round tables, press conferences, creating projects, public speeches.  Involved in a Macedonian, newly founded organization dedicated to research in the field of Second Language Acquisition, September 2007 to june 2008. (http://eltamresearchsig.blogspot.com/)

WORK EXPERIENCE

 Graduate Assistant, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (2010-).  Language Partner Program, graduate assistant for the course, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (2011).

- Coordination and supervision of students enrolled in the class.  FON University, Skopje, October 2009 to June 2010, Teaching Assistant of:

- Morphology, British and American Civilization

- Conducted classes, prepared exams and conducted and assessed both the oral and written exams.  Faculty of Philology, Blaze Koneski, Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia, October 2007 to June 2010, Teaching Assistant of:

- Phonetics, Methodology of Teaching, American Civilization, Morphology, Modern English and Academic Writing.

- Conducted classes, assessed weekly/ biweekly assignments, conducted and assessed both the oral and written exams.  Centre for Foreign Languages, Macedonia, September 2007 to December 2009

- Taught English and Greek language to young learners and adults  Developed a course and taught English to a blind person, February to June 2008  Centre for foreign Languages Dea Atena, Macedonia, October 2005 – June 2006

- Taught Greek language to adults

- Devised mid and end-of-term assessment materials  Struga Poetry Evenings, August 2007, 2009

- Organization and translation  Drama festival, Skomrahi, October 2004

- Translation  Tutored English, Greek and Macedonian to school children, students and adults, 2002- 2008.

RELEVANT SKILLS

 Data analysis - SPSS, Excel, R (beginners).  Assessment - Involved in a project for improving assessment, both oral and written exams, at the State University of Macedonia, Ss. Cyril and Methodius. - Created the mid-term and final term exams for Morphology, British and American Civilization as part of the Teaching Assistantship at the private University FON, Macedonia.  Organization and planning: - Planned and carried out part of a project to compile data on autism and informal learning as part of fun clubs for autistic children and teenagers - Devised private English lessons for a blind individual after an extensive investigation of the useful teaching approaches suitable for the blind. - Tailored English lessons and created own exercises for working with a dyslexic girl.  Teamwork: - Member of an autism-friendly team at Sunshine Club. Constantly learning from the manager and other volunteers by discussing relevant issues after every session. Learnt to work in and cope with stressful situations involving unpredictable behaviour from the children. - Involved in several informal project works to do with various presentations at university and at work.

 Creative: - Always supplemented the classes with a personal touch, be it visual aids, music, or own original activities. - Combined teaching classes with real life situations by taking students to book fairs, with a particular task to be accomplished; introducing authentic materials and native speakers in class, etc. - Organized several plays at the end of the school year, both for children and adults.

 Languages - Macedonian - Fluent English - Fluent Greek - fluent Serbian and Croatian