Asst. Prof. Dr. Darja Mertelj

In process of reviewing:

for Linguistica, see https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/linguistica/about

MERTELJ, Darja. Student Teachers of Foreign Languages - their Perceptions about the Teaching Practice, the related Workload and the Impact of their Mentors.

for Italiano LinguaDue, see: https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/promoitals/about

MERTELJ, Darja. L1 e Traduzione Didattica Nel Teacher Talk Degli Insegnanti D’Italiano e D’Inglese come Lingue Straniere per Scopi Specialistici.

for a scientific monograph, USA:

JURKOVIČ, Violeta, LENASSI, Nives, KILAR, Vita, MERTELJ, Darja. Online informal learning of languages and foreign language teachers – a complex dynamic systems perspective.

 

Selected publications from 2017-2018-2019, for the rest see: https://bib.cobiss.net/biblioweb/search/si/eng/conor

Original scientific article

MERTELJ, Darja. Teacher talk in higher education as a language for specific purposes : its features and LSP teachers' awareness. Iranian journal of language teaching research. 2019, vol. 7, iss. 2, 83-99, http://ijltr.urmia.ac.ir/article_120699_8eae4d26c0111a337972ec79a77a1b59.pdf

MERTELJ, Darja. Representations of people in foreign language textbooks. Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov. Series IV, Philology. Cultural Studies. 2019, vol. 12 (61), iss. 1, 23-40, http://webbut.unitbv.ro/Bulletin/Series%20IV/2019/03_Lang%20St_Mertelj_final.pdf

Chapter in a scientific monograph

MERTELJ, Darja. Elements of pedagogical translation within teaching foreign languages for specific purposes. In: KOLETNIK, Melita (ed.), FRŒLIGER, Nicolas (ed.). Translation and language teaching : continuing the dialogue. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, cop. 2019, 59-82

Published scientific conference contribution abstract

Related to EU Erasmus+ project: TRAILs, abstracts/presentations (co-authored):

Italy, Padova, July 2019, Mediating specialised knowledge : challenges and opportunities for LSP communication, translation and research, see: http://www.maldura.unipd.it/LSP2019/docs/Book_of_Abstracts_2.pdf

• The needs of LSP teachers in the EHEA, co-authored with: Violeta Jurkovič, Mateja Dostal, Saša Podgoršek.

Slovenia, Koper / Capodistria, April 2019, A Plurilingual Mindset in European Education Contexts = Obrazi raznojezičnosti v evropskih izobraževalnih kontekstih = Aspetti del plurilinguismo nei contesti educativi europei

• LSP teacher training in the EHEA : multilingual, English, or largely absent?, co-authored with: Violeta Jurkovič, Mateja Dostal, Saša Podgoršek.

Italy, Bozen / Bolzano, June 2018, Teaching Languages for Specific and Academic Purposes in Higher Education: English-Deutsch-Italiano, Language Centre of the Free University of Bozen / Bolzano, see https://www.unibz.it/en/events/128344-international-symposium-teaching-languages-for-specific-and-academic-purposes

• Role of language 1 and culture 1 in two LSP textbooks : German/Italian for ethnologists and cultural anthropologists, co-authored with: Violeta Jurkovič.
• Features of pedagogical translation and L1 use within teaching LSP in higher education, co-authored with: Violeta Jurkovič.

Poland, Wroclaw / Breslavia, Dec. 2018, Italiano e lingue slave: problemi di grammatica contrastiva, see http://ifr.uni.wroc.pl/sites/default/files/libro_degli_abstract.pdf

• Insegnare strutture grammaticali alla luce contrastiva : che cosa risulta dalle prove con le frasi iussive tra i futuri insegnanti, co-autored with: Mateja Brus.
• Possibili applicazioni della contrastività nell'esercitarsi con la grammatica d'italiano come LS, not co-autored.
• Inclinazione verso l'apprendimento 'contrastivo' delle frasi complesse tra gli studenti di liceo sloveni, co-autored with: Mateja Brus.
• Insegnare la sintassi italiana della frase complessa al livello B1, tra testualità e contrastività, co-autored with: Mirjam Premrl.

Germany, Bochum, Oct. 2018, III CONVEGNO INTERNAZIONALE DI LINGUISTICA E GLOTTODIDATTICA ITALIANA, see https://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/cilgi2018/mam/images/cilgi3_quaderno_degli_abstract.pdf

• Teacher talk as a language for specific purposes in LSP classes of English, German and Italian.
• Italian and Slovene cultures in contact in an (F)LSP textbook : Italian as FL for Slovene students of ethnology and cultural anthropology, co-authored with: Kaja K. Brecelj.

Final research report:

RELATING THE SLOVENIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL ITALIAN LANGUAGE NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS TO THE CEFR 
BITENC PEHARC, Suzana and research co-workers (alphabetically): BAŽEC, Helena), KENDA, Jana, MERTELJ, Darja, PAVLIN, Neda, PREMRL, Mirjam, RACE, Tea, STANIČ, Daša, ŠEČEROV, Neva. Umestitev nacionalnih izpitov iz italijanščine v skupni evropski jezikovni okvir : zaključno poročilo o izvedbi projekta (= Calbiration of national exams ... . Ljubljana: Državni izpitni center, 2017. https://www.ric.si/mma/Zaklju%20%20no%20poro%20%20ilo%20IT%20kon%20%20no%202017/2017062810104572/

Reviewer for:

BRECELJ, Kaja K. Italijanščina za etnologe in kulturne antropologe II = Italiano per gli studenti di etnologia e antropologia culturale II. Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete, 2018.

Performed works (LSP teacher education)

MERTELJ, Darja. Jezik učitelja pri pouku tujega strokovnega jezika. (webinar, Feb. 2019)

MERTELJ, Darja. Tipologija nalog pri poučevanju/učenju TSJ. (workshop, Jan. 2019)

Peer-reviewing for:

• (scientific journal) Vestnik za tuje jezike / Journal for Foreign Languages, see https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/Vestnik
• (scientific journal) EL.LE Journal, Centre for Research on Language Teaching of the Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy, see https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/en/edizioni/riviste/elle/
• (scientific journal) Italica Wratislaviensia, Italian Studies at the Faculty of Philology of the University of Wroclaw, Poland, see https://ifr.uni.wroc.pl/en/italica-wratislaviensia
• (LSP scientific journal) Scripta Manent, see http://scriptamanent.sdutsj.edus.si/ScriptaManent
• (LSP professional monographs series) Inter Alia, see http://sdutsj.si/inter-alia

Mentor for Master's Theses (Bologna study programme), from 2017, 2018, 2019

FURLAN, Leja. Razvijanje govornega sporazumevanja v italijanščini in slovenščini kot tujih jezikih ob didaktičnih gradivih na ravneh A2 in B1 = Sviluppare il parlato in italiano e sloveno come lingue straniere usando il materiale didattico a livello A2 e B1 : magistrsko delo. https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?id=121185&lang=slv.

ČUFER, Nina. L'analisi degli errori orali e della loro correzione nella classe di italiano come lingua straniera = Analiza ustnih napak in njihovega popravljanja pri pouku italijanščine kot tujega jezika : magistrsko delo. https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?id=101388&lang=slv.

SIMONCIG, Sara. Evaluating communicative competence - the balance between accuracy and intelligibility : (English and Italian as foreign languages) = Valutare la competenza comunicativa - l'equilibrio tra accuratezza e comprensibilità : (Inglese e Italiano come lingue straniere) = Vrednjotenje [!] sporazumevalne zmožnosti - ravnovesje med pravilnostjo in razumljivostjo : (angleščina in italijanščina kot tuja jezika) : magistrsko delo.

Master's Theses, in progress, working titles:

• SABADIN, Samanta. Feedback correttivo scritto dell’insegnante nell’apprendimento di una lingua straniera.
• LOGAR, Tjaša. Developing Spoken Interaction at B1 Level in Italian and English as Foreign Languages = Sviluppare l’abilità di parlato al livello B1 in italiano e inglese come lingue straniere
• KOKOŠIN, Andreja. Developing Spoken Production at B1 level in Italian and English as Foreign Languages= Sviluppare la produzione orale dell'italiano e inglese come lingue straniere al livello B1
• JESENOVEC, Jošt. Gledališča improvizacija po načelih ‘impro’ pri pouku umetnosti in tujega jezika.

 

Compulsory Courses

• Italian Language Teaching Methodology 1

• Italian Language Teaching Methodology 2

• Italian Language Teaching Methodology 3

• Italian Language Teaching Methodology: Teaching Practice

Elective Courses

• Italian 1

• Italian 2

• Italian 3

• Italian Language Teaching Methodology 1

• Italian Language Teaching Methodology 2

• Master's thesis

• Teaching and Learning Grammar (Foreign Languages)