doc. Mgr. Elena Kováčiková, PhD.

Name, Surname, Degree: doc. Mgr. Elena Kováčiková, PhD.
E-mail: ekovacikova@ukf.sk
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elena_Kovacikova
Phone number: +421 37 6408 232
Office: DRB02201

Education

2021: Associate Professor – Thesis: The Profile of English Teacher Education in Slovakia
2013:  PhD. – Methodology – English Language
2010:  PhD. study – Masaryk University – Methodology of Teaching
2000: Master degree in Teaching English Language and Music, Faculty of Arts, CPU in Nitra
Diploma thesis project: Teaching English through music
June 1998 – October 1998: University of Akron, Ohio, USA (a semestral study)

Employment

since 2022: Department of English Language and Culture, PF UKF, Nitra
since 2020: English language teacher in the primary school (part-time), ZŠ Makovičky, Nitra
since 2014: Department of Language Didactics and Intercultural Studies, PF UKF in Nitra
since 2007: Department of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Economics and Management, SUA, Nitra
since 2000: E-KU Institute of Language and Intercultural Communication

Courses

Teaching Language Systems in English Language
Teaching Communication Skills in English Language
Teaching English to Adult Learners
Teaching English to Very Young and Young Learners
Teaching English to SEN learners
Integrated Didactics of English Language and Literature
Bilingual Education and CLIL Methodology
English for Specific Purposes
Music Culture

Erasmus Teaching Mobilities

Observations at primary schools, lower-secondary, secondary schools and universities in Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden, Italy ( Finding a Good CLIL Practice Project)
Uniwersytet Gdanski, Gdansk, Poland
Beloit College, Wisconsin, USA
Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal
Mersin Universitesi, Mersin, Turkey
Private Pädagogische Hochschule der Diözese Linz, Austria

International and National Projects

COST Action CA 21114 COST – CLIL network for languages in education: towards bi- and multilingual disciplinary literacies (CLIL NetLE), Horizon 2020
Role: MC for Slovakia
Duration: 2020-2026

312011Z815 – Skvalitňovanie praktickej prípravy budúcich pedagogických zamestnancov na UKF v Nitre, Operačný program Ľudské zdroje
Duration: 2020 – 2023

001UKF-2-1-2022 – Zvyšovanie kvality prípravy budúcich učiteľov matematiky, fyziky, chémie, informatiky, anglického jazyka, slovenského jazyka a techniky formou doplňujúceho pedagogického štúdia a rozširujúceho štúdia, rozvojový projekt
Duration: 2022 – 2024

003TU Z-4/2020 KEGA  – Podpora univerzitného vzdelávania vo svetovom jazyku pomocou fúzie odborného a jazykového obsahu na nefilologických univerzitách
Role: co-researcher
Duration: 2019 – 2022

RP ZML-2018/1-945:191006 – Integrácia vzdelávania a výskumu na UKF s ohľadom na spoločenské potreby a požiadavky praxe,
Role: co-researcher
Duration: 2018 – 2019

KEGA 006UKF-4/2017 – Kontrastívna analýza ako efektívna podporná metóda vyučovania anglickej výslovnosti na ZŠ
Role: co-researcher
Duration: 2017 – 2019

APVV-15-0368 – Prax v centre odborovej didaktiky, odborová didaktika v Centre praktickej prípravy
Role: co-researcher
Duration: 2016 – 2018

Erasmus + PRO – 2015-5 – Transnational Exchange of Good CLIL Practice among European Educational Institutions
Role: co-researcher
Duration: 2015 – 2017

KEGA 036UKF-4/2013 – Tvorba učebníc a multimediálnych kurzov pre nový študijný program ako prostriedok internacionalizácie vysokoškolskej prípravy učiteľov cudzích jazykov
Role: co-researcher
Duration: 2013 – 2015

Publications and Research

Efektívna integrácia cudzieho jazyka do vzdelávania na nefilologických univerzitách / Jaroslava Štefková, Elena Kováčiková, Barbara Kordíková ; . Zvolen: Technická Univerzita vo Zvolene, 2023. – 96 p. – ISBN 978-80-228-3371-4.

Motivation to become an EFL teacher and academic achievement / Zdena Kráľová et al, 2022. DOI 10.18355/PG.2022.11.1.1.
In: Slavonic Pedagogical Studies Journal. – ISSN 1339-9055, Roč. 11, č. 1 (2022), s. 2-21.

Positive Views and Challenges of Using Project Work in ESP Lessons / Elena Kováčiková, Zdena Kráľová, 2021. – Cena 2021. DOI 10.22190/JTESAP2101031K.
In: The Journal of Teaching English for Specific and Academic Purposes. – ISSN 2334-9212, Roč. 9, č. 1 (2021), s. 31-41.

Activities In English Classes Inducing Positive / Negative Emotions / Zdena Kráľová et al, 2021. – Cena 2021. DOI 10.17853/1994-5639-2021-1-136-155.
In: The Education and Science Journal. – ISSN 1994-5639, Roč. 23, č. 1 (2021), s. 136-155.

Implementation of CLIL at technical university focusing on CLIL teacher profile / Jaroslava Štefková, Zuzana Danihelová, Elena Kováčiková, 2021. – Cena 2022. DOI 10.20535/2410-8286.240313.
In: Advanced Education. – ISSN 2410-8286, Č. 19 (2021), s. 89-102.

Preparedness of future English teachers as a prerequisite of their professional well-being / Elena Kováčiková, Jana Harťanská, 2021. DOI 10.36534/erlj.2021.02.07.
In: ERL Journal : COVID-19 – LINGUISTIC WELL-BEING (BEFORE DURING, AND AFTER THE PANDEMIC. – ISSN 2657-9774, Roč. 6, č. 2 (2021), s. 76-82.

English teacher education in education / Elena Kováčiková, Tomáš Pechočiak, 2021. DOI 10.18355/PG.2021.10.2.3.
In: Slavonic Pedagogical Journal. – ISSN 1339-9055, Roč. 10, č. 2 (2021), s. 122-140.

ESP and CLIL. Their importance in Pre-service English teacher education / Elena Kováčiková ; Reviewers: Mária Bakti, Gabriela Chmelíková, 2021.
In: The role of English in Higher Education : Proceedings of the international seminar, ESP and CLIL – Current Drivers of HEI Internationalisation, 11-12 March 2021. – Szeged : Juhász Gyula Higher Education Publishing, 2021. – ISBN 978-615-5946-38-7, P. 115-122.

The Specifics of EFL Teacher Education in Slovakia / Zdena Kráľová, Elena Kováčiková, 2020.
In: World Congress on Special Needs Education (WCSNE-2019) : Proceedings from World Congress, London 9-11 December 2019. – London : Infonomics Society, 2020. – ISBN 978-1-913572-04-4, P. 73-77.

English for Specific Purposes in Higher Education through Content and Language Integrated Learning / Elena Kováčiková. – 1. ed. – Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020. – 117 p. – ISBN 978-1-5275-4701-8.

CLIL : Obsahovo a jazykovo integrované vyučovanie na základných a stredných školách / Ľudmila Hurajová, Elena Kováčiková, Jana Luprichová ; recenzent: xy, xy. – 1. vyd. – Nitra : UKF, 2020. – 80 s. – ISBN 978-80-558-1526-8.

What Motivates Slovak Students to Become English Teachers? / Elena Kováčiková, 2020.
In: Humanising Language Teaching. – ISSN 1755-9715, Roč. 22, č. 5 (2020), s. 1-6.