Education/vzdělání:

1999 – 2004                  University of Pardubice, Faculty of Humanities

2006 – till now               Doctoral programme: Charles University, Faculty of Arts, Supervisor: Prof. PhDr. Libuše Dušková, DrSc.

 

Lectures and Seminars/přednášky a semináře:

Lexicology

English Phonetics and Phonology

Contrastive Phonetics and Phonology

Morphology I

Morphology II

Selected Issues of English Linguistics

Selected Chapters from English Grammar

Practical Language Skills

 

Research interest/odborné zaměření:

discourse analysis, text linguistics, cohesion, coherence, the language of newspaper reports, reported language/analýza diskurzu, textová lingvistika, koheze, koherence, jazyk novinových článků, přímá a nepřímá řeč, RST

 

Publications/publikace:

 

ČERNÁ, M., URBANOVÁ, Z., VÍT, M. (2011) ‘Pronunciation awareness of students in English language study programmes‘. In New trends in educating future teachers of English VI, Válková, S. (ed.). Proceedings from New trends in educating future teachers of English VI, Olomouc, 25. 11. 2010. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci. pp. 22 – 37. ISBN 978-80-244-2821-5.

 

URBANOVÁ, Z. (2010) ‘Faithfulness/Verbatim Reproduction in Direct Reported Forms: an Overview’. In Interpretation of Meaning across Discourses. Spisy PdF MU sv. 42. Brno: Masarykova Univerzita, 185-196.  ISBN 978-80-210-5376-2.

 

URBANOVÁ, Z. (2009) ‘Newspaper reports: lexis, discourse pattern and coherence’. In Exploring Cohesion and Coherence in English Discourse. Proceedings from 3rd Brno Conference on Linguistic Studies in English. Brno, 22. – 23. 9. 2008. pp 120-133. ISBN 978-80-210-5037-2. 

 

URBANOVÁ, Z. (2009) ‘The Function of Reported Language in the Discourse of Neswpaper Reports‘. Topics in Linguistics. Interface Between Pragmatics and Other Linguistic Disciplines. Vol. 4. str. 80-89. ISSN 1337-7590.

 

URBANOVÁ, Z. (2009) ‘Teaching and Learning Linguistics through Halliday’s Functional Approach’. In Betáková, L. and Koy, Ch. (eds.) English for Life, South Bohemian Anglo-American Studies No. 3. pp. 87-90. Jihočeská Univerzita v Českých Budějovicích.  ISBN 978-80-7394-188-8.

 

URBANOVÁ, Z. Factors Influencing the Choice of Referring Expressions in British Broadsheets and Tabloids. In Plurality and Diversity in English Studies. Proceedings from 3rd

PragueConference on Linguistics and Literary Studies. Praha, 16.5. 2007. pp. 81-91. ISBN 978-80-7290-347-4.

 

URBANOVÁ, Z. Coherence of News Reports through Semantic Macrostructure and Lexical Cohesion. In Ways to Teaching and Learning. Proceedings from the 5^th International and 9^th National ATECR Conference. Hradec Králové, 9.9. 2006. ISBN 976-80-7041-321-0.

 

Conference papers/příspěvky na konferenci:

 

ČERNÁ, M., URBANOVÁ, Z., VÍT, M. ‘Implementation Phase of the Action Research Project: Speaking and Pronunciation Portfolio’. ELT Signposts, Brno, 9. – 11. 9. 2011.

 

JEŽKOVÁ, Š., URBANOVÁ, Z. ‘Did you Learn, Have you Learned or Were you Learning?’. ELT Signposts, Brno, 9. – 11. 9. 2011.

 

 

URBANOVÁ, Z. ‘Direct Forms of Representation: the Phenomenon of Embedding Newspaper reports’. Theories and Practices. Third International Conference on Anglophone Studies, Zlín, 7. - 9. 11. 2011.

 

URBANOVÁ, Z. ‘Partial Quotation in the Discourse of Newspaper reports’. Languages, Literatures and Cultures in Contact: English and American Studies in the Age of Global Communication, Krakow, 27. - 28. 4. 2011.

 

URBANOVÁ, Z. ‘Direct Forms of Representation in the Discourse of Newspaper reports’. Theories and Practices. Fourth Nitra Conference on Discourse Studies, Nitra, 24. - 25. 3. 2011.

 

ČERNÁ, M., URBANOVÁ, Z., VÍT, M. ‘Pronunciation awareness of students in English language study programmes‘. New trends in educating future teachers of English VI. Olomouc, 25. 11. 2010.

 

URBANOVÁ, Z. Reported Language in Discourse: An overview. Fourth Brno Conference on Linguistics Studies in English. Interpretation of Meaning in Spoken and Written Discourse.  Brno, 16. – 17. 9. 2010.

 

URBANOVÁ, Z. Direct and indirect forms of presentation in the discourse of news reports. International Conference of English and American Studies , Opava, 7 -8. 9. 2009.

 

URBANOVÁ, Z. RST Relations in the Discourse of Newspaper Reports. 1^st International Anglophone Conference and  4^th International Conference on Children’s Literature, Hradec Králové, 2 – 3. 4. 2009.

 

URBANOVÁ, Z. Newspaper Reports: Lexis, Discourse Pattern and Coherence. The Third Brno Conference on Linguistics Studies in English “Coherence and Cohesion in Spoken and Written Discourse”,  Brno  22. – 23. 9. 2008.

 

URBANOVÁ, Z. Teaching and Learning Linguistics through Halliday’s Functional Approach.  The Sixth International and Tenth National ATECR Conference „English for Life“, České Budějovice, 12. – 14. 9. 2008.

 

URBANOVÁ, Z. Factors Influencing the Choice of Referring Expressions in British Broadsheets and Tabloids. 3rd Prague Conference on Linguistics and Literary Studies. Praha, 16.5. 2007.

 

URBANOVÁ, Z. Coherence of News Reports through Semantic Macrostructure and Lexical Cohesion. Ways to Teaching and Learning. Hradec Králové, 9.9. 2006.

 

Conference attendance/účast na konferenci:

The 42nd Annual TESOL Convention and Exhibit. New York, April 2-5, 2008.

 

Lecture visits/přednáškové pobyty

14. 4. – 17. 4. 2009: visiting teacher under LLP – Erasmus Programme, Anadolu University Eskisehir, Turkey.

20. 11. – 26. 11. 2011: visiting teacher under LLP – Erasmus Programme, Universidade da Madeira, Funchal, Portugal.

 

Other activities/ostatní:

Membership/členství:

2006 – 2008               Member of Association of Teachers of English of the Czech Republic

2007 –  2008              Member of TESOL

 

UVČ lectures/přednášky v rámci UVČ:

URBANOVÁ, Z.  Jazyk reklamy. Pardubice, 8.1. 2009.