Mgr. Alena Hradilová, Ph.D.

Curriculum vitae

Name, first names, scientific degrees

• Hradilová Alena Ph.D.

Department/Faculty/University

• Masaryk University Language Centre
  Faculty of Law

Function, current position

• Deputy Head for Studies and Quality of Education

Education and academic qualifications

• 2005: doctoral, English language, Ph.D., The Role of Hedging in the Structure of Mathematical Discourse 1998: master, English language and mathematics, Mgr.

Professional experience

• since 1998: Masaryk University Language Centre, English language lecturer
• 1997-1998: Trent College, Long Eaton, Great Britain, teacher of mathematics and EFL

Teaching activities

• English for Law, Academic writing, Videoconferencing in English

Research activities

• Hedging in mathematical discourse, videoconferencing in language teaching, Project INVITE, project COMPACT, project IMPACT, project Muni 4.0

Major publications

• HRADILOVÁ, Alena a Barbora CHOVANCOVÁ. Visual Representations as a Means to Motivate Students and Curb Feelings of Isolation in Distance Learning. Humanising Language Teaching. Pilgrims, 2023, roč. 25, č. 1, s. 1-10. ISSN 1755-9715. Text článku info
• HRADILOVÁ, Alena a Kirby VINCENT. Daring to Videoconference: Ideas for Teachers. In Libor Štěpánek, Kateřina Sedláčková, Nick Byrne. Videoconferencing in University Language Education. Brno: Masaryk University, 2018, s. 127-141. ISBN 978-80-210-9003-3. info
• HRADILOVÁ, Alena. Videoconferencing in English for Law Courses: Cooperation and Politeness Principles Revisited. Humanising Language Teaching. Pilgrims, 2016, roč. 18, č. 2, s. 1 - 8. ISSN 1755-9715. URL info
• ŠTĚPÁNEK, Libor, Alena HRADILOVÁ, Hana REICHOVÁ a Kateřina SEDLÁČKOVÁ. Humanising Language Teaching. Velká Británie: Pilgrims, 2016. ISSN 1755-9715. URL info
• HRADILOVÁ, Alena. Language centre matrix management structure: Developments in teacher training. Recherche et pratiques pédagogiques en langues de spécialité Cahiers del’APLIUT. APLIUT, 2015, XXXIV, 1/2015, s. 90-105. ISSN 2119-5242. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.4000/apliut.5037. URL info
• SEDLÁČKOVÁ, Kateřina, Alena HRADILOVÁ a Libor ŠTĚPÁNEK. CASALC Review, č. 1, roč. 2015/2016. Brno: Česká a slovenská asosiace učitelů jazykových center na VŠ, 2015, 233 s. ISSN 1804-9435. info
• KATRŇÁKOVÁ, Hana, Hana REICHOVÁ, Alena HRADILOVÁ, Kateřina SEDLÁČKOVÁ, Libor ŠTĚPÁNEK, Štěpánka BILOVÁ, Barbora CHOVANCOVÁ, Kateřina POŘÍZKOVÁ, Robert HELÁN, Blanka POJSLOVÁ a Eva SLOŽILOVÁ. Language Centres in Higher Education: Sharing, Innovations, Research, Methodology and Best Practices. 2015. Mezinárodní konference International conference info
• ŠTĚPÁNEK, Libor a Alena HRADILOVÁ. Designing ICT-enhanced language programmes: Academic writing for postgraduate studies. Language Learning in Higher Education; Journal of the European Confederation of Language Centres in Higher Education (CercleS). 2013, Volume 2, Issue 1, s. 163-171. ISSN 2191-611X. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/cercles-2012-0010. URL info
• CHOVANCOVÁ, Barbora a Alena HRADILOVÁ. How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Legal English. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 8 s. ISBN 978-80-210-5772-2. info
• HRADILOVÁ, Alena, Barbora CHOVANCOVÁ a Kirby VINCENT. Videoconferencing for Students of Law. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 8 s. ISBN 978-80-210-5767-8. info
• HRADILOVÁ, Alena a Kirby VINCENT. Pragmatic issues and soft skills in English for law. In Law, Language and Professional Practice, the 2nd International Conference, Napoli. 2012. info
• ŠTĚPÁNEK, Libor, Janice DE HAAFF, Alena HRADILOVÁ a David SCHÜLLER. Academic English – Akademická angličtina: Průvodce anglickým jazykem pro studenty, akademiky a vědce. Praha: Grada, 2011, 224 s. ISBN 978-80-247-3577-1. info
• HRADILOVÁ, Alena, Hana KATRŇÁKOVÁ, John MORGAN a Libor ŠTĚPÁNEK. Videoconferencing and community of practice interaction. Semantic, pragmatic and intercultural aspects of students' communication in English language classes. Discourse and Interaction. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, roč. 4, č. 1, s. 35-49. ISSN 1802-9930. info
• HRADILOVÁ, Alena. Classroom-made videos, politeness and formality in ESP classes. In ELT Signposts, Brno. 2011. info
• HRADILOVÁ, Alena. Student’s guide to academic English. In CercleS Seminar: Ten years of the CEFR and the ELP. 2011. URL info

2017/09/19