BASIC INFORMATION
Associate Professor
Address: Universiteto 5, LT-01513 Vilnius
Phone: +370 5 268 7228
Email: ; Website.
Office hours: contact by email
Research interests:
- Learner corpus research,
- EAP,
- Language testing,
- Phraseology and formulaic language
Courses taught:
- Introduction to General Linguistics,
- Translation,
- Lexicography,
- Language Testing and Assessment,
- Phraseology,
- Academic Writing
PUBLICATIONS
Vilnius University Publications Database
Monographs
Articles
- 2013 Recurrent formulaic sequences in the speech and writing of the Lithuanian learners of English (co-author J. Grigaliūnienė). In S. Granger, G. Gilquin & F. Meunier (eds) Twenty Years of Learner Corpus Research: Looking back, Moving ahead. Corpora and Language in Use - Proceedings 1, Louvain-la-Neuve: Presses universitaires de Louvain. 211-222.
- 2012 Corpus-based learner language research: contrasting speech and writing (co-author J. Grigaliūnienė). Darbai ir dienos 58: 137-152.
- 2011 Formulaic language, learner speech and the spoken corpus of learner English LINDSEI-LITH (co-author J. Grigaliūnienė). Žmogus ir žodis 13 (III): 12-18.
- 2011 Leksinės samplaikos svetimkalbių ir gimtakalbių vartotojų rašytinėje anglų kalboje. Doctoral dissertation. Vilnius: VU leidykla.
- 2011 Lexical bundles in non-native speaker and native speaker written English. Summary of doctoral dissertation. Vilnius: VU leidykla.
- 2009 Lexical bundles in learner language: Lithuanian learners vs. native speakers. Kalbotyra 61 (3): 61-72.
- 2008 Collocations with high-frequency verbs in learner English: Lithuanian learners vs native speakers. Kalbotyra 59 (3): 119-127.
- 2008 The Lithuanian Component of the International Corpus of Learner English (LICLE): a resource for English language learning, teaching and research at Lithuanian institutions of higher learning. (co-authors: J. Grigaliūnienė and L. Bikelienė). Žmogus ir žodis 10 (III): 62-65.
Teaching aids
(textbooks, manuals, dictionaries, etc.)
Interviews
Translations
- 2009 Atlas of the Baltic Languages (co-author I. Šeškauskienė). Ryga, Vilnius: Latvian University, Institute of the Latvian Language, Institute of the Lithuanian language.
RESEARCH AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
PhD dissertation
A Higher Education Diploma of a Philologist, Teacher of the English Language and Literature (Vilnius University)
PhD in Hunanities (Vilnius University)
PhD thesis: Lexical Bundles in Non-Native Speaker and Native Speaker Written English
{Doctoral studies (University, Title of thesis, Date, Degree obtained)}
Research projects
- Project of the National Examination Centre “Improvement of the national examination system and development of national examinations in Lithuania” (code VP1-2.1-ŠMM-01-V-03-002). Duration of the project: April 2012 – January 2013
Internships
Oral presentations
- May 2013 ICAME 34: English corpus linguistics on the move: Applications and implications, Santiago de Compostela (Spain). International conference. Title: Insights from a corpus of secondary school English examination essays in Lithuania.
- May-June 2012 ICAME 33: Corpora at the centre and crossroads of English linguistics, Leuven (Belgium). International conference. Co-presenter: J. Grigaliūnienė. Title: Participle clauses in spoken and written learner language: the case of Lithuanian-speaking learners.
- September 2011 “Learner Corpus Research 2011”, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium). International conference. Co-presenter: J. Grigaliūnienė. Title: Recurrent formulaic sequences in the speech and writing of Lithuanian learners of English
- September 2010 SLE 43 (Societas Linguistica Europaea), Vilnius (Lithuania). International conference. Title: Patterns of lexis in learner language: Lithuanian learners of English vs. native speakers.
- March 2010 FLaRN (Formulaic Language Research Network), Paderborn (Germany). International conference. Title: Lexical bundles in learner language: Lithuanian learners of English vs. native speakers.
- October 2009 International conference of applied research in Vilnius University (Institute of Foreign languages). Title:: Lexical bundles in learner language: Lithuanian learners of English vs. native speakers.
- September 2008 International conference of corpus linguistics in memory of John Sinclair in Granada (Spain). Co-presenter: L. Bikelienė. Title: Insights from the Lithuanian Learner Corpus of English.
- September 2008 International conference of English studies in Vilnius University. Title:: “Verb-Noun” Collocations in Learner Language: Lithuanian learners of English vs Native Speakers.
- April 2008 Vilnius University, conference of PhD students. Title:: Anglų kaip svetimosios kalbos produktyviojo žodyno vertinimo parametrai.
- April 2008 ALTE (Association of Language Testers in Europe), 3rd international conference in Cambridge (UK). Title of the poster presentation: The use of collocations in argumentative essays of Lithuanian EFL learners.
(at conferences, seminars, workshops)
Public lectures
Academic expertise
Other activities
Membership in professional associations:
- SLE (Societas Linguistica Europaea)
- LITAKA (Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics)
- LAKMA (Association of EFL teachers in Lithuania)
Teacher training:
- 2012-2013 Trainer of examination markers of the national English examination (64 hours); materials development for the training
Professional development:
- A seminar on relating language examinations to the Common European Framework of Reference arranged by the Ministry of Education of Lithuania in cooperation with the European Centre for Modern Languages (Graz, Austria), June 2013