Szabó Fruzsina / Szakmai önéletrajz

Personal details

  • Name: Dr. Fruzsina Szabó
  • Current place of work:  University of Debrecen, Institute of English and American Studies, Department of English Language Pedagogy
  • Position: Assistant lecturer
  • Academic degree:  PhD (2020)
  • Work address:4032 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1.
  • Telephone at work: +36 52 412 479 / 22165
  • Email: szabo.fruzsina@arts.unideb.hu

Professional qualifications

  • 2020 PhD 
  • 2014-2020 PhD studies, University of Debrecen, Doctoral School of Education
  • 2014 EU English - expert
  • 2011- ORIGO language exam assessor
  • 2009-2010 German teacher teaching certificate
  • 2000 CELTA diploma (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults)
  • 1995-96 Duke University, USA (Soros grant
  • 1992-1998 degree obtained at the Faculty of Humanities of Kossuth University, Debrecen, Hungary; qualified as a teacher of English literature and linguistics and of German literature and linguistics
  • 1988-1992 Tóth Árpád High School, Debrecen

Workplaces

  • 2020 January assistnat lecturer at the Department of English Language Pedagogy, University of Debrecen
  • 2011 - 2020  language teacher at the Centre for Foreign Languages, University of Debrecen
  • 2014 - part time instructor at the Department of Linguistics, Univeristy of Debrecen
  • 2016-2021 DE-MTA Research Group on Foreign Language Teaching, Hungarian Academy-University of Debrecen
  • 2014-2019 Adult Education expert (NSZFH)
  • 2011 -  language exam assessor Origo
  • 1998 - 2010 Galambos - Lindenfeld Nyelvstúdió, Language School
  • 2015- 2017 Campus Hungary Scholarship - language proficiency assessor

Courses taught

  • ELT methodology (five-year teacher training programme, 4th and 5th year)
  • Skills Development: Reading and Speaking (BA programme, 1st year)
  • Skills Development: Speaking and Listening (BA programme, 1st year)
  • Language Teaching Methods (BA programme, 3rd year)
  • Language Teaching Methods (3rd year, undivided teacher training)
  • ELT Methodology 1 (3rd year, undivided teacher training)
  • ELT Methodology 2 (3rd year, undivided teacher training)
  • Individual Learner Differences (4th year, undivided teacher training)
  • Mental Lexicon (4th and 5th year, undivided teacher training)
  • Language Awareness (4th year, undivided teacher training)

English-Hungarian special translation degree course

  • Technical discourse analysis and translation
  • Technical discourse analsyis and writing
  • ESP
  • ESP communication
  • Advanced speaking skills
  • Advanced grammar skills
  • C1 language exam preparation
  • B2 language exam preparation
  • German language course A1-A2

Professional activities

  • 2013/14 Teaching English to university employees in the framework  'Szakmódszertani pályázat'
  • 2013 Teaching Business English to the students of Debrecen University in the framework of "Szakmódszertani Eu pályázat"
  • 2010 English coursematerial development for the Faculty of Public Health Debrecen University
  • 1997 OTDK - Student Conference - Figurative Structures in Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Language proficiency

  • English C2
  • German C1
  • French B2
  • Russian B2
Last update: 2023. 06. 08. 11:03