Name and surname
Leonarda Lovrović
Academic position
Senior language instructor
Contact
Phone: +385 23 200 552
E-mail: llovrovi@unizd.hr
Office hours
Tuesday 12 - 2 p.m.
Short biography
Leonarda Lovrović graduated in English and German from the Faculty of Philosophy in Zadar in 1999. From 1999-2007 she worked as an English and German teacher at high schools in Zadar. In 2007 she started working as a language instructor at the English Department of the University of Zadar. From 2012 she has been working as a senior language instructor at the aforesaid department. She teaches Modern English Practice at the undergraduate level, and Modern English - Language Exercises at the graduate level. She participates in seminars for English language teachers as well as in international conferences. She is a member of the Croatian Applied Linguistics Society (CALS), the Croatian Philological Association (CPA) and the Croatian Association of Teachers of English (CATE).
Research interests
English language teaching
Selection of published articles
Lovrović, L.; Kolega, C. T. (2021) Teaching Culture through Reading Literature. ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries 18 (2), 185-203.
Martinović, A. i Lovrović, L. (2020). An Introduction to Academic Writing. Zadar: University of Zadar.
Leonarda, L. and Pavić Pintarić, A. (2019) Transfer in the use of intensifiers. Vestnik za tuje jezike/Journal for Foreign Languages, 11, 1, 103-118.
Lovrović, L. and Kolega, C. T. (2018) Using Literary Texts for the Development of Foreign Language Learners' Intercultural Competence. Strani jezici: časopis za primijenjenu lingvistiku, 47, 4, 265-277.
Lovrović, L. (2019). Shakespeare in the ELF Classroom. In Ukić Košta, V & Bregović, M. (eds.) Shakespeare jučer, danas, sutra: Monografija povodom 400. godišnjice Williama Shakspearea. University of Zadar. 103-113.
Lovrović, L. (2014). Developing Learners' Communicative Competence in Task-Based Language Teaching. Strani jezici 43, 3. 228-236.
Oštarić, M. i Lovrović, L. (2012). Using Professional Texts in English for Specific Purposes. Strani jezici 41, 4. 381-390
Lovrović, L. (2012). Poems in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Strani jezici 41, 2. 193-205
Oštarić, M. i Lovrović, L. (2012). Time Adverbs as Guidelines for Using Present Perfect. Didaktički putokazi 62. 31-35
Oštarić, M. and Lovrović, L. (2010). Short Stories in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Strani jezici 39, 4. 287-294.
Oštarić, M. and Lovrović, L. (2010). Development of Listening Skills Using Authentic Materials: Songs in English Language Teaching. Strani jezici 39, 3. 199-209.
Lovrović, L. (2010). Using Newspaper Articles in English Language Teaching. Strani jezici 39, 1-2. 103-109.
Lovrović, L. (2007). Creative Writing Based on Extensive Reading. Strani jezici 36, 3. 275-278.
Selection of conference talks
Lovrović, L. and Kolega, C. T. (2019) Developing Intercultural Competence Using Literature in English Language Teaching. The 2019 SDAŠ conference 'A Hundred Years, A Thousand Meanings', Ljubljana, Slovenia, 19.-21.09.2019.
Lovrović, L., Hendry, K. (2019). Developing critical thinking using social media. 27th Annual International HUPE Conference, Poreč, Croatia, 12-14 April 2019.
Pavić Pintarić, A., Lovrović, L., Mifka-Profozić, N. (2016). Modal verbs in English and German advanced learner interlanguage. Tense, Aspect, and Modality in L2, York, Ujedinjeno kraljevstvo, 20.-21.06.2016.
Pavić Pintarić, A., Lovrović, L., Mifka-Profozić, N. (2016). Modal verbs in English and German advanced learner interlanguage. Tense, Aspect, and Modality in L2, York, United Kingdom, 20.-21.06.2016.
Lovrović, L. and Pavić Pintarić, A. (2012). Transfer in the usage of intensifiers. New Perspectives on Crosslinguistic Influence in Language Learning Workshop, Zadar, Croatia, 15-17 November 2012.
Oštarić, M. and Lovrović, L. (2011). Time Adverbs as Guidelines for Using Present Perfect, XXV. International Conference of the Croatian Applied Linguistics Society (CALS), Osijek, Croatia, 12-14 May 2011.