Slobodanka Dimova
Biographic Data
| ID | 135587 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Slobodanka Dimova |
| GIVEN NAMES | Slobodanka |
| FAMILY NAME | Dimova |
| SIGNATURE | DIMOVA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | East Carolina University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0017-6255 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
A scoping review of literature in multilingual assessment in higher education
Recent research regarding internationalized higher education has recognized that although English is commonly used as the medium of instruction, students and teachers are highly multilingual. While there have been calls to transcend the limitations of being English-centric, the need to reconceptualize assessment practices to cater to the needs of multilingual learners has received much less attention. This scoping review synthesizes 28 existing t…
Discourse Structuring Metadiscourse in EMI Lecturer Microteaching Test Performance
Microteaching is frequently used in English-medium instruction (EMI) teacher education to provide a controlled environment for skill refinement and feedback (Deroey, 2023; Morell, 2020), but less frequently in EMI language testing (Dimova, 2017) due to concerns about its suitability. While some argue for its potential to standardize language assessment procedures, others question its ability to reflect classroom discourse (Molino et al., 2022). T…
Local tests, local contexts
English language requirements for enrolment in EMI programs in higher education
English Medium InstructionErnestoMacaro. Oxford, England
Assessing English‐Medium Instruction Lecturer Language Proficiency Across Disciplines
The rapid increase of English‐medium instruction ( EMI ) programs across Europe has raised concerns regarding the oral competencies of nonnative English speaking lecturers and the implications for the quality of teaching. Consequently, lecturers’ English proficiency is under scrutiny and universities are implementing internal assessment procedures. Given the complexity of the local teaching and learning contexts in which these assessments are adm…
Norman Segalowitz, Cognitive Bases of Second Language Fluency
English in Macedonian television commercials
Code-switching to English in non-English commercials has become a popular practice because it is associated with power, prestige, and modernism. For that reason, the purpose of the present study is to investigate the creativity of English use in Macedonian TV advertising as a site for active linguistic contact. Based on four commercials, the study explores how the narrative, musical, and visual aspects of TV commercials enhance the imaginative fu…
Conceptual and empirical relationships between temporal measures of fluency and oral English proficiency with implications for automated scoring
Information provided by examination of the skills that underlie holistic scores can be used not only as supporting evidence for the validity of inferences associated with performance tests but also as a way to improve the scoring rubrics, descriptors, and benchmarks associated with scoring scales. As fluency is considered a critical, perhaps foundational, component of speaking proficiency, temporal measures of fluency are expected to be strongly …
English in Macedonian commercial nomenclature
The purpose of the present study was an account of the frequency of English elements in Macedonian commercial naming. Questions of the extent and creativity of English name use in relation to business types and Macedonian cities guided the research. The data were 9,548 entries from the online version of the Macedonian Yellow Pages. Results suggest English names were significantly more likely to be found in the capital than in all the other cities…
English shop signs in Macedonia
THIS STUDY investigates the extent to which English is used in shop signs and windows as part of the names of businesses and other premises, and of notes, advertisements, and slogans in the city of Veles, in Macedonia: a country in south-eastern Europe established in 1991, after the disintegration of Communist Yugoslavia. It is situated in the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula, and borders on Serbia, Albania, Greece, and Bulgaria. Macedonian,…
English, the Internet and computer terminology in Macedonia
This research report focuses on the use of English loanwords related to the Internet and computer technology. A corpus-based approach was used to analyze a total of 33,193 words including 11,063 tokens found on 10 Macedonian business websites. Type/token ratios were obtained for 4 different types of lexical item found in the data: Macedonian items, English loanwords, English semantic loans and English items. Borrowed lexeme structures by word cla…
English in Macedonia
The purpose of this paper is preliminary and exploratory research of the linguistic functions of English in the Republic of Macedonia. Using the theoretical framework proposed by Kachru (1985), the functional perspective encompasses several categories that refer to different kinds of language use: instrumental function, which deals with English in education; interpersonal function; and imaginative/innovative function, referring to the creative us…
Teaching and learning English in Macedonia
An investigation into the current status of English teaching and learning in Macedonia. The focus of this study will be on the spread of English there, within the domain of foreign language education, and it is guided by the following research questions: What is the most dominant foreign language taught and learned in R. Macedonia? How is English teaching implemented in the Macedonian educational system? What are some of the current resources for…
English in Macedonian television commercials
Code-switching to English in non-English commercials has become a popular practice because it is associated with power, prestige, and modernism. For that reason, the purpose of the present study is to investigate the creativity of English use in Macedonian TV advertising as a site for active linguistic contact. Based on four commercials, the study explores how the narrative, musical, and visual aspects of TV commercials enhance the imaginative fu…
Assessing English‐Medium Instruction Lecturer Language Proficiency Across Disciplines
The rapid increase of English‐medium instruction ( EMI ) programs across Europe has raised concerns regarding the oral competencies of nonnative English speaking lecturers and the implications for the quality of teaching. Consequently, lecturers’ English proficiency is under scrutiny and universities are implementing internal assessment procedures. Given the complexity of the local teaching and learning contexts in which these assessments are adm…
English, the Internet and computer terminology in Macedonia
This research report focuses on the use of English loanwords related to the Internet and computer technology. A corpus-based approach was used to analyze a total of 33,193 words including 11,063 tokens found on 10 Macedonian business websites. Type/token ratios were obtained for 4 different types of lexical item found in the data: Macedonian items, English loanwords, English semantic loans and English items. Borrowed lexeme structures by word cla…
English in Macedonia
The purpose of this paper is preliminary and exploratory research of the linguistic functions of English in the Republic of Macedonia. Using the theoretical framework proposed by Kachru (1985), the functional perspective encompasses several categories that refer to different kinds of language use: instrumental function, which deals with English in education; interpersonal function; and imaginative/innovative function, referring to the creative us…
English in Macedonian commercial nomenclature
The purpose of the present study was an account of the frequency of English elements in Macedonian commercial naming. Questions of the extent and creativity of English name use in relation to business types and Macedonian cities guided the research. The data were 9,548 entries from the online version of the Macedonian Yellow Pages. Results suggest English names were significantly more likely to be found in the capital than in all the other cities…
Teaching and learning English in Macedonia
An investigation into the current status of English teaching and learning in Macedonia. The focus of this study will be on the spread of English there, within the domain of foreign language education, and it is guided by the following research questions: What is the most dominant foreign language taught and learned in R. Macedonia? How is English teaching implemented in the Macedonian educational system? What are some of the current resources for…
English in Macedonia
The purpose of this paper is preliminary and exploratory research of the linguistic functions of English in the Republic of Macedonia. Using the theoretical framework proposed by Kachru (1985), the functional perspective encompasses several categories that refer to different kinds of language use: instrumental function, which deals with English in education; interpersonal function; and imaginative/innovative function, referring to the creative us…
English shop signs in Macedonia
THIS STUDY investigates the extent to which English is used in shop signs and windows as part of the names of businesses and other premises, and of notes, advertisements, and slogans in the city of Veles, in Macedonia: a country in south-eastern Europe established in 1991, after the disintegration of Communist Yugoslavia. It is situated in the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula, and borders on Serbia, Albania, Greece, and Bulgaria. Macedonian,…
English, the Internet and computer terminology in Macedonia
This research report focuses on the use of English loanwords related to the Internet and computer technology. A corpus-based approach was used to analyze a total of 33,193 words including 11,063 tokens found on 10 Macedonian business websites. Type/token ratios were obtained for 4 different types of lexical item found in the data: Macedonian items, English loanwords, English semantic loans and English items. Borrowed lexeme structures by word cla…
English in Macedonian commercial nomenclature
The purpose of the present study was an account of the frequency of English elements in Macedonian commercial naming. Questions of the extent and creativity of English name use in relation to business types and Macedonian cities guided the research. The data were 9,548 entries from the online version of the Macedonian Yellow Pages. Results suggest English names were significantly more likely to be found in the capital than in all the other cities…
Conceptual and empirical relationships between temporal measures of fluency and oral English proficiency with implications for automated scoring
Information provided by examination of the skills that underlie holistic scores can be used not only as supporting evidence for the validity of inferences associated with performance tests but also as a way to improve the scoring rubrics, descriptors, and benchmarks associated with scoring scales. As fluency is considered a critical, perhaps foundational, component of speaking proficiency, temporal measures of fluency are expected to be strongly …
Norman Segalowitz, Cognitive Bases of Second Language Fluency
English in Macedonian television commercials
Code-switching to English in non-English commercials has become a popular practice because it is associated with power, prestige, and modernism. For that reason, the purpose of the present study is to investigate the creativity of English use in Macedonian TV advertising as a site for active linguistic contact. Based on four commercials, the study explores how the narrative, musical, and visual aspects of TV commercials enhance the imaginative fu…
Assessing English‐Medium Instruction Lecturer Language Proficiency Across Disciplines
The rapid increase of English‐medium instruction ( EMI ) programs across Europe has raised concerns regarding the oral competencies of nonnative English speaking lecturers and the implications for the quality of teaching. Consequently, lecturers’ English proficiency is under scrutiny and universities are implementing internal assessment procedures. Given the complexity of the local teaching and learning contexts in which these assessments are adm…
English Medium InstructionErnestoMacaro. Oxford, England
English language requirements for enrolment in EMI programs in higher education
Local tests, local contexts
Discourse Structuring Metadiscourse in EMI Lecturer Microteaching Test Performance
Microteaching is frequently used in English-medium instruction (EMI) teacher education to provide a controlled environment for skill refinement and feedback (Deroey, 2023; Morell, 2020), but less frequently in EMI language testing (Dimova, 2017) due to concerns about its suitability. While some argue for its potential to standardize language assessment procedures, others question its ability to reflect classroom discourse (Molino et al., 2022). T…
A scoping review of literature in multilingual assessment in higher education
Recent research regarding internationalized higher education has recognized that although English is commonly used as the medium of instruction, students and teachers are highly multilingual. While there have been calls to transcend the limitations of being English-centric, the need to reconceptualize assessment practices to cater to the needs of multilingual learners has received much less attention. This scoping review synthesizes 28 existing t…
Linguistics (11 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (7 works) · Mathematics education (6 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (5 works) · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (5 works) · Macedonian (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · History (3 works)