Dr Milena Marinkova
- Position: Associate Professor in English for Academic Purposes
- Areas of expertise: English for Academic Purposes; cultural / linguistic diversity in EAP / HE; creative and translingual practices in EAP; feedback literacy; identity, affect and relational pedagogies.
- Email: M.D.Marinkova@leeds.ac.uk
- Location: 3.08 Parkinson
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Profile
I joined the University of Leeds in 2016, teaching on a wide range of General English and English for Academic Purposes courses at the Foundation, Undergraduate, pre-Masters/pre-PhD and Postgraduate levels. Prior to this, I had an extensive career in the public and private education sectors in the UK and aborad, teaching English as a foreign language (Bulgaria); literature and cultural studies (Leeds, Birmingham, Derby, Teesside, Huddersfield); and English for Academic Purposes (Hull, UCLAN, LJMU, Nottingham Trent).
Responsibilities
- Module lead for Language through Literature and Place: Reading Yorkshire (ELU2010 / ELU2011)
Research interests
In my research and scholarship to date, I have investigated the role of multimodal writing in the representation and construction of diverse identity positions in a range of literary, cultural and pedagogical texts and contexts. More specific to EAP, I am interested in examining the meaning of diversity, inclusion and social justice, the use of multimodal, translingual and plurilingual practices, as well as the role of affect and creativity in the EAP classroom, syllabi / materials, and assessment / feedback.
Current scholarship projects:
- The place of linguistic and cultural diversity in teaching.
- Disciplinary discourses project: Reflective practices in Education.
- Creative inquiry in EAP (PRiA funded)
- Assessing the impact of online rubrics for feedback and assessment (LITE funded).
Qualifications
- Senior Fellow HEA
- Fellow BALEAP
- PhD English (Leeds)
- MA, BA English Philology and Broadcast Journalism (Sofia)
Professional memberships
- Modern Languages Association (MLA)
- British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes (BALEAP)
Student education
I teach English for Academic Purposes to undergraduate and postgraduate students at the Faculties of Arts, Humanities and Cultures, and Social Sciences:
- literature, place and identity and intercultural communication modules;
- content-based summer pre-sessional and in-sessional provision for students at the School of Education.
Research groups and institutes
- Language Centre
- Language at Leeds