Department of Foreign Languages

• Mgr. Romana Vančáková
  - Head of Department
  

  romana.vancakova@mup.cz

  Mgr. Romana Vančáková received a Master’s degree in English Language from the Faculty of Education at Charles University in Prague. Upon completing her studies, she has continued to improve her professional skills in various language schools in Prague and has become an accredited examiner of the internationally recognized Cambridge ESOL examinations. Romana Vančáková also provides training in IELTS at MUP. In addition to teaching English and heading the Department of Foreign Languages, she takes part in research activities, presenting papers at linguistic conferences and taking part in international projects focused on the teaching of foreign languages.

• Mgr. Jan Haňka - Deputy Head
  of Department for Administration of Study
  

  jan.hanka@mup.cz

  Education & Work Experience

  • Faculty of Education, Charles University in Prague – French Language and Literature
• doc. PhDr. Martin Lachout, Ph.D. - Deputy Head
  of Deparment for Scientific Activities
  

  martin.lachout@mup.cz

  Education & Work Experience

  • Charles University in Prague
  • Specialization: German Studies – Russian Studies – Master’s Degree
  • Ph.D. – 2006 (Charles University in Prague)
  • Doc. – 2018 (Masaryk University in Brno)

  Work Abroad:
  

  • 1996: Pushkin Russian Language and Literature Institute, Moscow (Russia)
  • 1999: DEUTSCHE WELLE, Cologne (Germany)
  • 2000: Alpha Sprachinstitut Wien (Austria)
  • 2004: University of Vienna, Institut für Germanistik (Austria)
  • Regensburg University: Institut für Germanistik a Institut für experimentelle Psychologie (Germany)
  • 2005: Albert-Ludwig University in Freiburg (Germany), neurolinguistics lab
  • Heidelberg University, Institut für Deutsch als Fremdsprachenphilologie (Germany)
  • 2010: research stay at Heidelberg University (Germany)

  INVOLVEMENT IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS

  • Jan Evangelista Purkyne University, Faculty of Arts, Department of German Studies, specialisation: linguistics and linguodidactics - concurrently

  Membership:
  

  • Club of Modern Philologists
  • MUP Academic Board – Member
  • Association of Czech Germanists - Member
  • Council of Czech Universities - Member
  • Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache (Germany) - Member
  • Gesellschaft für Sprache und Sprachen“ (Germany) - Member
  • Editorial Board of the Journal of Interdisciplinary Philology (Slovakia) - Member
  • Editorial Board of “Sprache und Sprachen“ (Germany) - Member
  • Heidelberg Alumni – Heidelberg University (Germany) - Member
  • IRO-Film e.V.; Göttingen (Germany) – Board Member
  • Kulturverein Aachen – Prag - Member

  EXPERTISE

  • Morphology of the German Language
  • Syntax of modern German Language
  • Current issues in linguodidactics
  • Interdisciplinary specializations of neurolinguistics and psycholinguistics

  MAJOR PUBLICATIONS AND PROJECTS

  • LACHOUT, Martin (2018): Die Rolle der Kommunikationsstrategien in der fremdsprachlicher Produktion. In: Nied Curcio, M.; Velásquez, D. C. (Hrsg): Strategien im Kontext des mehrsprachigen und lebenslangen Lernens. Reihe Sprachen lehren – Sprachen lernen. Berlin: Verlag Frank und Timme, s. 175-190. ISBN 978-3-7329-0451-8.
  • LACHOUT, Martin (2017) Bilingvismus a bilingvní výchova na příkladu bilingvismu česko-německého. Praha: Togga. ISBN 978-80-7476-128-7.
  • LACHOUT, Martin (2016) Čtení jako jedna z klíčových dovedností (nejen) u studentů nefilologických oborů. In: ACC Journal, 2016, Volume XXII 3/2016, Issue C, Social Sciences, s. 54-66. ISSN 1803-9782
  • LACHOUT, Martin (2015) Zum Bilingualismus im tschechischen Bildungssystem: Tschechisch-deutsche Bildungsgänge an tschechischen Schulen und die Charakteristik der SchülerInnen. In: Brünner Hefte zu Deutsch als Fremdsprache, Jahrgang 8, Nummer 1, 2015, s. 15-35. ISSN 1803-4411
  • LACHOUT, M. (2014). Cesta od nehomogennosti jazykového systému cizího jazyka k jeho potenciální homogennosti. Teorie – výzkum – realita. Praha: Metropolitan University Press
  • LACHOUT, Martin a Irena Dominiková (2014). The Common European Framework of Reference Descriptors Reformulated for Academic and Specialised Language Use. Praha: Metropolitan University Press
  • LACHOUT, M. (2013) (Hg.). Quo vadis Fremdsprachendidaktik? Zu neuen Perspektiven des Fremdsprachenunterrichts. Hamburg: Dr. Kovač (LINGUA - Fremdsprachenunterricht in Forschung und Praxis, Band 25)
  • Lifelong Learning Programme, Grundtvig Project, Towards a more specialised European Framework for self-assessing language competencies, Projekt 2010 – 2012

English Language Section

• Mgr. Romana Vančáková
  - Head of Section
  

  romana.vancakova@mup.cz

  Mgr. Romana Vančáková received a Master’s degree in English Language from the Faculty of Education at Charles University in Prague. Upon completing her studies, she has continued to improve her professional skills in various language schools in Prague and has become an accredited examiner of the internationally recognized Cambridge ESOL examinations. Romana Vančáková also provides training in IELTS at MUP. In addition to teaching English and heading the Department of Foreign Languages, she takes part in research activities, presenting papers at linguistic conferences and taking part in international projects focused on the teaching of foreign languages.

• Timothy Burdick, M.A.
  

  timothy.burdick@mup.cz

  Education & Work Experience

  • BA, English Literature, Lock Haven University, USA
  • MA, TESOL, University of Delaware, USA

  Involvement in Other Institutions

  • University of Pennsylvania, summer programs (Academic Writing Preparation)
  • Teacher Practice in USA and Panama
  • ESL, ESP
  • Cambridge Test Preparation
• Mgr. Radka Doležalová
  

  radka.dolezalova@mup.cz

• Mgr. Irena Dominiková
  

  irena.dominikova@mup.cz

  Education & Work Experience

  • Master’s Degree (Mgr.): English-Russian, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague

  INVOLVEMENT IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS

  • Director of The Bell School , a private British Language School
  • Inspector for EAQUALS, an international association for language education
  • Examiner, Cambridge English Language Assessment Exam

  EXPERTISE

  • Specialised English didactics, European Union specialised English

  MAJOR PUBLICATIONS AND PROJECTS

  • Member of research team, Grant Grudtvig (EU): “Toward a More Specialised European Framework for (Self)Assessing Language Competencies“
• Mgr. Damien Galeone
  

  damien.galeone@mup.cz

  Education & Work Experience

  • Master's Degree in Anglophone Studies, Metropolitan University Prague
  • Certified Oral Examiner for Cambridge Exams – FCE
  • B.A Creative Writing, University of Pittsburgh; Mgr. English Studies, MUP; TEFL certificate, Caledonian School

  EXPERTISE

  • Academic Writing, Cambridge ESOL test preparation

  MAJOR PUBLICATIONS AND PROJECTS

  • Pitch Range of Intonation Contours in English Czech. In: Acta Universitatis Carolinae (Karolinum), May, 2017. ISSN 567-8269
  • Writer of Letní Kurz Angličtiny in Lidové noviny, 2016-2017
  • Writer for SparkLife, humor and literature website
  • Senseless (novel) published in 2011, various travel and humor essays, articles, and stories published in books, anthologies, and magazines
• Wesley Ross Johnson, B.A., DELTA
  

  wesley.johnson@mup.cz

  Education & Work Experience

  • B.A. Visual Culture, University of Brighton
  • CertTESOL, Trinity College London
  • DELTA, Cambridge University
  • Certified Oral Examiner for Cambridge Exams – FCE

  Expertise

  • EAP, ESP, Cambridge English Learning Assessment, teacher training
• Ing. Philip Katz, B.A.
  

  philip.katz@mup.cz

  Education & Work Experience

  • Master's degree in Regional Studies and International Business, Metropolitan University Prague
  • Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Temple University, Pennsylvania, USA

  INVOLVEMENT IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS

  • English language and Academic skills teacher at UJOP (Univerzita Karlova)
  • Personal banking and retirement investment specialist with Santander bank

  EXPERTISE

  • Cambridge exam preparation
• Mgr. Lenka Kristenová
  

  lenka.kristenova@mup.cz

• Mgr. Jana Kyselová
  

  jana.kyselova@mup.cz

• Christian Thompson, B.A.
  

  christian.thompson@mup.cz

• Ing. Marie Zárubová
  

  marie.zarubova@mup.cz

Spanish Language Section

• Mgr. Lubor Michalička
  - Head of Section
  

  lubor.michalicka@mup.cz

  Education & Work Experience

  • Master’s Degree (Mgr.): Spanish, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague

  INVOLVEMENT IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS

  • Accredited examiner for examinations DELE B1 and B2
• Mgr. Vanda Hanousková
  

  vanda.hanouskova@mup.cz

German Language Section

• doc. PhDr. Martin Lachout, Ph.D.
  - Head of Section
  

  martin.lachout@mup.cz

  Education & Work Experience

  • Charles University in Prague
  • Specialization: German Studies – Russian Studies – Master’s Degree
  • Ph.D. – 2006 (Charles University in Prague)
  • Doc. – 2018 (Masaryk University in Brno)

  Work Abroad:
  

  • 1996: Pushkin Russian Language and Literature Institute, Moscow (Russia)
  • 1999: DEUTSCHE WELLE, Cologne (Germany)
  • 2000: Alpha Sprachinstitut Wien (Austria)
  • 2004: University of Vienna, Institut für Germanistik (Austria)
  • Regensburg University: Institut für Germanistik a Institut für experimentelle Psychologie (Germany)
  • 2005: Albert-Ludwig University in Freiburg (Germany), neurolinguistics lab
  • Heidelberg University, Institut für Deutsch als Fremdsprachenphilologie (Germany)
  • 2010: research stay at Heidelberg University (Germany)

  INVOLVEMENT IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS

  • Jan Evangelista Purkyne University, Faculty of Arts, Department of German Studies, specialisation: linguistics and linguodidactics - concurrently

  Membership:
  

  • Club of Modern Philologists
  • MUP Academic Board – Member
  • Association of Czech Germanists - Member
  • Council of Czech Universities - Member
  • Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache (Germany) - Member
  • Gesellschaft für Sprache und Sprachen“ (Germany) - Member
  • Editorial Board of the Journal of Interdisciplinary Philology (Slovakia) - Member
  • Editorial Board of “Sprache und Sprachen“ (Germany) - Member
  • Heidelberg Alumni – Heidelberg University (Germany) - Member
  • IRO-Film e.V.; Göttingen (Germany) – Board Member
  • Kulturverein Aachen – Prag - Member

  EXPERTISE

  • Morphology of the German Language
  • Syntax of modern German Language
  • Current issues in linguodidactics
  • Interdisciplinary specializations of neurolinguistics and psycholinguistics

  MAJOR PUBLICATIONS AND PROJECTS

  • LACHOUT, Martin (2018): Die Rolle der Kommunikationsstrategien in der fremdsprachlicher Produktion. In: Nied Curcio, M.; Velásquez, D. C. (Hrsg): Strategien im Kontext des mehrsprachigen und lebenslangen Lernens. Reihe Sprachen lehren – Sprachen lernen. Berlin: Verlag Frank und Timme, s. 175-190. ISBN 978-3-7329-0451-8.
  • LACHOUT, Martin (2017) Bilingvismus a bilingvní výchova na příkladu bilingvismu česko-německého. Praha: Togga. ISBN 978-80-7476-128-7.
  • LACHOUT, Martin (2016) Čtení jako jedna z klíčových dovedností (nejen) u studentů nefilologických oborů. In: ACC Journal, 2016, Volume XXII 3/2016, Issue C, Social Sciences, s. 54-66. ISSN 1803-9782
  • LACHOUT, Martin (2015) Zum Bilingualismus im tschechischen Bildungssystem: Tschechisch-deutsche Bildungsgänge an tschechischen Schulen und die Charakteristik der SchülerInnen. In: Brünner Hefte zu Deutsch als Fremdsprache, Jahrgang 8, Nummer 1, 2015, s. 15-35. ISSN 1803-4411
  • LACHOUT, M. (2014). Cesta od nehomogennosti jazykového systému cizího jazyka k jeho potenciální homogennosti. Teorie – výzkum – realita. Praha: Metropolitan University Press
  • LACHOUT, Martin a Irena Dominiková (2014). The Common European Framework of Reference Descriptors Reformulated for Academic and Specialised Language Use. Praha: Metropolitan University Press
  • LACHOUT, M. (2013) (Hg.). Quo vadis Fremdsprachendidaktik? Zu neuen Perspektiven des Fremdsprachenunterrichts. Hamburg: Dr. Kovač (LINGUA - Fremdsprachenunterricht in Forschung und Praxis, Band 25)
  • Lifelong Learning Programme, Grundtvig Project, Towards a more specialised European Framework for self-assessing language competencies, Projekt 2010 – 2012

French Language Section

• Mgr. Olga Matić
  - Head of Section
  
  

  olga.matic@mup.cz

• Mgr. Jan Haňka
  

  jan.hanka@mup.cz

  Education & Work Experience

  • Faculty of Education, Charles University in Prague – French Language and Literature

Russian Language Section

• Mgr. Lenka Pánková, Ph.D.
  - Head of Section
  

  lenka.pankova@mup.cz

  Education & Work Experience

  • Ph.D.: Comparative Literature, Pennsylvania State University

  INVOLVEMENT IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS

  • Teaching Assistant, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Western Ontario
  • Teaching Assistant, Department of Comparative Literature, Pennsylvania State University
  • Lecturer, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh

  EXPERTISE

  • Translation (comparative analysis, theory versus practice), modern and post-modern British and American Literature, the campus novel, literature and gender, Russian as a second language

  MAJOR PUBLICATIONS AND PROJECTS

  • Research team member, Grant Grundtvig (EU): “Towards a More Specialized European Framework for (Self)Assessing Language Competencies”
  • “Nostalgia as Ignorance: An Etymological Hobby in Its Novelistic Manifestation.” Aktuelle Tendenzen der Sprachwissenschaft: Ausgewählte Beiträge zu den GeSuS-Linguistiktagen an der Metropolitan Universität Prag, 26.-28. Mai 2011. Ed. Martin Lachout. Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovač, 2013
  • “Pseudo-Gothic No More: The Haunted Campus in The Lecturer’s Tale by James Hynes.” Dvacáté století/Twentieth Century. December 2012

Czech Language Section

• Mgr. Radka Doležalová
  

  radka.dolezalova@mup.cz

• Mgr. Jan Haňka
  

  jan.hanka@mup.cz

  Education & Work Experience

  • Faculty of Education, Charles University in Prague – French Language and Literature
• PaedDr. Marta Karlová
  

  marta.karlova@mup.cz

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