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Papers by Ivana Krsmanović

ENHANCING BUSINESS ENGLISH TEACHING: EXPLORING ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES ON PADLET IN SPEAKING ACTIVITIES, 2024

Computer-assisted language Learning (CALL) has revolutionized the teaching and learning of langua... more Computer-assisted language Learning (CALL) has revolutionized the teaching and learning of languages, providing innovative tools that enhance engagement and facilitate the acquisition of language skills. Among these tools, Padlet has emerged as a versatile platform with significant potential for English language instruction. This study presents the use of Padlet-based materials in a Business English course for Information Technology students and investigates the tool's impact through qualitative research and thematic analysis of focus group interviews. The results reveal that the integration of Padlet in speaking activities enhances student engagement, promotes active participation, and facilitates meaningful discussions among engineering students, leading to increased confidence, improved fluency, and enhanced communication skills in English. Pedagogical implications suggest that incorporating Padlet in language teaching can effectively support engineering students in developing their speaking abilities, fostering collaborative learning environments, and enhancing overall language proficiency.

English Studies at the Dawn of the 21st Century, 2024

Employing a mixed-method design (Pearson correlation, ANOVA analyses, and thematic analysis), the... more Employing a mixed-method design (Pearson correlation, ANOVA analyses, and thematic analysis), the study explores the complex interplay between student motivations, English proficiency levels, and the perceptions of ChatGPT as a writing assistance tool. The results reveal a lack of significant correlation between overall motivation to learn English and ChatGPT usage, suggesting independence between motivational levels and technology adoption. The respondents (N=79) expressed polarized attitudes, with a majority praising ChatGPT's versatility, speed, and accuracy, while a substantial number voiced concerns about its potential limitations. Finally, the study identifies that the most developed instrumental motivation aligns with increased ChatGPT usage, underscoring its practical appeal by which ChatGPT is perceived as a handy tool that can complement the respondents' instrumental motivation to achieve their professional goals. The findings contribute to a deeper understanding of user experiences with AI-driven writing tools in language learning contexts.

Journal of Teaching English for Specific and Academic Purposes, 2024

As the 21st century has been marked as the age of 4Cs, the necessity of educating creative engine... more As the 21st century has been marked as the age of 4Cs, the necessity of educating creative engineers has become a challenge for all educators, especially those teaching Humanities. Using Hybrid Pedagogy as a methodological approach to teaching, which strives to establish interconnectedness of learning, teaching, and technology in our lives, engineering students at the University of Kragujevac were engaged in the international celebration project Frankenreads. These students successfully materialized a series of 'engineering' project outcomes; they created a website, a video, a 3D visualization, an exhibition of book cover designs, a moving robot, and a dramatic enactment. The project assignments served as a bridge to students' future professions in an event agenda that could have easily been a real employment project. The paper finally explores how the implementation of authentic humanities-oriented projects creates more meaningful and impactful engineering educational contexts.

Brno Studies in English, Dec 31, 2022

CALL and professionalisation: short papers from EUROCALL 2021, 2021

With the outbreak of COVID-19, universities worldwide were forced to quickly transition to online... more With the outbreak of COVID-19, universities worldwide were forced to quickly transition to online emergency teaching in order to secure the well-being of students and teachers. The paper analyses students’ attitudes towards the use of the Microsoft Teams platform in the instruction of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) at the Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak during the winter semester 2020. The study focuses on students’ engagement with e-learning, their motivation, and overall satisfaction with ESP instruction during pandemic conditions. The study was conducted with first-year students of engineering (N=79) using an online survey as an exploratory, qualitative research instrument. The findings of the research revealed that students have positive attitudes towards the use of Microsoft Teams in ESP instruction as the e-learning environment. The results suggest that all the available features of the tool are perceived as beneficial and easy to adapt to, with the recorded sessions ...

Ekonomika

The paper deals with the analysis of the implication of Total Hotel Service Quality (THSQ) on cus... more The paper deals with the analysis of the implication of Total Hotel Service Quality (THSQ) on customer satisfaction and loyalty, as well as with identifying the key dimensions of Total Hotel Service Quality which significantly affect customer satisfaction and loyalty. The analysis was performed in the context of the national characteristics of the respondents (dimensions of national cultures determined by Hofstende) and the context of the demands of modern tourists. The empirical research included 175 participants who all were the hotel visitors. The results prove that the hypothesis of the significantly positive impact of THSQ on customer satisfaction and loyalty is valid. Also, the Assurance, Tangibility, and Empathy emerge as the key dimensions of quality while determining the level of satisfaction and loyalty of customers. The obtained results were verified using the Dufour Monte Carlo Simulation test procedure.

Proceedings TIE 2022

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have become one of the most prominent extensions to distance ... more Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have become one of the most prominent extensions to distance learning, especially during the pandemic and in the post-pandemic period. With the growth in the number of users of MOOCs (220 million users in 2021, excluding China) (Shah, 2021), educational opportunities within the field have been enhanced for both learners and course designers. The paper investigates the readiness of youth workers from 5 countries (Romania, Spain, Poland, Cyprus and Serbia) to engage in MOOCs either as learners or as instructors, after the training activities on MOOCs within the YNSPEED project have been completed. The data were collected using a questionnaire which was designed partially from the Driha et al. (2016) questionnaire and by a number of originally developed questions. Data were further analyzed using the SPSS software and descriptive statistic approach. The results suggest that although as many as 73.3% of the respondents have never completed a MOOC, MOO...

Language, literature, mythology, ALFA University, Belgrade, 2012, 2012

Поетски репозиторијум грчко-римских божанстава у Китсовој поезији није део неког естетског естабл... more Поетски репозиторијум грчко-римских божанстава у Китсовој поезији није део неког естетског естаблишмента епохе романтизма, већ део брижљиво планираног песничког маневра који открива нову, органску митологију његове песничке креације. Китсове богиње, не случајно, господаре песничким светом који је комплексан, хуман и веома савремен. Тај свет нас дубље уводи у проблематику песничког стварања и преноси на план Китсове преокупације процесом стварања, креативности. У раду се посебно разматра Китсова Ода Психи која је настала као прва у изванредној серији ода из Китсове такозване annus mirabilis. У миту о љубави Купидона и Психе, Китс је нашао довољно добар подстицај да фузији природе, митологије и креативности понуди једну нову, прилично личну, а нимало нарцисоидну димензију. Ода Психи слави проналажење песниковог унутрашњег гласа, освајање споствених креативних снага и признање да свака лична и песничка потрага за стварањем полази од потирања разлике између објекта и субјекта. Кључне речи: Џон Китс, Ода Психи, митологија

Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies, 2021

With a promise of high efficiency, computer-assisted language learning (CALL) has become a much-e... more With a promise of high efficiency, computer-assisted language learning (CALL) has become a much-exploited teaching approach in teaching English as a foreign language (EFL). The use of computers to assist language learners in their studies has shifted from being an innovative approach sporadically applied by an engaged teacher, to becoming the inevitable segment of in-class activities, nowadays almost prescriptively built in syllabi. Attitudes towards CALL constantly reshape the learning process and affect the learning outcomes. The study addresses engineering students' attitudes towards the use of computer-assisted language learning in EFL courses taught at the Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak in Serbia. The study is also concerned with the students' attitudes towards the use of the website www.englit.net as an online learning tool specially designed for the courses they attend, which is used on a regular basis for in-class practice and selfstudy. The findings indicate that CALL is perceived as an efficient supporter of the EFL teaching-learning process, generally adding to students' overall improvement in EFL competence, while at the same time empowering them to engage more in self-study.

Integrating culture and literature through the project-based learning in an ESP classroom: The ca... more Integrating culture and literature through the project-based learning in an ESP classroom: The case of Frankenstein Abstract Project-based learning has been a widely used approach in the context of L2 instruction and in teaching English for Special Purposes (ESP), worldwide. However, culture and literature treated as natural extension or an enhancement in ESP teaching, have not been taught much, especially not in technical education institutions across the Balkans. The aim of this study is to provide perspectives on synergy of ESP and culture/literature and learners' attitudes towards benefits of intercultural communicative competence based on the outcomes of a project-based learning activity entitled '200 years of Frankenstein: re-invented by technology,' held in October 2018 at Technical College Čačak in Serbia. As the year 2018 has been widely marked as the year of international celebration of 200 th anniversary of Mary Shelley's publication of Frankenstein, Technical College Čačak (ENGLIT lab) participated in the commemoration event with an authentic three-day event. The project-based approach to ESP learning had to be complemented with the culture/literature instruction during preparation and implementation stages of the project, so that the event could result in desired outcomes. While the experimental group participated in the event, the control group consisting of students of the Department of Professional Studies of the University of Split did not partake in project-based activities. The results coming from both groups helped determine whether there were differences in students' attitudes towards learning culture and literature in language learning. The findings of the study indicate that learners' reflections on the importance of culture/literature in ESP changed after the treatment, and suggest that there is an increased interest with learners for integrating culture and literature while learning ESP. These findings can have implications for ESP policymakers, language instructors and learners

Planning represents the phase of the management processes that consists of making decisions about... more Planning represents the phase of the management processes that consists of making decisions about objectives, programs, plans and strategies which direct the entire activity of a firm as well as the operations which are kept continual by constant inptut of all the changes that are essential for functioning and development of the firm. The analysis of the realization of the plans, i.e. checking of the previously planned and the present condition is the foundation for the application of the corrective measures intended for establishing the desired previuously planned condition. The result of these activities is a great amount of information and documents stored on various magnetic and optic media kept in different formats to maintain their storage. Therefore, it is necessary to define the model of planning process which enables clear, precise and accurate defining of the activietes whithin the process of planning applying the functional modelling by CASE tools, which requires ISO 9001...

Emerging Trends in Industrial Engineering, 2019

Labour market outcomes for Humanities graduates 4.1 Wage Premium estimates 4.2 Labour Force Parti... more Labour market outcomes for Humanities graduates 4.1 Wage Premium estimates 4.2 Labour Force Participation estimates 4.3 Lifetime Earnings 5 The social and economic impacts of Humanities research 5.1 Measuring the value of Humanities research is challenging 5.2 Case studies effectively convey the impacts of Humanities research 5.3 Strong awareness and engagement supports the social impacts of Humanities research Appendix A: Community Returns of Higher Education-Econometric Analysis Data source Econometric methodology and results Appendix B: Labour Market Outcomes-Econometric Analysis Data cleaning and preparation Transformations and descriptive statistics Empirical methodology and results

European Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Education

The disruption of the education system caused by the sudden outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has... more The disruption of the education system caused by the sudden outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has altered teaching processes forever, thus transforming the existing teaching/learning contexts and their relevance. Given that instructors are key bearers of the educational process, the perception of their teaching experience during the pandemic is vital to understanding the challenges that emerged throughout the process. This paper reports on the experiences of English as a foreign language (EFL) higher education lecturer (n=89) of their emergency remote English language teaching (ERELT) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of the research was to investigate how EFL lecturers assess their own instruction and relationship with students within their ERELT, and how much their teaching in ERELT differed from regular teaching conditions. Under the computer-mediated communication theory framework, the study has adopted a mix-methods research design and the data were collected through a questionnaire. The results imply that the use of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) significantly surged in the ERELT as compared to regular teaching conditions. The teaching process was assessed as a dynamic, resourceful, and stressful process, which, judging by the communicational goals, appeared to be less interactive than more traditional face-to-face instruction, causing the relationship between students and instructors to worsen to a certain extent.

Proceedings TIE 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic fundamentally changed the educational landscape, since an almost immediate ... more The Covid-19 pandemic fundamentally changed the educational landscape, since an almost immediate switch to online learning was the only way to keep education moving and bridge the physical distance between teacher and students. Technology has permeated every aspect of teaching to the extent where there is no going back to the “before the pandemic”, therefore, in the post-pandemic times, a number of higher education institutions has introduced a policy that hybrid mode of instruction has become a “new normal”. The instructor’s role in hybrid teaching appears vital, so educators must amalgamate the advantages of online instructions with the goals relevant to face-to-face teaching. Teaching Presence, as an overarching aspect of Community of Inquiry (CoI) that incorporates the course design, facilitation and organization, can significantly affect learning outcomes and course satisfaction. Within the CoI framework, the paper investigates students’ (n=83) assessment of Teaching Presence a...

Proceedings TIE 2022

Proceedings TIE 2022, 2022

Journal on Emerging Topics in Industrial Engineering (JETIE), 2022

Social presence, along with Teaching Presence and Cognitive Presence, plays a vital role in estab... more Social presence, along with Teaching Presence and Cognitive Presence, plays a vital role in establishing Communities of Inquiry and sustaining successful learning experiences in online teaching. The purpose of this study was to explore the role Social Presence plays within an ESP online course Business English 2 taught at the CAMPUS 02 in Graz, Austria. A mixed-methods research design was applied to this case study, which consisted of descriptive statistics gained from the CoI survey, and a class observation method conducted by the researchers. The data were collected through a Community of Inquiry questionnaire developed by Arbaugh et al. (2008), and a class observation method, followed by a Thematic Analysis. The results showed that Social Presence was successfully established in a Business English 2 course, as the instructor used a variety of both verbal and non-verbal clues that supported Social Presence, at the same time deploying technology in a meaningful way. The class observed during this research study can be taken as an excellent example of how einstruction should be designed in an ESP course, but also in any other course that is delivered online.

EPALE Blog, 2022

Building meta-skills for adult learners

“Unmute, please!’’: Tertiary Lecturers’ Perceptions on Emergency Remote English Language Teaching During COVID-19 Pandemics, 2022

ENHANCING BUSINESS ENGLISH TEACHING: EXPLORING ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES ON PADLET IN SPEAKING ACTIVITIES, 2024

English Studies at the Dawn of the 21st Century, 2024

Journal of Teaching English for Specific and Academic Purposes, 2024

Brno Studies in English, Dec 31, 2022

CALL and professionalisation: short papers from EUROCALL 2021, 2021

Ekonomika

Proceedings TIE 2022

Language, literature, mythology, ALFA University, Belgrade, 2012, 2012

Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies, 2021

Emerging Trends in Industrial Engineering, 2019

European Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Education

Proceedings TIE 2022

Proceedings TIE 2022, 2022

Journal on Emerging Topics in Industrial Engineering (JETIE), 2022

EPALE Blog, 2022

Building meta-skills for adult learners

“Unmute, please!’’: Tertiary Lecturers’ Perceptions on Emergency Remote English Language Teaching During COVID-19 Pandemics, 2022

Integrating culture and literature through the project-based learning in an ESP classroom: The case of Frankenstein, 2020

Rad se bavi problemom prirode kao estetičke i metafizičke kategorije u pismima i pesmama Džona Ki... more Rad se bavi problemom prirode kao estetičke i metafizičke kategorije u pismima i pesmama Džona Kitsa, ali i postepenom tranzicijom pesnikovog doživljaja prirode od najpre naivnog, puko dekorativnog, preko neizbežno gnoseološkog entiteta, pa do sveprožimajućeg poimanja prirode u kojoj je čovek, kao dominantan entitet, imanentan. Oslanjajući se na pisma koja je ovaj engleski romantičar pisao prijateljima i porodici u periodu od do 1816 -1820. godine, pokazaćemo kako je Kits, potiskujući postepeno prirodu kao čisto estetičku kategoriju u svojoj poetici, centralno mesto ustupio čoveku kao socijalnom i duhovnom biću, te proširio svoje imaginativne uvide po pitanjima pesničkog poziva i svrhe ljudskog bitisanja en general. Oslanjajući se na Jungovu teoriju o kolektivno nesvesnom i arhetipovima, primenjujući hronološki metod i uzimajući u obzir idejno-tematki okvir pisama, pokazaćemo da je Kits ideje izložene u pismima realizovao u pesmama, baveći se u njima sveuskupnim ljudskim iskustvom i egzistencijalnim problemima čoveka.

Polja, 2022

(Владан Матијевић: Ван контроле, Лагуна, Београд, 2021), ПРИКАЗ, 121-123.