Algirdas Makarevicius. Learning, Teaching, Research, and Traveling Experience
I consider myself a person with extensive experience in socio-cultural settings relevant to my profession. First, I studied and worked in Europe, and then I benefitted from Australia's academic environment and general lifestyle. Later, I lectured and researched in an entirely different cultural and linguistic setting of Papua New Guinea. At the Eastern Mediterranean University in Northern Cyprus, I taught education courses for one year, and then again lived in Australia, where I designed marketing materials and researched corporate image surveys and internet marketing. The subsequent five years spent in China were remarkably rewarding to me. I discovered much about Chinese lifestyle, culture, and language teaching and learning methods at schools, colleges, and universities. From 2006 to 2009, I worked as Head of Languages Centre at the Middle East College of Information Technology in Oman. I was involved in ESL teaching, administration, program design, and material development. From September 2009 till August 2014, I served as Associate Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Foreign Languages at the University of Nizwa.
I had an amazing opportunity to travel three times around the world and become acquainted with many exciting and culturally diverse countries: India, Brazil, Singapore, Mongolia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, France, Denmark, Italy, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Moldova, Georgia, Poland, Chechnya, and some other countries. I worked and studied in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Russia, China, Lithuania, Oman, Northern Cyprus, and the United Arab Emirates.
My primary field of research interest is linguistic pragmatics and cross-cultural communication: the relationship between social and cultural structures, the study of social conflict, and the analysis of face-to-face interaction. My other field of interest is making English language study relevant to the demands of the social and professional tasks facing graduates by developing a reliable means of analyzing and specifying particular learner's language requirements. For this purpose, I develop teaching materials that reflect linguistic and lingo-pragmatic realities of language and language use in specific fields. Such materials provide a clear, coherent focus and structure for teachers and learners. I currently live and teach social sciences, English as a second language, and scientific research courses in the United Arab Emirates.
The above experiences gave me valuable insights into many cultures, learning, and teaching styles at different universities, colleges, schools, and ESL training centers and enabled me to design and publish the ESL Teacher Reference Desk website. This website supports ESL teachers and researchers who wish to enhance their competence in education, teaching, research, administration, ESL job search, and multiple other areas related to the English teaching profession.
Dr. Algirdas Makarevicius
Ph.D., Linguistics
Algirdas Makarevicius. Teaching, Research, and Industrial Experience
Algirdas Makarevicius. Other Experience, Computer Skills, and Interests
Algirdas Makarevicius. Management Experience and Management Philosophy
Algirdas Makarevicius. ESL Teacher Reference Desk. English as a Second Language
I consider myself a person with extensive experience in socio-cultural settings relevant to my profession. First, I studied and worked in Europe, and then I benefitted from Australia's academic environment and general lifestyle. Later, I lectured and researched in an entirely different cultural and linguistic setting of Papua New Guinea. At the Eastern Mediterranean University in Northern Cyprus, I taught education courses for one year, and then again lived in Australia, where I designed marketing materials and researched corporate image surveys and internet marketing. The subsequent five years spent in China were remarkably rewarding to me. I discovered much about Chinese lifestyle, culture, and language teaching and learning methods at schools, colleges, and universities. From 2006 to 2009, I worked as Head of Languages Centre at the Middle East College of Information Technology in Oman. I was involved in ESL teaching, administration, program design, and material development. From September 2009 till August 2014, I served as Associate Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Foreign Languages at the University of Nizwa.
I had an amazing opportunity to travel three times around the world and become acquainted with many exciting and culturally diverse countries: India, Brazil, Singapore, Mongolia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, France, Denmark, Italy, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Moldova, Georgia, Poland, Chechnya, and some other countries. I worked and studied in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Russia, China, Lithuania, Oman, Northern Cyprus, and the United Arab Emirates.
My primary field of research interest is linguistic pragmatics and cross-cultural communication: the relationship between social and cultural structures, the study of social conflict, and the analysis of face-to-face interaction. My other field of interest is making English language study relevant to the demands of the social and professional tasks facing graduates by developing a reliable means of analyzing and specifying particular learner's language requirements. For this purpose, I develop teaching materials that reflect linguistic and lingo-pragmatic realities of language and language use in specific fields. Such materials provide a clear, coherent focus and structure for teachers and learners. I currently live and teach social sciences, English as a second language, and scientific research courses in the United Arab Emirates.
The above experiences gave me valuable insights into many cultures, learning, and teaching styles at different universities, colleges, schools, and ESL training centers and enabled me to design and publish the ESL Teacher Reference Desk website. This website supports ESL teachers and researchers who wish to enhance their competence in education, teaching, research, administration, ESL job search, and multiple other areas related to the English teaching profession.
Dr. Algirdas Makarevicius
Ph.D., Linguistics
Algirdas Makarevicius. Teaching, Research, and Industrial Experience
Algirdas Makarevicius. Other Experience, Computer Skills, and Interests
Algirdas Makarevicius. Management Experience and Management Philosophy
Algirdas Makarevicius. ESL Teacher Reference Desk. English as a Second Language
