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From North MacedoniaLiving in Skopje, North Macedonia (22:52 UTC+01:00)

About Me

italki teacher since Feb 1, 2021

My name is Biljana. I was born in Skopje, Macedonia, and this is my current city of residence. I graduated as a teacher of Macedonian Language and South Slavic literature and have a masters in Macedonian Studies and Communicology. I have worked in editing and proofreading, translating between English and Macedonian, journalistic writing and face to face tutoring and teaching Macedonian as a native and a foreign. I have published some of my research papers in several linguistic journals in the country. After being engaged with the Macedonian linguistics for over 20 years, it's the last year that I've dedicated myself actively to distance teaching Macedonian as a foreign language.

Me as a Teacher

As a teacher, face to face or distance, I'm focused on delivering customized, individually tailored lessons to reach student's personal needs. So, the first thing I want to understand is why the student wants or needs to learn Macedonian. This helps me tailor my lessons choosing appropriate teaching strategies and creating appropriate learning resources. The real excitement comes from the fact that learning the language, you can learn a lot about the customs, food, history, literature, film, music, art and about people's everyday life. I try to incorporate this in my lessons.

My lessons & teaching style

A preliminary test or a simple conversation gives me an idea about student's needs, but also student's weaknesses and strengths in language (when not an absolute beginner). Having known this better helps me create lessons and resources (pdf, ppt, text files, flash cards, tests and quizzes), choose images, audios and videos, normally based on a topic, which also cover the parts of grammar that student is weak in or hasn’t learned yet. Topic-based lessons help build vocabulary, introduce phrasal expressions and strengthen grammar skills, giving at the same time a context for a lot of conversation.

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Education

1999 - 2004

Bachelor’s - Macedonian Language and LiteratureSs. Cyril and Methodius University in SkopjeBachelor's Degree in Teaching Macedonian Language and Literature

2013 - 2016

Master's - Macedonian Linguistics and CommunicologySs. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje

Work Experience

2011 - 2021

teacher, translator, editor and proofreaderFreelancer - Skopje, North Macedonia• Macedonian Language Teacher • Macedonian Language Editor & Proofreader • English Translator / Interpreter • Macedonian Language Research

2006 - 2010

English Translator / InterpreterConstruction Company Beton JSC – Skopje - Skopje, North MacedoniaTranslation of documentation, interpretation at meetings, daily correspondence.

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