Foreign Languages Section

Academic Staff

Zlatina Zheleva – Senior Lecturer – Head of Foreign Languages Section

Latin Teachers:

Assoc. Prof. Dimitar Mirchev, PhD

Veronika Kelbecheva, PhD – Senior Lecturer

Yavora Oprova – Senior Lecturer

Gergana Petkova, Phd – Senior Lecturer

Snezhana Tsvyatkova – Lecturer

Kamenka Rangelova – Lecturer

Blagovest Gavazov – Lecturer

English Teachers:

Irina Mitarcheva, PhD – Senior Lecturer

Zlatina Zheleva – Senior Lecturer – Head of Foreign Languages Section

Blagoy Ayvazov – Senior Lecturer

Krikor Indjian – Lecturer

Lecturer Tania Koleva

French teachers:

Aneta Tosheva – Senior Lecturer

German teachers:

Elena Kiskinova, PhD – Senior Lecturer

Research

The research activity of the teaching staff develops in two directions:
• language studies of fundamental character in phonetic, lexical, morphosyntactic, stylistic and pragmatic terms are carried out and published;
• works of applied character – methodology of foreign language teaching, text analysis, theory and practice of translation, editing, reviewing and translation of educational and methodical literature of textbooks and teaching aids.
A number of the teachers have specialized abroad in individual or international research projects or training programs, where they were also invited as lecturers:
• E. Kiskinova – at the Humboldt University in Berlin – Institute of German Language and Linguistics, at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, at the Goethe Institut in Munich, at the University of Vienna (Universität Wien), at the Austrian Educational Foundation in Vienna;
• A. Tosheva – at the University “Paris 4 – La Sorbonne” (2004, 2016), at the University of Nantes (2006), at the Faculty of Medicine Lariboisière – St. Louis ”at the University of Paris 7 – Denis Diderot (1997), the Faculty of Medicine at the University“ Reims – Champagne-Ardennes ”(1997).
• V. Kelbecheva at the University of La Sapienza and Tor Vergata in Rome.
• I. Mitarcheva in the Directorate-General for Translation of the European Commission in Luxembourg (October 1, 2019 – February 29, 2020);
• G. Petkova – Two-week specialization at the Hardt Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland; 2017; Обучение по поргамме повышения квалификации „Русский язык. Коммуникация. Образовательные технологии“ в Государственном институте русского языка им. А. С. Пушкина, Москва (Руссия). ; 05.10. 2014 – 11.10.2014
Project activity:
• “Kommunikation im medizinischen Bereich” – an International project with the Institute of German Language and Linguistics at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany / E. Kiskinova /;
• International project BG-PLGERM: “Qualification in German language teaching methodology” in partnership with SES, Germany / E. Кiskinova /;
• International project BG-PLGERM: “Qualification in the methodology of teaching German language”, in which the partner of MU is SES / ‘SENIOR EXPERT SERVICE’ / Germany / E. Kiskinova /
• International project “Regional Francophone Network for Health, Nutrition and Food Safety in consortium with 13 universities from Central and Eastern Europe.В оригинал: « Réseau régional francophone sur la santé, la nutrition et la sécurité alimentaire (SaIN) », (2017-2019)“ BECO-S0118FCT65000-2017 (А. Tosheva)
• International project “Summer Doctoral School in French” Introduction to biostatistical analysis with SPSS software – Statistics for Windows, Version 17.0”. «Introduction à l’analyse biostatistique avec SPSS Statistics for Windows,Version 17.0Training for PhD students from Central and Eastern Europe within the AUF project « Soutien à l’organisation de l’école d’été doctorale » (2017) (А. Tosheva)
• International project “Expert Dialogue – 2” (a project of the University Agency of the Francophonie and the French Institute, in collaboration with the University of Paris 4 – Sorbonne.) « Dialogue d’expertise – Volet 2 », projet mené conjointement par l’AUF et l’Institut Français à l’Université Paris 4 – La Sorbonne (2016). (А. Tosheva)
• International project “Expert Dialogue” (project of the University Agency of Francophonie and the French Institute). « Dialogue d’expertise », projet mené conjointement par l’AUF et l’Institut Français (2014 – 2015). (А. Tosheva)
• International project “French in the multilingual context of Central and Eastern Europe” (project of medical universities in Plovdiv, Cluj-Napoca (Romania), Chisinau (Moldova) and the University of Nantes (France). “Le Français médical en contexte plurilingue en Europe centrale et orientale BECO/P1/2011/46125FT » (2011-2014) (А. Tosheva)
• International project in a consortium of 17 universities MEDUCATOR: “Multi-type Content Repurpusing and Sharing in Medical Education” ECP 2008 EDU 418006 (А. Тошева)
• European program TEMPUS-PHARE 1997. Individual project TEMPUS No IMG-96-BG-2105 (А. Tosheva)
• National Scientific Program “Electronic Healthcare in Bulgaria (e-Health)”. 2018-2021. Ministry of Education and Science. (А. Tosheva)
National project to the Operational Program “Human Resources Development” “Doctoral training at MU-Plovdiv for competence, creativity, originality, implementation and academism in science and technology (DOCTORATE)” BG51PO001-3.3.06-0011 “A. Tosheva, E Kiskinova, J. Delipavlova-Mladenova)
• HOPE (How Oncogenetics Predicts and Educates) International project (2019 – 2021), (J. Delipavlova-Mladenova, A. Tosheva)
• National project of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski “Publicity Research” within the Operational Program “Human Resources Development” / V. Kelbecheva /
• A project аpproved for NSF funding – “Plovdiv – from a multilingual and multicultural center of Eastern Rumelia to the European Capital of Culture” / I. Mitarcheva /
• Participation in the organization of a training course on content-language integrated learning (CLIL) under the Erasmus + program, KD1 of teachers from Sint-Lodewijks College in Bruges, Belgium in the period 9-13 July 2018 at MU-Plovdiv / I. Mitarcheva/
• Project № BG05M2OP001-2.009-0025 “Doctoral training at MU-Plovdiv for Competence, Creativity, Originality, Realization and Academism in Science and Technology – 2 (DOCTORATE 2)”, funded by the Operational Program “Science and Education for Smart Growth” from the European Union through the European Structural and Investment Funds (participant as a postdoctoral fellow). 2017-2018 / G. Petkova/
• – Project № DM 20/6 of 20.12.2017 “A bridge between the university environment of intercultural communication – how we/to understand each other while learning together”, funded by the Research Fund COMPETITION FOR FINANCING RESEARCH OF YOUNG SCIENTISTS AND POSTDOCTORAL STUDENTS – 2017 2017-2019 / G. Petkova/
• 2019 – “Personal names in Bulgaria at the beginning of the 21st century”, funded by the Research Fund COMPETITION FOR FINANCING FUNDAMENTAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH – 2019 / G. Petkova /

Participation in international programs and exchanges:
• Participation in international programs International exchange of teachers at Humboldt University, Berlin in partnership with the German Academic Exchange Office / E. КIskinova/
• GOETHE INSTITUT München /Е. Кiskinova/;
• Participation in teacher mobility under the Erasmus + program – / I. Mitarcheva / 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019; E. Kiskinova 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019; / G. Petkova/2016, 2017, 2018, 2019; /Z.Zheleva/ 2017, 2018, 2019; Aneta Tosheva – Nice-Sophia Antipolis University of Nice, France (2018), Nicolae Testemitanu University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Cluj-Napoca, Romania (2017), Masarikow University, Brno, Czech Republic (2015), AGROSUP University, Dijon, France (2011); National Program for Support of Young Scientists and Postdoctoral Students at the Ministry of Education and Science (2019, 2020) G. Petkova

Textbooks

Publications

Publications related to the main areas of research.
The publications of the teaching staff of the department include textbooks on specialized language training, bilingual and multilingual dictionaries and teaching aids, as well as articles in specialized issues, scientific communications and reports within national and international scientific conferences at Bulgarian and foreign universities and scientific institutions (in Germany, Austria, France, Belgium, Scotland, Jordan, Northern Macedonia, Romania, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, etc.).
During the period 2016-2020 more than 40 articles were published in international specialized scientific journals and collections, over 20 participations in national and international congresses and conferences, over 10 participations in training seminars.
8. Monographs

Monographs

Dissertations

V. Kelbecheva “The Roman sacred calendar and the religious reforms of Augustus” at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski ”, 2015
D. Mirchev “Philosophical and religious ways to ontologize the existence of God” SWU “Neofit Rilski”, Blagoevgrad, 2016

G. Petkova “Personal names with Latin roots in the Slavic languages (Bulgarian, Serbian, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Polish, Czech, Slovenian, Slovak and Croatian)”. Institute of Bulgarian Language at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (June 30, 2016).

I. Mitarcheva: “Bilingualism and Diglossia in Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland and Eyre” and the acquisition of a PhD degree on September 16, 2019.