Elena BONTA

ACADEMIC AND MANAGERIAL POSITIONS 
  • Professor 
  • Member of University Senate 
  • Director of MA programme (English Language. Communication Practices) 
  • Coordinator of Erasmus+ agreements ("Nicolaus Copernicus" University of Torun, Poland and "Ataturk" University, Erzurum, Turkey) 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 
  • BA in Philology (1974-1978), "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iasi, Faculty of Letters, English language and literature – Romanian language and literature; 1978 - scholarship for academic development granted by the Ministry of Education (Lincoln, Great Britain)
  • Professional degrees: definitive teacher status (1981); degree II (1987), degree I (1992) - certificates issued by "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iasi 
  • PhD in Philology, Linguistics (1999-2004), “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania, Doctoral Studies Department; doctoral advisor: Professor Maria Carpov 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Teaching positions 
  • February 2016 to the present - Professor, “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau, Faculty of Letters, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Bacau, Romania 
  • 2005-2016 - Associate Professor, “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau, Faculty of Letters, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Bacau, Romania 
  • 1997-2005 - Senior lecturer, University of Bacau, Faculty of Letters and Sciences, Bacau, Romania 
  • 1987-1997 – teacher of English, degree I, “George Apostu” High School, Bacau, Romania 
  • 1979-1987 – teacher of English, definitive and degree II, School no. 27, Bacau, Romania 
  • 1978-1979 - teacher of English, School no. 16, Bacau, Romania 

TEACHING ACTIVITY
Academic disciplines currently taught 
  • Bachelor's courses: Contemporary English Language (Lexicology), Interpersonal Communication, Practical English 
  • Master's courses: Pragmatics of conversational discourse, Practices of self-referential communication, Discursive practices. Verbal interactions 

Didactic materials 
  • Elena Bonta, ENGLISH LEXICOLOGY – FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE, Alma Mater, Bacău, 2004, ISBN 973-8392-28 
  • Elena Bonta, ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH LEXICOLOGY, Alma Mater, Bacău, 2008, ISBN 978-606-527-006-0 
  • Elena Bonta, DISCURSIVE PRACTICES. VERBAL INTERACTIONS (note de curs), Alma Mater, Bacău, 2014, ISBN 978-606-527-399-3 
  • Elena Bonta, PRAGMATICS OF THE CONVERSATIONAL DISCOURSE (suport de curs şi seminar), Alma Mater, Bacău, 2015, 145 p, ISBN 978-606-527-510-2 
  • Elena Bonta, COMUNICARE INTERPERSONALĂ (suport de curs şi seminar), Alma Mater, Bacău, 2015, ISBN 978-606-527-509-6 
  • Elena Bonta, Nadia Morăraşu (coord.) A TREASURE BOOK OF "-NYM" WORDS (AUXILIARY MATERIALS FOR ENGLISH LEXICOLOGY), 2015, Alma Mater, Bacău, 2015, ISBN 978-606-527-460-0 

Teaching qualification and courses: 
  • English teaching methodology (Socrates Project, Centre of English Studies, Dublin, Ireland - 1998) 
  • Applied language studies - (British Council grant, University of Edinburgh, Scotland - 2000) 

Erasmus teaching staff mobilities 
  • University of Bordeaux 3, France (2004); 
  • University of Erzurum, Turkey (2012, 2014) 

RESEARCH ACTIVITY
Research interests/fields of research 
  • Linguistics
  • Verbal interactions
  • Pragmatics
  • English teaching methodology
  • Interpersonal communication 
Publications
Books and book chapters
  • Elena Bonta, A TERMINOLOGICAL GUIDE TO INTERACTIONAL PRAGMATICS, Casa Cărţii de Stiință, Cluj- Napoca, 2015, ISBN 978-606-17-0846-8 
  • Elena Bonta, UNDERSTANDING LANGUAGE AUTOBIOGRAPHIES, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2015, ISBN-13: 978-3-659-77514-7 
  • Maricela Strungariu, Raluca Galita, Elena Bonta, Adriana-Gertruda Romedea, REFLECTIONS ON LANGUAGE AUTOBIOGRAPHIES/REFLEXIONS SUR LES AUTOBIOGRAPHIES LANGAGIERES, Alma Mater, Bacău, 2014, ISBN 978-606-527-397-9
  • Elena Bonta, “Pre- service, in-service and Prerequisites for Effective Teacher-Student Interaction in EFL Teaching and Learning”, in Elena Bonta (ed.) PERSPECTIVES ON INTERACTION, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2013, ISBN (10): 1-4438-4465-9, ISBN (13): 978-1-4438- 4465-9  
  • Elena Bonta, TEACHING ENGLISH: A PRAGMATIC APPROACH, Alma Mater, Bacău, 2011, ISBN 978-606-527-164-7 
  • Elena Bonta, CONVERSATIA - IPOSTAZA A INTERACTIUNII VERBALE, Alma Mater, Bacău, 2004, ISBN 973-8392-20-9 
  • Doina Cmeciu, Elena Bonta, ESSENTIAL ENGLISH TOPICS, Pro-Humanitate, Bucureşti, 1997, ISBN973-97313-4-1 
 Selected articles/papers
  • Raluca Galiţa & Elena Bonta, “The Linguistic Representation of Romanians in English Newspaper Headlines and its Perception by Romanian Readers”, Analele Universităţii din Craiova, Philological Sciences Series, year XXXVII, No. 1-2, 2015, Editura Universitaria, pp. 73-82, ISSN 1224-5712
  • Elena Bonta, “Representations of the Interplay between Social, Cultural and Relational Contexts in (Re)Shaping  Linguistic Identity. The Case of Language Autobiography”, in Cultural Perspectives 18(1) 2013, pp. 33-48, ISSN 1224-239X
  • Raluca Galiţa & Elena Bonta,“Linguistic markers of classroom roles”, in Annals of the University of Craiova, Philological Sciences Series, year XXXV, Nr.1-2, 2013, Editura Universitaria, ISSN: 1224-5712,  pp.260-272
  • Raluca Galiţa, Elena Bonta, “Gypsies: a Linguistic Construction of Their Marginality in English Newspapers Headlines”, in Interstudia, no. 13/2013, pp. 119-128, ISSN 2065-3204
  • Elena Bonta, “Job identities in commonplace similes vs their daily perceptions. A case      study”,  in Interstudia, vol. 11(1), 2012, pp. 189-199, ISSN 2065-3204
  • Raluca Galiţa, Elena Bonta, Cultural Exchanges through Movie Titles. A Pragmatic Approach in Cultural Perspectives. Journal for Literary  and British Cultural Studies in Romania ISSN 1224-239X, Number 17/ 2012, pp.81– 97
  •  Elena Bonta, “Autobiographies of Intercultural Encounters, or how to deal with intercultural interactions. Implications for teaching intercultural communicative competence”, in Interstudia, no. 9/2011, pp. 111-120, ISSN 2065-3204
  • Elena Bonta, Raluca Galita, “Linguistic autobiographies or making sense of one`s own language learning experience. Case study”, in Philologia Journal, 9, 1-10/2011, pp.65-73, ISSN 1451-5342; e-ISSN 1820-5682
  • Elena Bonta, Raluca Galita, “Joking as a semiotic practice and means of spiritual survival. A pragma-linguistic and stylistic approach”, in Respectus Philologicus, 20 (25), 2011, pp. 80- 94, ISSN 1392-8295
  •  Elena Bonta, Raluca Galiţa, Radiants of Meaning in Constructing Images of National Identity, in Cultural Perspectives, no. 15/2010, pp.37-67, ISSN 1224-239X
  • Elena Bonta; Druguş, Liviu,  “The EMMY Style and the Management of the Political Discourse in Socio-Human Interactions and Transactions”, in Style. Belgrade, Republic of Serbia, No. 6/2007, pp. 115-138, ISSN 1451-3145
  • Elena Bonta, “Semiotic Practices within the Framework of Social Semiotics”, in Semiotics beyond Limits, Proceedings of the first ROASS Conference, Alma Mater Publishing House, Bacău, 2006, pp.367-377, ISBN 1842-6409 
 Projects 
  • European Project KALECO - "Kaléidoscope. La couleur des Langues” (2009-2010), Transversal Programme: KA2 Multilateral Projects, 1434522008ITKA2KA2MP - project      member 
  • European Project "Pluri-LA" - Lifelong Learning Programme, reference number: GRU-12- P-LP-66-BC-FR(2012-2014) - project manager for Romania

EDITORIAL ACTIVITY
Edited volumes
  • PERSPECTIVES ON INTERACTION, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2013, ISBN (10): 1-4438-4465-9, ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-4465-9 

Edited journals
Coordinator
  • Interstudia (volume "Margins, marginalization and the discourse of marginality"), no. 13/2013, Alma Mater, Bacau, ISSN 2065-3204 
  • Interstudia (volume "Cultural Spaces. Identity within /beyond borders"), no. 11 (2)/2012, Alma Mater, Bacau, ISSN 2065-3204 
  • Interstudia (volume "Individual and specific signs.Cultural diversity through language and communication"), no. 9/2011, Alma Mater, Bacau, ISSN 2065-3204 
  • Interstudia (volume Cultural Spaces. Identity within /beyond borders), no. 11(1)/2012, Alma Mater, Bacau, ISSN 2065-3204 
  • Interstudia (volume "Language, Discourse, Society"), no. 3/2009, Alma Mater, Bacau, ISSN 2065-3204 
 Co-editor 
  • Individual and Specific Signs. Paradigms of Identity in Managing Social Representations, 2007, Alma Mater, Bacãu, ISBN 978-973-1833 
  • Cultural Perspectives, no. 9/2004, ISSN 1224-239X. 
  • Studii şi cercetări ştiinţifice. Seria Filologie, no. 7/8, 1997/98 

TUTORING ACTIVITY 
  • Diploma paper advisor 
  • Master's dissertation advisor 
  • Coordinator of methodological-scientific papers for obtaining the didactic degree I 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Research centres and groups 
  • Member of Interstud Research Centre 
  • Director of "Cultural Spaces" Research Group 
 National associations 
  • founding member of ROASS (Romanian Association of Semiotic Studies) 
  • member of RSEAS (Romanian Society for English and American Studies) 
  • member of the Society of Philological Studies in Romania (2007) 
 International associations 
  • member of ESSE (European Society for the Study of English) (since 2006) 
  • member of ARIC (Association pour la recherche interculturelle), Geneva (2008) 
  • member of ACA (The American Communication Association) – (2007) 

CONTACT 
E-mail: bonta.elena@ub.ro 
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elena_Bonta
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