DEMO: Teaching the 21st Century Student

ABOUT THE AUTHORS Mgr. DAGMARSIEGLOVÁ, M.S.Ed., Ph.D. receivedhermaster’s degree in inter- cultural communication and language education from the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, USA. She completed her doctoral degree in Linguistics at the School of Philosophy, Charles Uni- versity in Prague, Czech Republic. During her doctoral studies, she returned to the University of Pennsylvania as a visiting scholar where she spent two years pursuing her dissertation thesis research in child second language ac- quisition and learning; she cooperated with the Coffin and Gerry Schools in Marblehead, MA, and the Bernice A. Ray Elementary School in Hanover, NH. During her professional career, she gained managerial experience as a direc- tor of the study abroad program Lexia International in Prague, and later as an executive director of the Multicultural Center Prague. She also worked as a language teacher of English, German, and Czech for foreigners, and partici- pated in research projects focused on multilingualism, language policy and teaching, conversation analysis, and speech recognition. Dagmar hasmultidisciplinary interests. Her researchandpublishingactivities embrace topics from diversity management, marketing communication, sociolinguistics, language acquisition, and teaching methodologies. She provides training, workshops, lectures, seminars, and consultations to edu- cational institutions and companies. She develops teaching methodology materials, elearning programs, and conducts research in teaching and learn- ing at the tertiary level. She is interested in modern educational methods enhancing motivation, critical thinking, and peer interaction. Currently, she works as a lecturer, researcher, and methodologist at Škoda Auto University in Mladá Boleslav, teaching academic and business English, marketing com- munication, and intercultural management to both students and employees. Contact information: Mgr. Dagmar Sielgová, MS Ed., Ph.D. Teaching, training, consultations, methodologies, research Department of Language Training and Intercultural Competences Škoda Auto University Na Karmeli 1457 293 01 Mladá Boleslav Czech Republic Phone: +420 604 635 240 Email: sieglovadagmar@gmail.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dagmar-sieglova-21904930/

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