cohesion - European Centre for Modern Languages

Marjut, Johansson is Professor at the Department of French Studies, University of
Turku, Finland. Her research interests lie in the areas of pragmatics, interaction
analysis and sociolinguistics as well as foreign language teaching and learning at the
university level. She has been working on different genres of mediated interaction; on
political media interviews and most recently on computer-mediated communication.
She is also interested in multilingualism, in language policies and practices in the
European Union and in ideologies and attitudes concerning languages.
Martyniuk, Waldemar was appointed as the new ECML Executive Director in October
2008, replacing the previous Director, Adrian Butler. He was formerly Assistant
Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Centre for Polish Language and Culture of the
Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. Teacher trainer, author of textbooks,
curricula and testing materials for Polish as a foreign language. Secretary of the State
Certification Commission for Polish as a Foreign Language. Visiting professor and
lecturer at universities in Germany (Bochum, Gießen, Göttingen, Mainz, Münster),
Switzerland (Basel) and in the USA (Stanford University). Director of the Jagiellonian
University School of Polish Language and Culture (2001-2004). Translator of the
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages into Polish (2003).
Seconded to the Council of Europe’s Language Policy Division (2005-2006).
Newby, David is Associate Professor of Language Teaching Research and
Methodology at the University of Graz, Austria. He has worked on a number of
projects for the ECML and is the co-ordinator of the European Portfolio for Student
Teachers of Languages. He has also worked extensively for the British Council and
Council of Europe as an in-service trainer and consultant in a variety of countries. His
main field of interest is pedagogical grammar.
O´Rourke, Bernadette is a lecturer in Applied Language and Sociolinguistics. Her
research interests include minority language issues (with a particular interest in
Galician and Irish), language policy and planning, language identity, multilingualism
and intercultural communicative competence. She currently holds a Visiting Research
Fellowship at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
Penz, Hermine is Assistant Professor at the English Department of the University of
Graz. Her main areas of research include: discourse analysis, pragmatics and
sociolinguistics with a focus on “language and culture” and “language in the media”.
Her current research focuses on using English as a lingua franca for intercultural
communication at the ECML. She has participated in various ECML projects and
served as a consultant for the Centre’s second medium-term programme.
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