Zuzana Dudasova, PhD.

Address: HUST Wenhua College
Wuhan, Hubei, P.R.C.
华中科技大学文华学院  湖北武汉
Phone no.: +86 18602761511
E-mail: sue.dudasova@gmail.com

- European native level English speaker from the European Union (Slovakia).
- M.A. in English Linguistics and Literature.
- Ph.D. in Comparative Literature - Chinese Studies.
- Qualified language teacher with many years' ESL teaching experience in Europe and two years' teaching experience in China.
 
WORK EXPERIENCE

2013–2015    teaching English as a Second Language to International Exchange students preparing for studying abroad as well as Academic English for Business, leading Advanced English Language and Conversation classes, teaching Western Cultural Studies, edited the new ESL textbook for the English Department, co-trainer of the college Debate Team, and teaching specialized English classes for PhD. candidates majoring in Civil Engineering and Urban Planning at Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wenhua College in Wuhan, Hubei, P.R.C. / 华中科技大学文华学院  湖北武汉.

1995–2014    taught English as a Second Language, Business English, and English conversation classes (including discussions of film and literature) in language institutes, in secondary school, and to various private and corporate clients, Bratislava, Slovakia.

1998–2013    worked as a free-lance English translator and interpreter.

2005–2013    Editorial Department of the Slovak Film Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia
Language Editor and Translator of a number of books, journal articles, DVD projects, film subtitles, and a number of screenplays and documentaries made by leading contemporary Slovak documentary filmmakers
published articles and reviews on Asian cinema in Slovak journals and daily press.

2011    was one of the speakers of the International Conference on the Cross-cultural Legacy of Lin Yutang in China and America, hosted by the City University of Hong Kong.

2005–2010     IKAR and Kalligram publishing houses, Bratislava, Slovakia
    translated and reviewed books on Eastern belief systems and international affairs.

2004–2005     Jiangxi Yu Zhou Scientific and Technological Institute – Yu Gong College, Xinyu, Jiangxi, P.R.C. / 江西渝州科技职业学院 新余江西
Foreign Expert at the English Department – taught English Language and Conversation, and British and American Studies, designed the curriculum, and hosted weekly English Corners and English film nights.

2002–2003     Traveled extensively in the USA.
2000–2002     M.E.S.A. 10 Center for Economic and Social Analysis, Bratislava, Slovakia
edited and translated the Slovak Monthly Report on political and economic affairs.

2000–2002     Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Bratislava, Slovakia
translated articles and anthologies from and into the English language.

1996–1997     One-year stay in the United States of America
participated in a cultural exchange program of the United States Information Agency, visited lectures at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.

2004–2009      Ph.D. from the Institute of World Literature at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia in Comparative Literature / Chinese Studies
2003–2004    studied Comparative Religion at the Faculty of Arts at the Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
1994–2001     M.A. in the double major English Language and Literature (British and American Studies) and Linguistics and Literary Criticism as part of Slavic Studies at the Faculty of Arts at the Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
1994–1997    Qualification in Pedagogy and the Psychology of Teaching – upon completion of a three-year academic program of the Faculty of Arts at the Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia concluded with a final state examination