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ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS ’ ASSOCIATION - ELTA
APRIL 2016
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Dragana Andrić Dragana Jovanović Kuprešanin Jelena Spasić Katarina Andrić Maja Lazić Marija Lukač Marija Petrović Milana Cvetić Svetlana Gavrilović ELTA Serbia , 28 Nemanjina , 11000 Belgrade www . elta . org . rs , office @ elta . org . rs
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Contributors
KATHERINE Dragana Andrić teaches English in a state primary school Heroj Radmila Šišković in Smederevska Palanka a small town in central
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Serbia . She enjoys reading , travelling , meeting new people , sharing her passion for teaching at ELT conferences and , sometimes , when all the impressions and experiences become overwhelming , she takes to writing poems and short fiction . She ’ s on the board of the school magazine ‘ Glas mladih ’ , leads English Drama Club , organises poetry and creative writing competitions for her students .
Dragana Jovanović Kuprešanin , Recruitment Specialist , English Professor and Instructor for several Canadian companies and also a director and founder of ' SVEA ' Private Language School and Agency . " What I love about writing is that every society on the face of the planet tells stories in one form or another , which leads me to believe that writing makes us more connected to our deepest humanity . "
Jelena Spasić is a devoted mother of two boys , an enthusiastic English language teacher , a proud co - owner of “ Oxford School ” Leskovac , a bookworm and an all - know - how wonder woman . Apart from teaching and having fun with all - levels - 4 - to - 16 - year - olds , she likes to explore and contemplate upon diverse human nature through writing .
Katarina Andrić works as an ELT teacher at Lingva Language Centre in Valjevo. She is one of ELTA coordinators for Kolubara District. As a teacher she believes in reinforcing not only students’ independence and creativity, but also our own. And for her, writing is a way to achieve that because it creates doorways to other worlds in which she can release all her thoughts and feelings.
Maja Lazić works in Uroš Predić High school in Pančevo She KATHERINE always has a pen and a notebook with her because she can find ‘
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inspiration in everything . Writing is for her a transformative process , a tool to stay mindful and grounded , a life style .
Marija Lukač is an English Language Teacher at High School in Kovin who has just started another path in her career , as a Program Leader for Teaching Academy . She dreams big and wants to help teachers become leaders through personal and professional development , which she herself values greatly . She believes in reflection , and innovation . Writing is a result of both these beliefs .
Marija Petrović , once a student and now a teacher at the well - known Gymnasium Pirot , graduated at the Faculty of Philosophy , the Department of English Language and Literature , University of Niš in 2007 and completing her master ’ s degree at the Faculty of Philology , University of Novi Sad . Literary world , embracing her as a reader and of lately as a writer , is a perfect escape from an imperfect reality .
Milana Cvetić graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Novi Sad acquiring the academic title of Master in English Philology in 2013 . She has always liked making up stories and felt very passionate about it . Currently she is employed as an English teacher in the Agricultural and Food - Processing Secondary School in Sombor .
Svetlana Gavrilović has been teaching English for more than 26 years and is currently working in Grammar School UŞice She KATHERINE thinks writing is a journey painstaking and invigorating at the ,
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same time : it takes time and commitment to get where you want but when you get there it is worth every effort .
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