Andreea Ban, Ph.D.

Professional experience

University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures

February 2017 – Present

• University lecturer
  Technical English, English for Engineering students, Syntax, English for Computer Science students, English in oral and written communication techniques, linguistics and media, German for Medicine and Pharmacy students

UNIREA Highschool, Targu Mures, Romania

September 2004 – February 2017

• Teacher of English language – German language

“Petru Maior” University, Targu Mures, Romania

October 2014 – February 2017

• Collaborator for English language

“Unirea” Highschool, Targu Mures, Romania

2015 – 2016

• Principal, “Unirea” Highschool

“Unirea” Highschool, Targu Mures, Romania

2013-2015

• Vice principal and educational advisor

“Unirea” Highschool, Targu Mures, Romania

2009 – 2012

• Coordinator of educational and extracurricular projects and programmes

“Alexandru Papiu Ilarian” Highschool, Targu Mures, Romania

2001 – 2004

• Teacher of English language – German language

“Mihai Viteazul” Secondary School, Targu Mures, Romania

2001 – 2003

• Teacher of German language

Education and Training

2010 – 2016

• PhD in Philology, Dissertation title: Developing translation competences, from language learning to independent translation
  “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania, Faculty of Letters

2005 – 2007

• Master’s degree Gender Studies and Managerial Skillls
  Faculty of Science and Letters, “Petru Maior” University, Targu Mures

1997 – 2001

• Degree in philology: English language – German language
  Faculty of Letters, “Babes-Bolyai” University of Cluj Napoca, Romania

Further training/training courses

2018

• Participation in the training course Implementation of Methods of developing critical and student-centered thinking in academic didactic activity, organized by the Faculty of Engineering in the project CNFIS-FDI-2018-0283

2017

• Participation in the training course Empowerment with techniques, strategies and psycho-pedagogical methods specific to the instructional-educational activities in the academic environment, with emphasis on student-centered methods, organized by the Faculty of Engineering in the project CNFIS-FDI-2017-0094

2016

• Trainer Course COR 242401 Participation in the seminar organized by Goethe Institute, Mediengestütztes Lernen und Lehren an Schulen in Südosteuropa, Digital-interkulturell-projektorientiert (DIP) – Learning and teaching German language with media support, a didactic approach oriented to the digital intercultural project

2015

• Participation in the Workshop The use of digital methods in teaching English, Okian-Pearson, România, CCD Mures and UPM Tg. Mures Participation in the Workshop National Geographic Learning Participation in the international Workshop How to best support students in their endevour to study abroad, organized by Coventry University

2014

• Participation in the training workshop Teaching by activating students, organized by Goethe Institute, Bucharest
• Participation in the International Scientific Conference Communication, Context, Interdisciplinarity, “Petru Maior” University, Tg. Mures
• Participation in the Workshop Cambridge University Press, Teacher Development Seminar
• Participation in the International Scientific Conference Literature, Discourse and Multicultural Dialogue, “Petru Maior” University, Tg. Mures
• Holidays and their approach during German classes, a workshop organized by the Center for Continuing Training in German Language, Medias

2013

• Member – National Register of Experts in Educational Management Development of learning skills and methodical games, workshop
• Participation in the International Conference European Integration between Tradition and Modernity, “Petru Maior” University, Tg. Mures

2012

• Learning through Discovery, workshop organized by the Center for Continuing Training in German Language, Medias
• German culture and civilization expressed through films, workshop organized by the Center for Continuing Training in German Language, Medias

2011

• Obtaining the 1st level teacher certification with the paper Working methods in vocabulary aquisition in German as a modern language Methodist teacher of the County School Inspectorate, Mures
  

2010

• The importance of songs in teaching German, workshop organized by the Center for Continuing Training in German Language, Medias
• The importance of games in teaching German, workshop organized by the Center for Continuing Training in German Language, Medias
• Participation in the workshop for German language organized by “Babes-Bolyai” University of Cluj Napoca during the summer school in Arcalia
• Participation in the International Conference British and American Studies, organized by the “West” University of Timisoara
• Participation in the first International Workshop This Un-Real Body, organized by “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara
• Participation in the workshop Teaching English with Technology, organized by Longman Publishing House

2009

• Poetry in teaching German, workshop organized by the Center for Continuing Training in German Language, Medias
• Participation in the workshop for German language organized by “Babes-Bolyai” University of Cluj Napoca during the summer school in Arcalia

2008

• The Importance of Pictures in teaching German as a foreign language, workshop organized by the Center for Continuing Training in German Language, Medias
• The Ability to communicate, workshop organized by the Center for Continuing Training in German Language, Medias
  

2007

• Training course: Didactic technology in designing the activity
• Working on the text, working with the text, a workshop organized by the Center for Continuing Training in German Language, Medias
• International Summer School, Arcalia, Means of teaching German as a modern language, Types of exercises and work tasks, organized by “Babes-Bolyai” University of Cluj Napoca
• Obtaining the 2nd level teacher certification, “Babes-Bolyai” University of Cluj Napoca
  

2006

• Summer Courses, Croatia, European Summer School, collaborating teacher Literary texts in the teaching of German as a modern language, workshop organized by the Center for Continuing Training in German Language, Medias
  

2005

• The Importance of Pictures in teaching German as a foreign language, workshop organized by the Center for Continuing Training in German Language, Medias

2004

• Developing creativity through production of texts, workshop organized by the Center for Continuing Training in German Language, Medias
• Playful aspects of learning German, workshop organized by the Center for Continuing Training in German Language, Medias Grant – Training course – the methodology of teaching German, Germany, Training Center, Sambachshof

2003

• Analysis of textbooks. Designing, organizing and evaluating the teaching activity Obtaining the teacher certification, “Babes-Bolyai” University of Cluj Napoca

2002

• The importance of songs in teaching German as a modern language, workshop organized by the Center for Continuing Training in German Language, Medias
• Training course: Text processing techniques. New methods and guidelines in teaching methodology and didactics

2001

• Training course: Didactic analysis and learning phases
• Training course: Curricular ability
• Training course for German language teachers organized in Targu Mures by the County School Inspectorate in collaboration with the general directorate for pre-university education within the Ministry of Education

Publications

2018

• The main aims of technical communication, Educational perspectives in the Romanian school, in the Didactic symposium organized by the County School Inspectorate Mures, the Teacher Training Center and “Petru Maior” University Creativity and Innovation in Education, ISBN 978-973-0-28059-3
• Ethics and academic integrity, Bica, D., Moica, S., Harpa, E., Albu, S., Ban, A., “Petru Maior” Publishing House, Targu Mures, 2018, CZU 174:378
• Techniques In Teaching Technical English, Studia, Universitatis “Petru Maior”, Philologia, 24, 2018, ISSN 1582-9960
• Human Values in Engineering, Studia, Universitatis “Petru Maior”, Philologia, 25, 2018, ISSN 1582-996
• The importance of the concept of communication among future engineers – a pre-test for a European study in the International Conference InterEng, Andreea Ban, Mihaela Bucur, Procedia Manufacturing, Volume 32, 2019, Pages 348-355, Elsevier’s Procedia Manufacturing Journal, ISSN: 2351-9789
• What does Engineering Ethics involve?, Andreea Ban, Mihaela Bucur, in the Scientific Bulletin of the “Petru Maior” University of Targu Mures Vol. 15 (XXXII) no. 2, 2018, pp. 31-35, ISSN-L 1841-9267 (Print), ISSN 2285-438X (Online), ISSN 2286-3184 (CD-ROM)

2017

• Developing Translation Skills in the Classroom, Berlin, Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN 978-3-330-32389-6
• The Role of Translation in Improving Students’ Communication Skills, Studia, Universitatis “Petru Maior”, Philologia, 23, 2017, ISSN 1582-9960

2015

• The Use of Mother Tongue in Foreign Language Teaching, Studia, Universitatis “Petru Maior”, Philologia, 18, 2015, ISSN 1582-9960
• Die Wichtigkeit des Wortschatzes im Unterricht, in the Didactic symposium organized by the County School Inspectorate Mures, the Teacher Training Center and “Petru Maior” University, Creativity and Innovation in Education, 4th edition,vol.2, ISBN 978-606-581-137-9
  
• Difficulties in Teaching Idioms and Proverbs, in Debates on Globalization. Approaching National Identity through Intercultural Dialogue / ed.: Iulian Boldea – Targu Mures: Arhipelag XXI, 2015, pp. 653-659, ISBN 978-606-93692-5-8

2014

• The Role of Translation in Developing Students’ Creativity, CCI3, 2014, Language and Discourse, Communication, Context, Interdisciplinarity – 3rd Edition, ISSN 2069 – 3389
• Translation: an Aid or a Hindrance Studies on Literature, Discourse and Multicultural Dialogue, Arhipelag XXI  Press, Targu Mures, 2014, ISBN: 978-606-93691-9-7, Arhipelag XXI Press, 2014
• The Importance of the Students’ Native Language in Teaching Translation, Studia, Universitatis “Petru Maior”, Philologia, 17, 2014, ISSN 1582-9960

2010

• Bilingualism versus Translation in The Proceedings of the European integration-Between tradition and modernity Congress, “Petru Maior”  Publishing House, Volume 5, 2013, ISBN 978-606-581-095-2
• Dictionary of economic terms (Dictionar de termeni economici), vol.1, ed. Butiurca, D., Imre, A., Druta, I., Universitara Publishing House, Bucharest, 2013, ISBN 978-606-591-729-3

2012

• Teaching translation as a means of communication in Proceedings of the International Conference Communication, Context, Interdisciplinarity, “Petru Maior” Publishing House, Targu Mures, 2012, ISSN 2069 – 3389

2011

• The Role of Translation in Teaching a Foreign Language in Terminology and Translation Studies. Plurilingual Terminology in the Context of European Intercultural Dialogue. Editors Doina Butiurca, Inga Druta, Attila Imre, Scientia Publishing House, ISBN 978-973-1970-63-9
• Teaching English through Translation in Culture, Elites and European Integration Culture, Elites et Intégration européenne. Volume I – Philologia coord.: Iulian Boldea, Paris, Editions Prodifmultimedia, ISBN 97827497-0112-7
• Cognitive Approaches to Translation in International Symposium “Performance and Innovation in Education”, Risoprint Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, ISBN 978-973-53-0624-3
• Teaching creative translation, in Humanities and intercultural perspectives, Researches of Ph.D. students in philology, International Conference, Targu Mures, ,”Petru Maior” Publishing House, coord. Cornel Moraru, Al. Cistelecan, Iulian Boldea, Targu Mures
• Representations of Women in Advertising and Media and Femininity, Fashion and Work in Gender Studies, Essays and articles, Volume 2, “Petru Maior” Publishing House, Targu Mures
• Femininity, Fashion and Work în Gender Studies, Essays and articles, Volume 2, “Petru Maior” Publishing House, Targu Mures, ISBN 978-973-7794-98-7

2010

• Pedagogic translation in the foreign language classroom in Internationa Symposium Research, Education and Development, Risoprint Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca
• Learner-focused Curriculum Design for EMP, in the volume The crisis of values and values of the crisis in the field of modern languages and literature, Alfa Publishing House, Iasi
• Translation Competence and Its acquisition, in the volume The crisis of values and values of the crisis in the field of modern languages and literature, Alfa Publishing House, Iasi

2009

• Task-based learning in education, in The Proceedings of the International Conference „European Integration between Tradition and Modernity“-3rd edition, “Petru Maior” Publishing House, Targu Mures, 2009, ISSN 1844-2048
• The Status of Islamic and Romanian Women, in The Proceedings of the International Conference „European Integration between Tradition and Modernity“-3rd edition, “Petru Maior” Publishing House, Targu Mures, 2009, ISSN 1844-2048

2007

• Sexuality, society and feminism. Woman as a cultural icon in The collection Studies, the volume Gender Studies, Essays and articles, “Petru Maior” Publishing House, Targu Mures, ISBN 978-973-7794-50-5