Dr Jelena Parizoska, Associate Professor
Principal Investigator
Faculty of Teacher Education
jelena.parizoska@ufzg.unizg.hr
Education
2019
PhD in Linguistics
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Employment
2026–to date
Associate Professor
English Language Teacher Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb
Courses Taught
Figurative Language in EFL, Applied Linguistics, Developing Skills in English
Project Experience
2023–2025
Principal Investigator
Developing young L2 learners’ metaphorical competence: An online resource for teachers
Funding Body: University of Zagreb
2026–to date
Researcher
RAPID (Early disciplinary literacy in Croatian: Features of textbook discourse)
Funding Body: Croatian Science Foundation
2026–to date
RjeŠko (Vocabulary development of younger school-age children through innovative aesthetic and embodied learning methods)
Funding Body: Croatian Science Foundation
2023–to date
COST Action CA22115 – A Multilingual Repository of Phraseme Constructions in Central and Eastern European Languages (PhraConRep)
Dr Katarina Aladrović Slovaček, Associate Professor
Faculty of Teacher Education
Tihana Bilešić, MA
Alfa d.d. Zagreb