Biography
Career overview
Mirna Petanjek was born in Zagreb and graduated from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb in October 2010 with a degree in German language and literature and pedagogy. During and after her studies, she worked as a German language teacher in both private and public elementary and high schools in Zagreb, translated, and conducted general and business German language courses in numerous companies. She also worked as an educational expert associate in elementary and high schools.
In 2015, she was engaged as an external associate at the Department of Business Foreign Languages at the Faculty of Economics - Zagreb, where she has been teaching Business German since 2018. In 2020, she co-authored an e-handbook and a workbook, "Deutsch im Geschäftsalltag 1," published by the Faculty of Economics and Business - Zagreb. In 2021, the second part of the manual, "Deutsch im Geschäftsalltag 2," was published. Since 2019, she has organized the German section of the student competition in presentations, "Organize Your Talk." In April 2024, she was promoted to senior lecturer.
Research areas
Language methodology, interculturalism, grammar, artificial intelligence, presentation skills
External activity
TRAILs Winter School within the Erasmus +, organizing committee of German section of the student competition in presentations "Organize Your Talk”, connections with the business world (Kaufland, Metro, Deutsch-Kroatische Industrie- und Handelskammer, Adecco), membership in the Association of LSP Teachers at Higher Education Institutions, review of two sections of the handbook Božanić, Cvjetanka i dr. 2023. Jezici u struci. Priručnik za neformalno obrazovanje odraslih. Ugostiteljska škola Opatija. Opatija (sectons Hotelijerstvo i turizam and Ugostiteljski sektor (kuharstvo i slastičarstvo, restorani)
Notable Publications in period 2019-2023
Petanjek, Mirna. 2024. Stručna rasprava kao nastavna metoda na poslovnome njemačkom jeziku u online okruženju i njena učinkovitost. Strani jezici. Časopis za primijenjenu lingvistiku. Zagreb. Odjel za strane jezike Hrvatskog filološkog društva u suradnji sa Školskom knjigom, d.d. ISSN: 0351-0840.
Petanjek, Mirna. 2023. Studentska procjena učinkovitosti elektroničkoga priručnika Deutsch im Geschäftsalltag u nastavi poslovnoga njemačkog jezika na Ekonomskome fakultetu u Zagrebu. Zbornik radova 6. međunarodne konferencije Suvremeni izazovi u poučavanju jezika struke. Udruga nastavnika jezika struke na visokoškolskim ustanovama. Osijek. 257-273.
Pernjek, Jasminka; Petanjek, Mirna; Švob, Ankica. 2021. Deutsch im Geschäftsalltag 2 für Anfänger, Handbuch und Übungsbuch mit dem Lösungsteil. Ekonomski fakultet - Zagreb. Zagreb. ISBN 978-953-346-156-4 (elektronsko izdanje) dostupno na: https://digitalna.nsk.hr/?pr=iiif.v.a&id=591677
Petanjek, Mirna; Švob, Ankica. 2020. E-priručnik u nastavi stranoga jezika struke. Strani jezici. Časopis za primijenjenu lingvistiku. (49)2. 247-261. ISSN: 0351-0840.
Petanjek, Mirna; Švob, Ankica. 2020. Deutsch im Geschäftsalltag 1 für Anfänger, Handbuch und Übungsbuch mit dem Lösungsteil. Ekonomski fakultet - Zagreb. Zagreb. ISBN 978-953-346-086-4 (elektronsko izdanje) dostupno na: https://www.efzg.unizg.hr/UserDocsImages/KID/Prirucnik%20e%20izdanje.pdf