CHRYSO PELEKANI
22892917
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SPECIAL SCIENTIST
Language Centre
Iacovio,
29, Kallipoleos Ave.
She completed her undergraduate studies at the departments of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies and Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at the University of Cyprus. She then entered a graduate program at the Turkish Studies Department of St. Petersburg State University in Russia. She continued her postgraduate studies in the fields of Education (Middlesex University, UK), Turkish Language and Literature (University of Cyprus, CY), Translation (Birmingham University, UK) and in Digital Technologies in Language Teaching (University of Nottingham). She holds a PhD in Turkish Studies with specialization in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics.
She worked as a lecturer of Turkish and Greek Language and Literature at Saint Petersburg State University in Russia. He taught Turkish as a second/foreign language at the Adult Education Centers, at the State Training Institutes, the General Staff of the National Guard and the Center for Scientific Training Evaluation and Development (K.E.P.E.A.A.) of the University of Cyprus. She worked as a specialist and a Turkish language consultant for all levels at the State Institutes for Further Education of the Cyprus Ministry of Education, Sport and Youth. She worked as a Turkish translator at the 18st Primary School of Agios Antonios in Limassol, at the District Court of Limassol, at the Central Police of Limassol, at the Welfare Offices in Limassol, at the Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare in Nicosia, at the Organization Hope for Children-UNCRC Policy Center, etc. She also worked as a collaborator at the research organization CARDET, at the Association for Historical Dialogue and Research (AHDR) and at the PeacePlayers organization. She has prepared educational material for learning Greek to foreigners and has designed an electronic dialectal phraseological dictionary of Cypriot Greek and Cypriot Turkish.
From 2006 until today she has been teaching the Turkish language at the Language Center of the University of Cyprus to undergraduate and postgraduate students at all levels. She also works in the Adult Turkish Language programs organized by the Language Center of UCY. She has teaching experience at all levels A1, A2, B1, B2, C1-C2. He has also offered accelerated courses at the KE.DI.MA of the University of Cyprus to undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students.
From 2019 until 2021 he assumed the duties of Member Representative of Special Scientists in the Council of the Language Center of the University of Cyprus. From 2019 until 2021 she was the chairwoman of the Human Rights and Social Affairs Committee of the Parallel Parliament for Civil Society. From 2017 until today she is the chairwoman of the Cyprus Roma Association (CyPROM). Also, from 2017 until 2021 she was the secretary and from 2022 she is the Media Coordinator of the English Language Teachers Association (CyTEA).
She participates as a speaker in conferences and seminars both in Cyprus and abroad. He has published in international scientific journals, book chapters, collective volumes and proceedings of scientific conferences on topics related to foreign language teaching, multilingualism, language policies, the preservation of minority languages, and national strategies for the inclusion of Roma in the main areas of education. , employment, health care and housing. She organized conferences, workshops, film screenings, festivals with great success.
- Instructional Technology,
- E-learning,
- Second Language Acquisition,
- Curriculum Development and Evaluation,
- Language Contact,
- Bilingualism,
- Dialectology (Turkish/Romani/Cypriot/Russian),
- Translation Theories and Terminology,
- Comparative Linguistics and Literature
PUBLICATIONS
A. Books
[1] Pelekani, C. 2018, Gurbetties and their language Gurbetcha, Munich: Lincom [In press]
[2]Σχετικά με τον έρωτα, Bekir Kara, Tr. Chryso Pelekani, Original title: Aşka dair… – Funding: Ministry of Education and Culture.
[3]Πράσινος βάτραχος, το φίδι και η πείνα, – Tr. Chryso Pelekani, Original title: Yeşil Kurbağa, yılan, açlık Funding: Ministry of Education and Culture.
[4] Έρωτας στο φλιτζάνι καφέ, Hikmet Afif Mapolar, – Tr. Chryso Pelekani, Original title: Kahve fincandaki aşk Funding: Ministry of Education and Culture. [In press]
[5] Κυπριακοί μύθοι, Hikmet Afif Mapolar, – Tr. Chryso Pelekani, Funding, Οriginal title: Kıbrıs Efsaneleri: Ministry of Education and Culture. [In press]
B.Teaching materials
[6] Pelekani, C., Armostis, S., Veysioğlu, Y., Güneyli A., Mexas, H. (2019) Standard Greek –Standard Turkish – Cypriot Turkish – Cypriot Greek Phrasebook, Association for Historical Dialogue & Research (AHDR).
[7] Pelekani, C. (2019) Resimli Gurbetça-Türkçe-Yunanca sözlük, Munich: Lincom. [In press]
[8] Pelekani, C. (2022-2023) Gurbetçaya merhaba; Çocuklar için Gurbetça öğretim seti – Funded by Center for Social Innovation (CSI) [in press]
C. Άrticles
Αrticles in peer reviewed journals and books
[9] Pelekani, C. (2017), Teaching “Gurbetcha” to Roma children in Cyprus, Language of Resistance: Ian Hancock’s contribution to Romani Studies, Roma 05, Munich: Lincom, pp.263-373, ISBN: 978 386288 851 1
[10] Kyratji, E. & Pelekani, C. (2016) The linguistic profile of Turkish speaking people in Cyprus: Case studies of Turkish speaking children living in a Cypriot neighborhood at the city of Limassol, Cyprus, Roma: Past, Present, Future, Roma 04, Munich: Lincom pp.250-262. ISBN: 978 3 86288 736 1
[11] Pelekani, C. (2014) Turkish loanwords in Russian language, Tehlikedeki Diller Dergisi. Ed.Süer Eker. 🔗
[12] Pelekani, C. (2012) Designing a pedagogically grounded e-learning activity, World Conference on Learning, Teaching & Administration – 2011 Sciences journal, Procedia Social and Behavioral, Volume 31, Elsevier Ltd, Pages 841–845. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.12.153 🔗
[13] Pelekani, C. (2009) Language Teaching Methodology, International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies (IJTCS), Vol.2, No.2, pp. 193-200. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJTCS.2009.031062 🔗
Articles in Conference Proceedings and other publications
[14] Pelekani, C. (2022), Civil society monitoring report on the quality of the national strategic framework for Roma equality, inclusion, and participation in Cyprus, European Commission, DG Justice and Consumers, coordinator: Roma Women Association of Dendropotamos. 🔗
[15] Pelekani, C. (2021), Μια μυστική γλώσσα της Κύπρου τα Κουρπέτικα, Εφημερίδα Πολίτης, Παράθυρο, υπό την επιμέλεια της Γλωσσολογικής Εταιρείας Κύπρου-Cyling. 🔗
[16] Pelekani, C. & Symeou, L. (2020) Civil society monitoring report on implementation of the national Roma integration strategy in Cyprus Identifying blind spots in Roma inclusion policy, European Commission, DG Justice and Consumers, coordinator: Center for Policy Studies of Central European University (CEU CPS). 🔗
[17] Pelekani, C. & Symeou, L. (2019) Civil society monitoring report on implementation of the national Roma integration strategies in Cyprus; Assessing the progress in four key policy areas of the strategy, European Commission, DG Justice and Consumers, coordinator: Center for Policy Studies of Central European University (CEU CPS) 🔗
[18] Pelekani, C. & Symeou, L. (2018) Civil society monitoring report on implementation of the national Roma integration strategies in Cyprus; Focusing on structural and horizontal preconditions for successful implementation of the strategy, European Commission, DG Justice and Consumers, coordinator: Center for Policy Studies of Central European University (CEU CPS). ISBN 978-92-79-90574-2 doi:10.2838/209345 🔗
[19] Pelekani, C., (2018), Roma and their rights, Policy paper: Mediterranean Migration Network Activities, CARDET LTD. 🔗
[20] Pelekani, C., (2017) Teaching “Gurbetcha” to Roma children in Cyprus, Lincom. Ian Hancock’s contribution to Romani Studies, Munich: Lincom, pp.263 -373.
[21] Pelekani, C., (2016) Students’ attitudes and motivation towards technology in a Turkish language classroom. In S. Papadima-Sophocleous, L. Bradley & S. Thouësny (Eds), CALL communities and culture – short papers from EUROCALL 2016 (pp. 113-118). Research-publishing.net. DOI: 10.14705/rpnet.2016. Eurocall2016.547 🔗
[22] Pelekani C., Georgiou E., Veysioğlu Y. (2016) Classroom Activities in Turkish Communicative Language Teaching (TCLT) : Theory and Practice (AEP-Language Center, UCY), Language Centre, University of Cyprus, pp. 183-194, ISBN 978 -9963 -734 -05 – 4 🔗
[23] Pelekani, C., (2014) Αφιέρωμα για την σημερινή Παγκόσμια μέρα Ρομά, Εφημερίδα Καθημερινή. 🔗
[24] Πελεκανή, Χ., (2013) Η διδασκαλία της Ελληνικής ως δεύτερης ξένης γλώσσας. Περιπτωσιακή Μελέτη σε γυναίκες Ρομά στον οικισμό στα Πολεμίδια. Conference proceedings “Breaking classroom silences: Addressing difficult issues in education”, European University, Nicosia, p. 138. 🔗
[25] Pelekani, C, Celebration of the International Day of Roma, 8 April, Kathimerini Newspaper, 2014, 🔗
[26] Πελεκανή, Χ. & Κυρατζή, Ε. (2013) Το φαινόμενο της μεταφοράς – παρεμβολής των εννοιών και των γλωσσικών στοιχείων από την Τουρκοκυπριακή στην Ελληνοκυπριακή γλωσσική ποικιλία. Περιπτωσιακή μελέτη των Τουρκοκυπρίων παιδιών του Αγίου Αντωνίου στη Λεμεσό, 2nd Annual International Conference in Multicultural societies and education, University of Frederick, Nicosia, pp. 62-77. 🔗
[27] Kyratji, H. & Pelekani, C. (2012) Phonological Awareness in two transparent languages: The impact of Turkish Phonological Awareness on the Development of Greek Phonological Awareness, Athens: ATINER’S Conference Paper Series, No: LIT2012-0296 🔗
[28] Πελεκανή, Χ. (2008) Εγχειρίδιο Τουρκικής Γλώσσας: Aνάπτυξη ενός διαπολιτισμικού αναλυτικού προγράμματος για την Τουρκική. Εγχειρίδιο Τουρκικής Γλώσσας, Languages for Intercultural Dialogue, European Parliament Office in Cyprus and the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Cyprus, pp.192-202.
[29] Philippou, L, Papaevripidis, C. & Pelekani, C. (2008) Educational innovations implemented in the 18th Lemesos Primary School-Agiοs Antoniou: from an underprivileged and infamous school to a national example of a multicultural education in practice, Languages for Intercultural Dialogue, European Parliament Office in Cyprus and the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Cyprus, pp.332-339.