Diana Presadă

Diana Presada is an Associate Professor at the Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, where she teaches Comparative Literature and English within the Philology Department. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative literature and is the author of two coursebooks for students (Progress in English and A Course in Advanced English Practice) and of numerous articles on literature, culture and didactics. As a co-author she has published Culture française contemporaine en textes, images et applications pratiques. Her primary research interests are 20th century literature, culture and art, as well as English language teaching methodology.

Publications

A Case Study on Extensive Online Reading in Higher Education
A Case Study on Extensive Online Reading in Higher Education
Diana Presadă, Mihaela Badea. © 2021. 14 pages.
The authors have noticed that students tend to focus exclusively on syllabus reading materials, ignoring reading for pleasure outside the classroom. Rarely taught in ordinary...
Literature and Aesthetic Reading as Means of Promoting Nonviolence
Literature and Aesthetic Reading as Means of Promoting Nonviolence
Diana Presadă. © 2021. 16 pages.
In an increasingly violent world, reading literary works and the teaching of literature in school may play an important part in shaping students' personality as human beings....
A Study on Extensive Reading in Higher Education
A Study on Extensive Reading in Higher Education
Diana Presadă, Mihaela Badea. © 2019. 11 pages.
As practicing university teachers, the authors have noticed that students tend to focus exclusively on syllabus reading materials, ignoring reading for pleasure outside the...
Language Students' Training as Future Teachers: A Case Study
Language Students' Training as Future Teachers: A Case Study
Diana Presadă, Mihaela Badea. © 2019. 19 pages.
The purpose of the chapter is to show to what extent university-based teacher training programs reflect the new educational standards required by the reform applied to the...
A Study on Extensive Reading in Higher Education
A Study on Extensive Reading in Higher Education
Diana Presadă, Mihaela Badea. © 2018. 9 pages.
As practicing university teachers, we have noticed that students tend to focus exclusively on syllabus reading materials ignoring reading for pleasure outside the classroom....
Literature and Aesthetic Reading as Means of Promoting Nonviolence
Literature and Aesthetic Reading as Means of Promoting Nonviolence
Diana Presadă. © 2018. 16 pages.
In an increasingly violent world, reading literary works and the teaching of literature in school may play an important part in shaping students' personality as human beings....
Teaching English in Culturally Diverse Classrooms: A Case Study
Teaching English in Culturally Diverse Classrooms: A Case Study
Diana Presadă, Mihaela Badea. © 2018. 15 pages.
The focus of the present chapter is on various problems related to teaching non-native speakers of English belonging to different cultural backgrounds, as well as on the...
Evaluating Teacher Education Programs for Philology Students
Evaluating Teacher Education Programs for Philology Students
Diana Presadă, Mihaela Badea. © 2018. 19 pages.
The chapter will deal with the process of training philology students for their future careers as language and literature teachers in the compulsory education system of Romania....
Evaluating Teacher Education Programs for Philology Students
Evaluating Teacher Education Programs for Philology Students
Diana Presadă, Mihaela Badea. © 2017. 19 pages.
The chapter will deal with the process of training philology students for their future careers as language and literature teachers in the compulsory education system of Romania....