A story that keeps on growing.
Every piece of writing tells a story, no matter what kind. A short story, a poem, a blog post, a report, a CV. When writing, I always ask myself: What is the purpose of this story? What do I want to communicate to the reader?
My CV is a story of growth. Communication has always been at the center of my life, and I have studied it from many different angles. I want my CV to reflect my views on language, the versatility of it, and the beauty of studying a phenomenon we all use every day with such ease. Language has always engulfed me and I have grown into it, grown into professionalism by exploring the academic field of linguistics, the pedagogical aspect through foreign language teaching, leadership experience by managing educational projects, and the work on the written word and its functions, by translating, proofreading and editing.
Below you will find an overview of my
- Qualifications
- Further Professional Development
- Selected Professional Experience
- Volunteer Experience
- Languages
- Digital Skills
- Publications
- Conferences and Workshops
- Field Research
Should my CV have sparked interest in you, please send me an email via the CONTACT page.
Qualifications
| ongoing | Master of Arts in General Linguistics University of Vienna, Austria |
| 2021 | Diploma Certificate in German Language Teaching BFI Wien, Vienna, Austria |
| 2017 | Master of Arts in African Studies University of Vienna, Austria o First-class degree o Merit scholarship for excellent academic achievements (01/15) o Scholarship grant to conduct research for the MA thesis (05/2014) |
| 2016 | CELTA (University of Cambridge ESOL Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) Akcent International House, Prague, Czech Republic o PASS B |
| 2014 | Bachelor of the Arts in Linguistics University of Vienna, Austria |
Further Professional Development
| 2022 | Leading Teams Successfully Workshop, VHS Vienna |
| 2021 | Educational Leadership: Improving Schools through Effective Leadership Online Course, Coventry University |
| 2020 | Language Assessment in the Classroom Online Course, British Council |
| 2019 | Gender Mainstreaming Workshop, VHS Vienna |
| 2019 | Diversity Management Workshop, Freiraum Institut Vienna |
| 2019 | Professional Development for Early Career Teachers Online Course, University of East Anglia |
| 2019 | Teaching English Online Online Course, Cambridge Assessment |
| 2019 | How to Plan a Great Lesson Online Course, British Council |
| 2015 | Project Management Workshop, University of Vienna |
| 2015 | Anti-Racism and Social Awareness Workshop, ZARA – Zivilcourage und Anti-Rassismus-Arbeit, Vienna |
| 2007 | First Aid Certificate, renewed in 2015 Rotes Kreuz, St. Veit an der Glan |
Selected Professional Experience
| since 05/2023 | Project Manager Digital Skills OeAD – Agency for Education and Internationalisation |
| 2021 – 2023 | Programme Manager and ÖSD Examiner VWU – University Preparation Programme at an adult education institute, Vienna, Austria |
| 2019 – 2020 | English as a Foreign Language Teacher at a language institute o Taught English as a foreign language to adult job seekers in the classroom as well as online o Planned courses and lessons and set up learning platforms o Created interactive tasks that were relevant to the job searching process of students o Preparation of students for the British Council APTIS exam o Took on additional responsibilities in the area of digital learning and pedagogical use of technology for teaching staff |
| 2019 | Content Developer for Academic English Online Module for a private language institute o Created material for an innovative Academic English online course o Developed engaging and relevant tasks which are tailored to students’ needs o Ensured application of current digital learning and EFL theories throughout the module |
| 2019 | English as a Foreign Language Teacher at a British Council institute and a private school o Taught beginner, intermediate and upper-intermediate EFL classes of 5-10 teenagers and adults o Adapted material from course books and British Council magazines o Created and shared lesson plans from scratch and used authentic material to facilitate playful learning and communication o Focused on spoken English, self-reflection and behaviour strategies |
| 2019 | Research Assistant for an FWF project o Collected Akan language data from native speakers o Transcribed recordings o Compiled language descriptions of the relevant syntactic structures |
| 2018 – 2018 | Funding Officer at a private language institute o Researched and developed a comprehensive understanding of the national, regional and local sources of funding available for innovative teaching projects o Responsibility for the preparation and submission of high-quality applications to grant distributing bodies |
| 2016 – 2018 | Business and Legal English Teacher at a private language institute o Taught intermediate one-to-one classes in General English, Business English and Legal English o Preparation for TOLES Foundation and TOLES Higher Examination o Worked with and adapted material from a course book o Created authentic tasks relevant to clients’ work environment o Designed flexible lesson plans based on clients’ needs which allowed to focus on current events in the workplace and schedule o Ensured clients’ professional development through progress in the foreign language o Continuously applying current theories on one-to-one teaching to provide possibility for growth on both sides o Proofread and translated websites and legal documents |
| 2016 | Post-Editor at a translation agency o Verified the result of machine-translated documents (English and German) o Corrected grammar and semantic errors in the English machine translations o Translated segments of documents from German into English |
| 2013 – 2017 | Project Coordinator, Teaching and Research Assistant at the University of Vienna o Functioned as central contact person and administration for a research platform o Organised lectures, activities, conferences and workshops, wrote and compiled informational material for them o Designed and prepared posters, logos and presentations o Built and maintained websites o Documented the progress of the platform, developed strategies for further development and administered the budget o Proofread and edited forthcoming publications for high profile journals and books, drafted and edited funding proposals and translated abstracts from English into German o Created and managed e-learning platforms o Coached students for African linguistics and literature classes, administered courses offered to students at bachelor and master level o Sourced and created course materials for university courses, designed and invigilated exams o Planned and executed a diaspora research project, created, distributed and evaluated questionnaires |
Volunteer Experience
| 2018 | English as a Foreign Language Teacher Verein Ute Bock, Vienna, Austria |
| 2018 | English as a Foreign Language Teacher Olive – The Open Learning Initiative, University of Vienna, Austria |
| 2016 – 2017 | Social Media Management Department of African Studies, University of Vienna, Austria |
| 2016 – 2017 | English and German Tutor Prosa – Projekt Schule für alle, Vienna, Austria |
| 2014 – 2017 | Organisation of the Vienna African Writers Club Department of African Studies, Vienna, Austria |
| 2005 – 2007 | Tutor at “Schreibwerkstatt” (Writing workshops for children between 10 and 12 years) Story Reader at “Lesen im Park” (Reading series for primary school students) St. Veit an der Glan, Austria |
Languages
| German: Native speaker |
| English: C2 (Cambridge CPE, Grade A) |
| French: A2 – B1 |
| Georgian: A1+ |
Digital Skills
| Microsoft Office | Moodle | Edmodo | Zoom | Microsoft Teams |
| WordPress | SEO | HTML | CMS | Social Media |
| Photoshop | InDesign | Illustrator | LaTeX | Da Vinci |
Publications
| 2021 | Pajančič, Caroline. Akan Complements on the Implicational Complement Hierarchy. In Sabine Laszakovits & Zheng Shen (eds.), The Size of Things I: Structure Building, 45 – 65. Berlin: Language Science Press. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5524278 |
| 2020 | Wurmbrand, Susi, Iva Kovač, Magdalena Lohninger, Caroline Pajančič and Neda Todorović. Finiteness in South Slavic Complement Clauses—Evidence for an Implicational Finiteness Universal. Linguistica 60: 119-137. |
| 2015 | Bodomo, Adams & Caroline Pajančič. Counting beans: Some empirical and methodological problems for calibrating the African presence in Greater China. Journal of Pan African Studies 7, 10: 126-143. |
Conferences and Workshops
| 2019 | Participation: Training Workshop „Documenting Vanishing Languages” Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria |
| 2018 | Presentation: „Finiteness in Akan“ at “Brno meets Vienna” Student Conference, University of Brno, Czech Republic |
| 2017 | Organisational Assistance: „WALC: 30th West African Languages Congress” University of Education, Winneba, Ghana |
| 2017 | Organisation: „Global Africa Month – the Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Workshop” University of Vienna, Austria |
| 2016 | Assistance: „2nd Symposium on West African Languages” University of Vienna, Austria |
| 2014 | Organisation: „Linguistic Diversity and Multilingualism in Africa“ University of Vienna, Austria |
Field Research
| 2017 | Sociolinguistic interviews with African students, Taiwan funded by the Global African Diaspora Platform |
| 2015 | Linguistic recordings on syntax in Mooré, Burkina Faso funded by the University of Vienna |
| 2012 | Linguistic recordings on phonology in Mooré, Burkina Faso partially funded by the University of Vienna |