Mgr. Helena Lohrová, Ph.D.

Mgr. Helena Lohrová, Ph.D. je odbornou asistentkou na Ústavu anglistiky Filozofické fakulty Jihočeské univerzity v Českých Budějovicích. Doktorské studium v oboru aplikovaná lingvistika absolvovala na University of Birmingham ve Velké Británii. Ve své disertační práci Internal Meetings: The Process of Decision-making in Workplace Discourse se prostřednictvím longitudinálního výzkumu pracovních porad a konverzační analýzy zabývala procesem rozhodování v pracovní interakci. Na tento výzkum navázala monografií Decision-making in Meetings Discourse: Applied Linguistic Research, kterou v roce 2015 vydalo nakladatelství Academia.

Její výzkumné zaměření zahrnuje aplikovanou lingvistiku, analýzu diskurzu a interakce se zaměřením na mluvený profesní, institucionální a vzdělávací diskurz. Zabývá se zejména interakčními praktikami a procesy vyjednávání, rozhodování a profesního učení v institucionálních kontextech.

Na Jihočeské univerzitě působí od roku 2010. Vyučuje lingvistiku, analýzu diskurzu a související předměty v lingvistických a učitelských studijních programech a vede kvalifikační práce zaměřené zejména na analýzu profesního, institucionálního a vzdělávacího diskurzu, osvojování jazyka a učitelské vzdělávání. Před nástupem na Jihočeskou univerzitu působila jako učitelka anglického jazyka na gymnáziu, vyučovala odborné jazykové předměty na Západočeské univerzitě v Plzni a během doktorského studia pracovala na specializovaném jazykovém pracovišti English for International Students Unit (EISU) na University of Birmingham.

Významnou součástí její odborné činnosti je rovněž mezinárodní spolupráce a internacionalizace vzdělávání budoucích učitelů angličtiny, zejména propojování učitelského vzdělávání s mezinárodní pedagogickou zkušeností. Byla hlavní řešitelkou a koordinátorkou projektu Erasmus+ Teachers of English for Future Europe (TEFE): EU Mobility and Employability through the Internationalisation of Teaching Practice (2020–2023) a projektovou koordinátorkou navazujícího mezinárodního projektu TEFE A+ (2023–2026), zaměřeného na implementaci mezinárodních učitelských praxí a rozvoj profesních, interkulturních a globálních kompetencí budoucích učitelů.

Vystudovala učitelství anglického jazyka a zeměpisu na Pedagogické fakultě Západočeské univerzity v Plzni.

Helena Lohrová, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of English Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Czech Republic. She completed her Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics at the University of Birmingham, UK. Her doctoral research, Internal Meetings: The Process of Decision-making in Workplace Discourse, used a longitudinal study of workplace meetings and conversation analysis to investigate decision-making in workplace interaction. This research subsequently formed the basis of her monograph Decision-making in Meetings Discourse: Applied Linguistic Research, published by Academia in 2015.

Her research interests lie in applied linguistics and discourse and interaction analysis, with a particular focus on spoken professional, institutional and educational discourse. Her work examines interactional practices and processes of negotiation, decision-making and professional learning in institutional contexts.

She has been at the University of South Bohemia since 2010, where she teaches linguistics, discourse analysis and related courses in linguistics and teacher education programmes. She supervises undergraduate and graduate research in professional, institutional and educational discourse, language acquisition and teacher education. Prior to joining the University of South Bohemia, she taught English at a secondary grammar school and English for Specific Purposes at the University of West Bohemia. During her doctoral studies, she worked at the English for International Students Unit (EISU) at the University of Birmingham.

International collaboration and the internationalisation of English language teacher education also form an important part of her academic work, particularly through linking teacher education with international teaching experience. She was the principal investigator and coordinator of the Erasmus+ project Teachers of English for Future Europe (TEFE): EU Mobility and Employability through the Internationalisation of Teaching Practice (2020–2023) and project coordinator of the follow-up international project TEFE A+ (2023–2026), which focuses on the implementation of international teaching placements and the development of future teachers’ professional, intercultural and global competences.

She holds a Master’s degree in Teaching English and Geography from the Faculty of Education, University of West Bohemia in Plzeň, Czech Republic.

Monographs:

• Lohrová, Helena. 2015. Decision-making in Meetings Discourse: Applied Linguistic Research. Praha: Academia. ISBN 978-80-200-2519-7.

Collective Monographs:

Aznárez Mauleón, M., Bueno Alastuey, M. C., Darics, E., Fischler, T., Fitz, K., Fuchs, H. S., Jaroszek, M., Kleban, M., Kowalska-Stasiak, E., Kurtoglu-Hooton, N., Lacko, I., Lasheras Balduz, J., Lohrová, H., Morris-Adams, M., Prošková, A., Reid, E., Sodemann, A., Steyne, L., & Trepczyńska, M. 2023. TEFE Framework for the Internationalisation of Teaching Practice and Employability. Comenius University Bratislava. ISBN (online): 978-80-223-5696-1 https://chamo.kis3g.sk/lib/item?id=chamo:12253065&theme=snk. 

 Peer-Reviewed Articles:

• Lohrová H. & A. Koester. 2023. Formulating hypothetical talk: An action-driven approach to communicating stance in business meetings. Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis 140(1): 1–25. https://doi.org/10.4467/20834624SL.23.001.17261 
• Lohrová, H. & A. Prošková. 2021. Internationalisation as a Strategy of Educating Future Teachers of English. In Philological Class. 2021. Vol. 26 ⋅ №3. pp. 166-177. DOI 10.51762/1FK-2021-26-03-14.
• Lohrová Helena. 2019. "From Research to Practice: The Challenge of Preparing PhD Candidates for Their Role as Applied Linguists". In New Perspectives in English and American Studies, Volume Two: Language. Szczyrbak, M. and Mazur, Z. (eds), Jagiellonian University Press, Kraków, pp. 224-242, ISBN 978-83-233-4687-6 (paper-based), 978-83-233-4688-3 (e-book). 
• Lohrová Helena. 2018. "Having a business conversation with oneself?”: Self-formulations as an interactional strategy. In Kulturní a jazykový prostor v proměnách 21. století. Sborník příspěvků z konference ProfiLingua 2018. Západočeská univerzita v Plzni, ISBN 978-80-261-0834-4.
• Lohrová Helena. 2014. CA as a methodology in investigating the language of decision-making.  Studies in Applied Linguistics (1): 27–47. ISSN: 2336-6702.
• Lohrová Helena. 2014. Investigating the language of decision-making: The combined use of discursive practices. Brno Studies in English (1): 105-127. ISSN 0524-6881.
• Vladařová Helena. 2009. Paradoxical Positives of the Observer's Paradox in Workplace Discourse. Lingua Viva 5 (9): 17-27. ISSN: 1801-1489.

 Reviews:

• Lohrová Helena. 2021. Book review: TŮMA, František. Interakce ve výuce anglického jazyka na vysoké škole pohledem konverzační analýzy (Classroom interaction in English language teaching in higher education: A conversation analysis perspective). Slovo a slovesnost. 82/2, 159-164, ISSN 0037-7031 (Print), 2571-0885 (Online)

Conferences:

• “TEFE A+: Teaching English, Bridging Cultures, Shaping Futures”, CEEDUCON – Central European Conference on Internationalisation of Higher Education, Prague, Czech Republic, 01–02/12/2025 (poster presentation, co-authored with A. Prošková and T. Fischler).
• “How Can Tomorrow’s Teachers Shape the Europe They Want to Live In?”, Charlemagne Prize Event, University of Passau, Germany, 27/11/2025 (panel workshop, led one of four parallel sessions; co-presented with Institute of English Studies student teachers and graduates: A. Hrabíková, D. Pomyjová, A. Tretter, Z. Pikalová).
• "Innovation through Practice: Detheorising as a Key Principle in the TEFE Teacher Training Framework", 15th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice (ALAPP) 2025, ZHAW Winterthur, Switzerland, 10-12/09/2025.
• "Expressing Stance by Formulating Hypothetical Talk in Business Meetings", 13th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice (ALAPP) 2023, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, 04-06/09/2023.
• “‘So just be clear on that. You're saying…’: Formulating Hypothetical Talk in Business meetings“, presented as part of the panel Talk about talk: on formulating actions in interaction, International Pragmatics Conference (IPrA) 2021, Winterthur, 27/06 – 02/07/2021.
• Formulating sequences of hypothetical talk in business meetings, 11th Brno International Conference of English, American and Canadian Studies, MUNI Arts, Brno, Czech Republic, 02/2020.
• “Having a business conversation with oneself?”: Self-formulations as an interactional strategy. ProfiLingua 2018. Západočeská univerzita v Plzni, 09/2018.
• “The Creativity of Formulations – Getting the Job Done”. Joint paper. 9^th International Conference on Discourse Communication and the Enterprise. Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 06/2017.
• “From research to practice: The challenge of transferring research outcomes to organisational processes”. Joint paper. 14^th International Conference on English and American Literature and Culture. Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland, 04/2017.
• “Accounts in Institutional Meetings“. 40th British Association of Applied Linguistics Annual Meeting, George Square, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, awarded BAAL UK Student Scholarship, 09/2007.
•  “It’s not system performance, it’s your monitor!“ Some Observations on Professional Accounting. The Birmingham English Language Postgraduate Conference, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 09/2007.
• “Internal Meetings and the Process of Decision-Making in Workplace Discourse“. 9th Association for Business Communication European Convention, PhD colloquium, Istanbul, Turkey, 05/2007.
• “Accounts in the Power of a Team: Constructing Workplace Interaction“. The Birmingham English Language Postgraduate Conference, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 09/2006.
• “‘A Camel Is a Horse Designed by a Committee’ or Are team meetings venues where decisions do take place and the job gets done?“ Poster, BAAL/IRAAL Annual Conference, University College, Cork, Ireland, 09/2006.

International Intensive Teaching and Learning Programmes:

• • Oct 2026 – TEFE A+ Blended Intensive Programme 04 (BIP04), University of Passau, Passau, Germany (teacher educator).
  • Sep–Oct 2025 – TEFE A+ Blended Intensive Programme 03 (BIP03), Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain (teacher educator).
  • Sep 2024 – TEFE A+ Blended Intensive Programme 02 (BIP02), University of Passau, Passau, Germany (teacher educator).
  • Feb–Mar 2024 – TEFE A+ Blended Intensive Programme 01 (BIP01), University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic (programme coordinator and teacher educator).
  • Apr 2023 – TEFE Intensive Study Programme 03 (ISP03), Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland (teacher educator).
  • Mar & Sep 2022 – TEFE Intensive Study Programme 02 (ISP02), University of Passau, Passau, Germany (programme co-organiser and teacher educator).
  • Oct 2021 – TEFE Intensive Study Programme 01 (ISP01), University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic (programme coordinator and teacher educator). 

International Teaching Visits:

• April 2017 – Jagiellonian University, Department of Applied Linguistics and EFL Teaching, Krakow, Poland.
• May 2016 – Jagiellonian University, Department of Applied Linguistics and EFL Teaching, Krakow, Poland.
• Dec 2013 – Jagiellonian University, Department of Applied Linguistics and EFL Teaching, Krakow, Poland.
• Feb 2013 – Jagiellonian University, Department of Applied Linguistics and EFL Teaching, Krakow, Poland.

Grantová činnost:

• 2023-2026       koordinátor projektu E+ Cooperative Partnership, koordinátor projektu E+ Strategic Partnership, TEFE A+ "Teachers of English for Future Europe – Putting the Internationalisation of Teaching Practice into Action" (2023-1-CZ01-KA220-HED-000161134, 250 000EUR).
• 2020 - 2023     koordinátor projektu E+ Strategic Partnership,  “Teachers of English for Future Europe (TEFE): EU mobility and employability through the Internationalisation of Teaching Practice“ (2020-1-CZ01-KA203-078201, 285 199 EUR). 

Professional Memberships:

• BAAL – British Association of Aplied Linguistics
• ALAPP (Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice) Society member 
• CZASE – Czech Association for the Study of English
• IPrA – International Pragmatics Association 
• TESOL International Association 
• OPEN (Online Professional English Network) Alumni Community of Practice – sponsored by U.S. Department of State, FHI 360 platform
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