Author: Davronzhon Erkinovich Gaipov Natasa Bakic-Miric

Nataša Bakić-Mirić, PhD, teaches at the University of Niš Medical School in Serbia and Suleyman Demirel University in Kazakhstan. Her research is heavily focused on intercultural communication, multiple intelligences theory, English for specific purposes, and the poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley. She has authored four books and is the author or co-author of over 50 peer-reviewed scientific publications. Dr Bakić-Mirić also serves as a reviewer and an editor in several referred international and national journals, and is a member of several professional associations, having presented at various international conferences. Dr Bakić-Mirić has received several grants to pursue her research interests abroad and has been an invited lecturer at several foreign universities. Davronzhon Erkinovich Gaipov, PhD, teaches at Suleyman Demirel University in Almaty. He is the Dean of the Faculty of Philology at the same university, and also oversees hiring and faculty development in addition to working on curriculum design. His research is heavily focused on multilingual education, multilingualism, and language policy. He has co-authored a scientific-terminological electronic dictionary in four languages (English, Russian, Kazakh and Turkish). In 2012, Dr Gaipov received a grant to pursue his research interests at the University of Birmingham, UK. An author or co-author of a number of publications in national and international journals, he also serves as a member of an editorial board in two international journals and has presented at various international conferences.