Lázár Ildikó

Ildikó Lázár obtained her MA in English and French language and literature in 1989 and her PhD in Language Pedagogy in 2007. She has been teaching EFL, language teaching methodology, cultural studies and intercultural communication at the School of English and American Studies at ELTE since 1996. She has also been coordinating international research and training projects for the Council of Europe in the past 15 years, planning and running professional development workshops on intercultural competence for education professionals from Europe and beyond as well as creating learning materials and tools that help teachers and learners benefit from diversity in schools. Her main research interests include language learners' development of attitudes, skills and knowledge as observed in changes in behavior in intercultural situations and the impact of training courses on (trainee) teachers’ personal theories about and practice of teaching. She has published articles and co-authored and edited books on the methodology of developing intercultural competence.