Marietta Bradinova, PhD
Dr. Marietta Bradinova has been teaching EFL/ESL for almost two decades, both in Bulgaria and the United States. She earned her MA in English Philology from St. Cyril and Methodi University, Bulgaria and taught English language and literature at the English Language High School in Bourgas, Bulgaria. Dr. Bradinova joined the Department of Applied Linguistics at Bourgas Free University in 1991 and taught various courses in First and Second Language Acquisition and Development, Methods and Approaches in English Language Teaching, and Modern English Grammar.
Dr. Bradinova came to the United States in 1997 and earned her MA in English Linguistics and TESOL Certificate at George Mason University, VA and her Ph.D. in English at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining VIU as the Associate Chair of the English Language Programs Department in 2008, Dr. Bradinova worked for Fairfax County Public Schools, VA for five years, where she taught various ESL courses and created syllabi, lesson plans, materials and assessments, using Smart Board technology and computer- and web-based resources. She also designed writing curriculum for FCPS ESOL students, which integrates best teaching practices drawn from research on second language acquisition and learning.
Dr. Bradinova regularly delivers in-service training presentations for ESL teachers, presents at national and international TESOL conferences, and has published articles on linguistics topics and TESOL methodology. She speaks Bulgarian and English fluently and has extensively studied Russian and German. Her current research interests center on TESOL methodology, technology and literacy, assessment, teacher preparation and instructional design.
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