PhDr. Veronika Quinn Novotná, PhD
Veronika Quinn Novotná holds a PhD in English linguistics from the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. She has taught applied linguistics and academic soft skills at several universities and currently teaches at the Faculty of Education, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem (UJEP). She regularly publishes on English as a lingua franca and Global Englishes. She served as the principal organiser of the 14th International Conference on English as a Lingua Franca (ELF14, 2024). More recently, she has explored emotionality and emotional intelligence in teacher education.
In 2025, she presented at several local and international venues, including:
Lincoln Bishop University, Lincoln, UK
Department of English Language & Teaching
April 25, 2025
Erasmus+ Invited Lecture:
Paradigms at a Crossroads or on a Highway? The Curious Incident of Global Englishes in the ELT Classroom
https://www.lincolnbishop.ac.uk/courses/english-language-and-teaching
6th English Medium Instruction (EMI) Symposium & 3rd Annual ELINET Conference: Transforming Education, Transforming Lives
Department of Education, University of Oxford, UK
July 3–4, 2025
Conference Presentation:
Weaving Emotionality into a Creative Writing Course in Pre-Service TEFL: Raising Confidence, Empathy, and Self-Awareness
(with Eliška Ramsová)
CHALLENGES XI: The Changing Landscape of ELT
Faculty of Education, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University, Ústí nad Labem (UJEP), Czech Republic
October 23–24, 2025
Conference Presentation:
From Mentorship to Partnership: A Duo-Autoethnographic Journey Integrating Emotional Intelligence in Teacher Training through a Creative Writing Course
https://sites.google.com/view/challengeseleven/home?authuser=0
21st Conference, AKCENT IH Prague, Czech Republic
November 22, 2025
Workshop:
Write, Think, Feel: Writing Activities That Inspire
(with Mgr. Šárka Císařová)
https://www.akcent.cz/archiv/veronika_quinn_novotna__sarka_cisarova___think__feel__write_2025.pdf
Her recent publications include:
Quinn Novotná, V., & Dunková, J. (2021). World Englishes, English as a lingua franca, and literature. In J. Quinn & G. Klečková (Eds.), Literature in English teacher training. Routledge.
Quinn Novotná, V., & Dunková, J. (2022). The role of English literature in teaching Englishes: Moving towards educating transcultural communicators. ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries, 19(2).
Quinn Novotná, V. (2025). From mentorship to partnership: A journey integrating emotional intelligence in a teacher training creative writing course. TESOL Journal. Manuscript submitted for review.