Gusztav Demeter, PhD student,
TESL and Linguistics

BA Universitatea de Nord, Baia Mare, Romania
MA in English, TESL/Linguistics Oklahoma State University
MA in Central European History, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• Cross-cultural pragmatics
• Apology strategies
• Cognitive linguistics

Publications

• Demeter, G. (2007). Role-plays as a data collection method for research on apology speech acts. Simulation & Gaming, 38(1), 83-90.
• Demeter, G. (2005). The relationship between the English proficiency of Romanian students and their professed social distance from the culture of the target language. TESOL Research Newsletter, 12(1).
• Demeter, G. (2005). Is the English proficiency of Romanian students related to how they see the culture of the target language? In Dr. Ana Olos (Ed.) Buletin Stiintific. Fascicula Limbi Moderne (Scientific Gazette. Modern Languages Section) (pp. 107-128). Volume XVI. Baia Mare, Romania: North University of Baia Mare Press.
• Demeter, G. (2003). Misunderstandings caused by cross-cultural differences. B.A.S. – British American Studies. (H. Pârlog, Ed.). Volume IX. Timisoara, Romania: Timisoara University Press, 205-210.

Honors and Offices

• 2008 - Winner of the TESL/Linguistics Scholarship for the best essay in TESL/Linguistics, Oklahoma State University
• 2007 - English Department Travel Award, Oklahoma State University
• 2005 - Winner of the Harry M. Campbell Scholarship in English Studies, Oklahoma State University
• 2005 - Winner of the TESL/Linguistics Scholarship for the best essay in TESL/Linguistics, Oklahoma State University
• 2003-2004 - First-Year Graduate Fellowship, Oklahoma State University
• 2000-2001 - Full scholarship for MA studies at the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

Conference Presentations

• “An Analysis of Pragmatic Competence in the Apology Strategies of Romanian Learners of English”
  The 10th International Pragmatics Conference. Göteborg, Sweden, July 2007
• “An Analysis of Apology Strategies in Romanian”
  The AAAL Annual Conference. Costa Mesa, California, April 2007.
• “The advantages of being an ESL tutor”
  SCWCA 2006: Looking Back, Looking Forward. Little Rock, Arkansas, February 2006.
• Demeter, G. & Simó, J. “The use of revision strategies in academic writing by undergraduate and graduate students”
  2005: The Year of Languages Joint Language Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma, September, 2005.
• “Is the English proficiency of Romanian students related to how they see the culture of the target language?”
  TRANS- Communication and Reception II, Baia Mare, Romania, May 2005.
• “Using online grammar exercises as an error correction strategy in ESL composition classes”
  The 23rd Annual OKTESOL Conference, Shawnee, Oklahoma, October 2004.
  “The art of teaching English as a second language in Romania”
  The 22nd Annual OKTESOL Conference, Norman, Oklahoma, October 2003.
• “Misunderstandings Caused by Cross-Cultural Differences”
  British and American Studies Conference, University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania, May 2002.

Current Research/Articles in Progress

• “The construal of “sorry” in apologies. A construction grammar perspective” an article that examines the way different constructions in which “sorry” is used construe the meaning of the apology.

Why OSU?

English Department
College of Arts & Sciences
Oklahoma State University
205 Morrill Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078
Phone: 405-744-9474
For Information about English Programs: english.information@okstate.edu
Webmaster: engweb@okstate.edu

Address: 414 Morrill Hall

Phone: 405-744-2063

Message: 405-744-9474

E-mail: gusztav.demeter@okstate.edu