Drijenka Pandžić Kuliš

Drijenka Pandžić Kuliš is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Business Foreign Languages, Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb. She has been working at the faculty since October 2015, teaching Business French and Business Spanish courses (I, II, and III). From 2019 to 2024, she served as the head of the Department of Business Foreign Languages. Her academic journey began with diplomas in French language and literature education, Spanish language and literature (1996), and Croatian language education (2001), all from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. In 2016/2017, she enrolled in postgraduate doctoral studies of information and communication sciences.

Her research interests focus on multilingualism, competence development, learning and teaching methods, and the history of language learning and teaching. She emphasizes the importance of modern, systematic multimedia teaching practices in foreign languages to enhance the professional competence of future economists. Her primary research area involves the multimedia application of linguistic, methodological, and glottodidactic theories for language and communication training in economics students.

Her scholarly output shows a consistent focus on specialized language teaching, particularly business languages in economics education. The articles demonstrate strong interdisciplinary connections between linguistics, economics education, and cultural studies, with particular attention to Croatian-French and Croatian-Spanish linguistic relations. Her work spans historical linguistics, language pedagogy, and specialized terminology development for business contexts.

• Member of the Association of LSP Teachers at Higher Education Institutions
• Member of the Croatian Philological Society
• Member of Matica Hrvatska

With extensive experience in both consecutive and simultaneous translation, she has translated several books from French and numerous business texts from French, Spanish, and English. She has authored approximately forty professional and scientific publications, served as editor for various books and textbooks, and proofread/corrected nearly one hundred publications. Fluent in French, Spanish, and English, with basic proficiency in German and Italian, she brings multilingual expertise to her teaching and research.