She received her Ph.D. in linguistics from Josip Juraj Stossmayer University, Croatia. Her research interests include language acquisition, contrastive analysis of English and Bosnian, as well as the historical and contemporary status of English. Working with students of various profiles and age for more than 10 years, on one side, and researching many current issues related to her field of interest, on the other side, she has gained invaluable experience and developed effective teaching skills with the focus on engaging students through active learning.