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Research interests
Linguistic study of business documents
Speech etiquette in intercultural communication
Politeness theory and its application to studying manifestations of politeness in business correspondence
Research results
Candidate in Philology; equivalent of American Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research and teaching activities
Upper-Intermediate and Advanced English Practice (for senior students majoring in English).
Public Speech, Essay Writing and Home Reading Classes (for senior students majoring in English).
Translation Practice (lectures and seminars).
Business English Practice.
Acting as a senior thesis adviser and term paper adviser (in lexicology and stylistics).
Business Communication (bachelors).
Business English Practice (masters).
Other
Kuibyshev (Samara) State University. Diploma of graduation with honours. Majoring in philology, teaching English and literature. (1990)
Samara State University. Completed post-graduate studies in modern Germanic languages (1993-1997). Defended the thesis: 'Pragmalinguistic aspects of written business communication (on the material of contracts and business correspondence in English)' (2001).
Seminar 'Democratization of the Educational Process' organized by American Councils for International Education (Samara, 22.09.2001). Certificate of attendance.
Completed full three-year course of studies of Spanish by correspondence (Moscow, 'IN-YAZ' Language Courses) in 1991 (Grade A).
Certificate of participation from The British Council Samara for the seminar "The Basics of Internet" for ESL Teachers, January-February 2005
. Seminar on the method of 'Sliding' conducted by Victor Votinov (professor, academician, the Moscow International Pedagogical Academy). Samara, September 2005
Seminar on translator training conducted by Vadim V. Sdobnikov. Samara, September 22-24, 2007. Certificate of participation.
Certificate of participation from 'Translation School' (Samara) for a round table discussion of translation practice and running a translation agency. 31 May 2008.
Certificate of completion from the International Market Institute (IMI, Samara) for the programme 'Translation Theory, Translation Practice and Teaching Translation' 21 January - 8 February 2009
. Certificate of participation from Macmillan Publishers Ltd. (russia) for the programme 'Teaching EFL in Higher Educational Institutions" 23 June 2009 (Samara, SSU).
Certificate of completion from the programme 'Competence-based Approach to Syllabuses. Modernization of the Educational Process in a University' (2011, Samara, SSU)