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Iryna Shymanovych
Position
PhD in Philology, Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages and Teaching Methods
Е-mail
shimanovichiren@gmail.com / iv_shymanovych@bdpu.org.ua
Awards
- Honorary Certificate from Zaporizhzhia Oblast Directorate of Education and Science (2006);
- Certificate of Merit from the Administration of Berdyansk State Pedagogical University (2008);
- Certificate of Honour from the Ministry of Education and Science (2009);
- Badge of Honour ‘Distinguished Educator of Ukraine’ of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (2015);
- Badge of Honour Vasyl Sukhomlynskyi (2023).
Education
1995 − Zaporizhzhia State University, programme subject area: ‘English Language and Literature,’ qualification: philologist, teacher of English language and literature.
Academic degrees and academic titles
2008 − PhD in Education, specialty 13.00.04 − theory and methodology of professional education. Thesis title: Formation of Future Teachers’ Need for Professional Self-Education;
2011 − Associate Professor of at the Department of Romance and Germanic Philology.
Work experience
1995 − Berdyansk State Pedagogical University:
1995−2001 − lecturer at the Department of Foreign Languages;
2001−2012 − Senior Lecturer at the Department of Foreign Languages;
2012−present − Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages and Teaching Methods;
2016−2017 − Acting Head of the Department of Foreign Languages and Teaching Methods;
2022−2024 − Head of the Department of Foreign Languages and Teaching Methods;
2024 – Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages and Teaching Methods.
Field of scientific interests
- Stylistic system of English language;
- English language teaching;
- Сognitive linguistics;
- Мodern techniques of foreign language teaching;
- Тheory and methodology of professional education.
Expert activity
- Member of the jury for the second stage of student works in English at the Junior Academy of Sciences (Zaporizhzhia).
Advanced training, internships for the last 5 years
- Professional development at the Department of Linguodidactics and Foreign Languages at Volodymyr Vynnychenko Central Ukrainian State Pedagogical University (6 credits/180 hours, 2021), certificate No. 31−21 dated 05 July 2021;
- Professional development program for academic staff “Ars Docendi,” BSPU (150 hours/5 ECTS credits, 2023).
Disciplines
- English language;
- English Stylistics;
- English Writing Practice;
- International English Tests.
Other, which additionally highlights the activity of the lecturer
- Supervised students A. Babii (2nd place) and D. Slastonova (3rd place) for participation in the International Student Translation Competition ‘Translation as a Means of Actualization of Ethnolinguistic World Pictures’ (Kyiv, 2017);
- Supervised student T. Pomazan’s research work on ‘CLIL as a Means of Increasing Student Motivation’ (2nd stage of the National Student Research Competition, 2022).