Olha LUCHENKO

Associate professor at the Department of Foreign Languages for Professional Purposes

PhD in Pedagogical Studies

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2844-0441

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Membership:

Ukrainian Association for teachers of Japanese (International Sakura Network)

Education:

2003 – Specialist`s diploma with distinction from H. S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University.Obtained qualification of “Teacher of the English and Japanese language and literature”. School of Foreign Philology.

2007 – Master`s diploma with distinction from V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Obtained qualification of “Philologist, Lecturer of the English language and literature. School of Foreign Languages.

2014 – Passed Japanese-Language Proficiency Test administered by the Japan Foundation. Level N2.

Thesis Defended:

PhD thesis in Pedagogical Studies (Theory and Methods of Vocational Training): “Professional adaptation of novice teachers to school work in Japan” (2019, scientific advisor: Prof. Valentyna Gryniova).

Individual grants and scholarship:

2023– Received a grant as a result of international competitive selection. Successfully completed “Comprehensive Japanese Teaching Methodsfor Foreign Teachers of the Japanese Language” at the Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute (Saitama, Japan);

2022-2024– Research stay at the Department of East Asian Studies and the Department of Languages, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University (Bratislava, Slovakia). The scholarship has been awarded by the Slovak Government Office (Recovery plan project scheme).

2019 – Received a grant as a result of international competitive selection. Successfully completed “Japanese-language Program for specialists in Cultural and Academic Fields” at the Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute (Osaka, Japan).

International scientific projects:

April-July 2022 – Research project theme: “Application of the positive Japanese experience in the professional adaptation of novice teachers in Slovakia”. Research Grant within the program of UMB Support Scheme for International Researchers at Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica, Slovak Republic (Department of English and American Studies, Faculty of Arts).

Teaching mobility:

2022 – Erasmus + teaching mobility in the study field of Languages at the Department of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University (Bratislava, Slovakia).

Professional Career:

2022 – present – Associate professor at the Department of Foreign Languages for Professional Purposes.

2020 – 2022 – Associate professor at the Department of English Language (V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University).

2019 – 2020 – Senior lecturer at the Department of English Language.

2012 – 2019 – English language lecturer at the Department of English Language.

2007 – 2009 – Methodologist at Language Center.

2006 – present – Japanese language lecturer at the School of Foreign Languages.

2003– 2022 – Senior assistant.

International activities:

February 2023 – organization and holding of an online seminar on the topic “Ukraine Today” together with Kyoei University (Saitama, Japan) with the participation of five Japanese universities.

May 2023 – organization and holding of an online meeting for university students and graduates with the Japanese company KOWA on the topic of “Employment in Japan”.

July 2023 – took part in the “With a Wish for Peace” charity concert, where she gave a speech on the topic “Today's Ukraine” at the Hokkaido University of Education.

December 2023 – organization and holding of an online cultural exchange meeting with students and teachers of Kyoei University (Japan) as part of Global Citizenship Education. The meeting was held under the theme “Russia's invasion of Ukraine and what we can do” with the aim of highlighting the actual situation in Ukraine and deepening mutual understanding between Ukraine and Japan.

Other accomplishments:

2015-2016 – Project director of international educational activity: Teaching Materials Purchase Grant-Support Program for Organizations in Japanese-Language Education.

2020-2021 – Project director of international educational activity: Teaching Materials Purchase Grant-Support Program for Organizations in Japanese-Language Education.

Scientific and language supervisor. Supervising research activities for undergraduate students (academic writing in English).

Preparing students for speech contest in Japanese (Benron taikai).

Certification training:

2023 – a series of educational webinars on the topic of scientometrics for professional development “International experience in the field of publishing. Successful publications in Scopus and Web of Science” (Scientific Publications Ukraine), Certificate No. 1680

Teaching:

Practical course of English for students with non-language majors. They are as follows: Geographers and Geologists, Computer Science, Mechanics and Mathematics, Sociology, Psychology;

Practical course of Japanese for 2nd, 3rd, 4th year students of School of Foreign Languages (third foreign language).

Research Interests:

Theory and methodology of professional education;

methods of teaching foreign languages;

teachers’ professional education in Japan.

List of most recent publications:

Study manual:

Luchenko, O. (2023). Introduction to Japanese. 日本語・入門. Comenius University in Bratislava.

Articles published in journals registered in database Web of Science:

1.Luchenko, O., Doronina, O. (2023). Application of the Positive Japanese Experience for Teacher Induction in Slovakia. Studia Orientalia Slovaca, 22 (1), 21-48. (SCOPUS)

2.Luchenko O., Kalashnyk N., Levchenko Y., Doronina O., Kucherova O. (2018). Освіта як агент ресоціалізації людей похилого віку [Education as an Agent of Resocialization of Elderly People]. Society. Integration. Education. Proceedings of the international scientific conference (Rezekne, May 25th-26th), Vol. V, 100-112.

Articles published in other journals or conference proceedings:

3.Luchenko, O, Yurchenko, V. (2023). Entering the Teaching Profession in Slovakia. Educational Challenges, 28(1), 113-127. https://doi.org/10.34142/2709-7986.2023.28.1.09

4.Luchenko, O., Doronina, O. (2023). Out-of-school training and its role in supporting beginning teachers during the induction program in Japan. Human Studies. Series of Pedagogy. № 16 (48)

5.Luchenko O. (2018). Стосункинаставникаівчителя-початківцявяпонськомуконтексті [Mentor–Novice Teacher Relationships in Japanese Context]. Professionalism of the Teacher: Theoretical and Methodological Aspects, Vol. 7, 230-240.

Conferences:

1.Luchenko, O., Doronina, O. (2023). The current state of the teaching profession in Slovakia and Japan. Scientific Collection «InterConf», (142), 122-124. Retrieved from https://archive.interconf.center/index.php/conference-proceeding...

2.Luchenko, O., Bognanova, H. (2023). Teaching the Japanese language in multilingual classrooms – EMI approach. Scientific Collection «InterConf», (152), 110-113. Retrieved from https://archive.interconf.center/index.php/conference-proceeding...

3.Luchenko, O., Doronina, O. (2023). Different approaches to second language learning: EMI vs CLIL. Proceedings of the 15th International Scientific and Practical Conference «Methodological and Psychological Issues of Teaching Foreign Languages: Reaching for School and University Integration» (April 21, 2023) in Kharkiv, Ukraine;

4.Lunova P., Luchenko O. (2022) Not so Different: the Expression of Philosophy in the Way of Ukraine and Japan`s Development. Academic and Scientific Challenges in the 21st Century: a CLIL Dimension. Section І, Humanities (March 18, 2022), 44-50.

5.Luchenko O. Application of the Positive Japanese Experience in the Professional Adaptation of Novice Teachers for Developing Countries. Scientific Collection «InterConf», (41): with the Proceedings of the 7th International Scientific and Practical Conference «Scientific Horizon in The Context of Social Crises» (February 6-8, 2021). Tokyo, Japan; 2021; pp. 260-261 (in English).

6.Lucneko O., Kulemichev S. Складнощі при вивченні японської мови[The Difficulties in Learning Japanese]. The Issues of Oriental Studies in Ukraine. Kharkiv, April 15, 2021; pp. 29-31 (in Ukrainian).

7.Luchenko O., Aulia B. Teaching andLearningJapaneseasAForeignLanguagebyNon-nativeEnglishSpeakers. Methodical and psychological issues of teaching foreign languages. Kharkiv, April 10, 2020; pp.83-84 (in English).

8.Luchenko O. LESSON STUDY – універсальнийметодвдосконаленнянавчальноїпрактики [LESSON STUDY – a Universal Method of Improving Educational Practice]. Methodical and psychological issues of teaching foreign languages. Kharkiv, April 18, 2019; pp. 97-99 (in Ukrainian).

Contact Information

Address: room 10-10, Maidan Svobody 4, Kharkiv, 61022

Phone: (057) 707-53-50

E-mail: luchenko@karazin.ua