Iryna TKALIA

Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages for Professional Purposes

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3988-3141

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Iryna-Tkalia

Education:

1978 — graduated from the School of Foreign Languages, M. Gorky Kharkiv State University (now V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University)

Thesis Defended:

PhD thesis in Philology: Communicative and Functional Features of Incomplete Sentences Expressing the Speaker's Assessment in Direct Communication” –1996. Kyiv National Linguistic University. Scientific supervisor – professor Il’ko Korunets

Professional Career:

Oct 2022 – current - Associate Professor, the Department of Foreign Languages for Professional Purposes, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

1998 – Sep 2022- Associate Professor at the English Language Department (now the Department of Foreign Languages for Professional Purposes), V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

Sep 1990 – 1997 – Lecturer, Senior Lecturer at the English Language Department, M. Gorky Kharkiv State University (now V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University)

Sept 1981 – Aug 1990 – Lecturer of English at Kharkiv Higher Aviation School of Radio Electronics

Teaching

ESP to bachelor's and master's students of the faculty of Sociology, majoring in Sociology, Social Communication, Advertizing, PR, Journalism, Media Communications, Socio-Political and Marketing Research

EAP to PhD students of diverse specialties at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

Other activities

Performing the duties of being responsible for teaching foreign languages at the Faculty of Sociology.

Contributing to organizing and conducting conferences at the Department of Foreign Languages for Professional Purposes.

Participation in national and international trainings and workshops

IELTS Teacher training workshop organised by British Counsil of Ukraine. 2-17 November, 2021. This 12-your workshop included analysis of the main features of the IELTS papers for teachers preparing students for the exam.

November 2-17, 2021 (12 academic hours).

«Challenges of classroom assessment online: Focus on assessing productive skills»,a 4-session online training event funded by European Association for Language Testing and Assessment (EALTA).

November 16 – December 14, 2022 (ECTS credits awarded – 1).

MultiEd international online conference «Multilingual Education in Ukraine» with focus on multilingual didactics, institutional reforms towards quality teaching and English usage in higher education in Ukraine. September 26, 2023 (3 academic hours).

TESOL-Ukraine and Erasmus+MultiEd project. «Dissemination of MultiEd Main Results», the MultiEd professional development seminar consisting of three workshops with focuses on curriculum development (Workshop one), multilingualism and the strategy of multilingual education (Workshop two), and E-course «CLIL Methodology» (Workshop three).

October 13, 2023 (3 academic hours).

«Beyond MultiEd», the MultiEd professional development seminar co-funded by the Erasmus+Programme of the European Union and made up of 3 workshops with focus on cooperation with European universities, secrets of a successful application, how to join academic exchange projects.

October 30, 2023 (3 academic hours).

TESOL-Ukraine webinar «New Opportunities, New Solutions for Enhancing Language Learning» with the invited Professor David Marsh, Fellow of the Roal Academy of Arts, UK.

April 23, 2024 (2 academic hours).

Advanced training:

Completed advanced training according to the educational program «Designing distance courses for a blended learning system in educational institutions» at the Center for Postgraduate Education of the Institute of Postgraduate and Correspondence (Distance) Studies of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University and acquired professional competencies in creating distance learning courses based on LMS Moodle.

February 12 – May 04, 2024. (ECTS credits awarded – 6).

Main scientific works. Articles:

1. Tkalia I., Tsarova S. Reconsidering CLIL in High and Low Context Cultures. – Kherson State University. Collection of scholarly papers. # 2, 2020. – P. 157-161. https://doi.org/10.32999/ksu2663-3426/2020-2-22

2. Guseva A.G., Tkalia I.A. Linguocultural and stylistic dimensions of the child’s comic discourse. – Contemporary Issues in Philology. Innovative Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages. Monograph in two volumes. Vol. 1. In partnership with University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas, USA.– Kharkiv O. M. Beketov NUUE, 2021. – P. 48 – 62.
http://www.tesol-ukraine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/%D0%A2%D0%9E%D0%9C-1.pdf

3. Stupnytska N.M., Tkalia I.A. Application of the category “Concept” in the literary analysis of a work of art. Transcarpathian Philological Studies. Issue 37. Helvetica Publishing House, 2024. – P. 285 – 289.
DOI https://doi.org/10.32782/tps2663-4880/2024.37.47

4. Pylaeva T.V., Matveychuk O.M., Tkalia I.A. Formation of professional communication among students in the conditions of digitalization of the educational process. Prospects and innovations of science. Series "Pedagogy", Series "Psychology", Series "Medicine" No. 2(48) 2025. – P. 840 – 857.
https://doi.org/10.52058/2786-4952-2025-2(48)-840-852

5. Matviychuk O.M., Tkalia I.A., Leshnyova N.O. Dialogization of learning as a tool for forming emotional intelligence of students. Bulletin of Science and Education (Series "Philology", Series "Pedagogy", Series "Sociology", Series "Culture and Art", Series "History and Archaeology"), No. 4(34) 2025. — P. 1416-1430. https://doi.org/10.52058/2786-6165-2025-4(34)-1416-1428

6.Tkalia I. A., Cherkashina N. I., Ognivenko Z. G. CLIL as a global tendency in pedagogy // Problems of current education. Collection of scientific and methodology papers. № 11. – Kharkiv : V.N.Karazin KhNU, 2020. P. 85–92.
https://periodicals.karazin.ua/issuesedu/article/view/17648

7. Maksymenko N. V., Tkalia I. A., Cherkashina N. I. Increasing the motivation of students and postgraduates to study English during quarantine. Problems of modern education: collection of scientific and methodological works. – Kharkiv: V. N. Karazin KhNU, 2021. Issue 12. – P. 73-78.
https://karazin.ua/storage/static-content/source/documents/vydavnytstvo/2021/Markova_.pdf

8. Guseva G.G., Tkalia I.A. Emotional intelligence in personality development. Proceedings of the V International Scientific and Practical Conference «Psychological and Pedagogical Problems of Higher and Secondary Education in the Face of Modern Challenges: Theory and Practice». March 31 – April 2, 2021. Volume 2. – Kharkiv 2021. – P. 258–262.
https://dspace.hnpu.edu.ua/server/api/core/bitstreams/ce8375f5-48db-48c1-aa62-2c60a7564d91/content

Conference participation with subsequent publications

Tkalia I., Cherkashina N. Relevance of CLIL Orientation /Proceedings of the VII All-Ukrainian Scientific Conference «Cognitive-Pragmatic Studies of Professional Discourses». – March 21, 2020 – Kharkiv: V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 2020. – P. 130–131.

Tkalia I. A., Cherkashina N. I., Orach Y.V. CLIL-centrism in Teaching Foreign Languages/ Proceedings of the XII International Scientific and Methodological Conference. Methodological, psychological and pedagogical problems of current teaching foreign languages.– April 10, 2020 – Kharkiv, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 2020. pp. 141-143.

Iryna Tkalia, Nadia Cherkashina. Relevance of CLIL Orientation /Proceedings of the VII All-Ukrainian Scientific Conference «Cognitive-Pragmatic Studies of Professional Discourses». March 21, 2020 – Kharkiv: V.N. Karazin KhNU, 2020.–P. 130–131.

Guseva A., Tkalia I. English for Communicative Practices at Tertiary Level. 25 Years of TESOL in Ukraine: Honoring the Past and Shaping the Future: Book of Convention Papers/2020 TESOL-Ukraine National Convention. Kyiv, April 9-10, 2020. – P. 55-57.

Tkalia I., Cherkashina N. New Challenges of Online Teaching. Proceedings of the 20th anniversary scientific conference «Karazin Readings: Man. Language. Communication». – Kharkiv: V.N. Karazin KhNU, 2021. – pp. 56-157.

Tkalia I.A., Cherkashina N.I. An Abstract as a Way to Join Academic community. Proceedings of the International conference «Methodological and psychological issues of teaching foreign languages: Reaching school and university integration». – Kharkiv: V.N. Karazin KhNU, 2023. – P. 97-98.

Tkalia I.A., Cherkashina N.I. Interdisciplinary Student Conference – a Platform for the Development of Academic Communication Skills. Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Online Conference «At the Crossroads of Cultures: Modern Trends in International Communication» – Kharkiv: Yaroslav the Wise National Law University, 2023. – P. 143-146.

Tkalia I.A. Learning in Times of Crisis: the Peculiarity of the Teacher's Role in Teaching Foreign Languages». Proceedings of the XXXIII online meeting of the annual School-Seminar: New approaches to teaching foreign languages: improving the quality of education —the path to intellectual capital formation. – Kharkiv: V. N. Karazin KhNU, 8.11.2023.– P. 35-39.

Tkalia I., Guseva A. Specifics of Current Foreign Language Teaching to Students of the Second Level of Higher Education. Proceedings of the XVI International Scientific and Methodological Conference «Methodological, Psychological and Pedagogical Problems of Teaching Foreign Languages». – Kharkiv: V.N. Karazin KhNU, 2024. P.100-101

Tkalia I.A. Promoting interest in educational material as a means of increasing motivation for learning. New approaches to teaching foreign languages: improving the quality of education - a way to the formation of intellectual capital. Materials of the XXXIV meeting of the school-seminar Kharkiv, November 5, 2024. – Kharkiv 2025. — P. 65-68

Tkalia I.A., Guseva G.G. Intrinsic motivation as an effective factor in learning a foreign language by students of non-linguistic faculties. Abstracts of the XXIV International Scientific Conference Karazin Readings (Person, Language, Communication). Kharkiv, February 7, 2025.– pp. 119 – 121.

Guseva G.G., Tkalia I.A. Positive thinking as a socio-emotional component of successful learning. XVII International Scientific and Methodological Conference "Methodological and Psychological and Pedagogical Problems of Teaching Foreign Languages at the Modern Stage" 04/25/2025. Kharkiv. – pp. 28- 30

Cherkashyna N.I., Tkalia I.A. On Teaching English to Masters’ Students. XVII International Scientific and Methodological Conference "Methodological and Psychological and Pedagogical Problems of Teaching Foreign Languages at the Modern Stage" 04/25/2025. Kharkiv. – pp. 94-96

Articles co-written with undergraduates and PhD students

Ivanova K.,Bezrodnova O., Tkalia І.Floristic and Biotopic Diversity of Merla River Flod / Proceedings of the XI All-Ukrainian Scientific Conference with International Participation «Academic and Scientific Challenges of Various Fields of Knowledge in the 21st Century. CLIL Principles in Action». – V.N. Karazin KhNU, 2022. – P.120 – 125.

Aharkov Mark, Tkalia Іryna. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in higher education / Proceedings of the XII All-Ukrainian Scientific Conference with International Participation «Academic and Scientific Challenges of Various Fields of Knowledge in the 21st Century. CLIL Principles in Action». – V.N. Karazin KhNU, 2023. – P.7 – 14.

Fedonenko A., Litvinov Yu., Tkalia I. Educational Research in General Phusics Practicum:Tools and Methods. – Book of papers of the X International Forum for Young Researchers “Research and Education in the Global World: Eurointegration Progresses During the Wartime”. – Kharkiv – O. M. Beketov NUUE, 2024. – P. 249-252.

Kryvtsov O.V., I. A. Tkalia. Public-Private Partnership in the Global Satellite Industry. "Academic and Scientific Challenges of Diverse Fields of Knowledge in the 21st Century. CLIL in Action" 28.03.2025. - P. 51- 59

Kuznietsov K.O., H.O. Doroshenko, I.A.Tkalia. Sustainable Growth of Ukraine through the Implementation of the ESG Concept. "Academic and Scientific Challenges of Diverse Fields of Knowledge in the 21st Century. CLIL in Action" 28.03.2025. - P. 69-77

Moroz Y.V., Kolomiets H.M., Tkalia I.A. Economic Power as a Driver of Society Evolution: Historical Context. "Academic and Scientific Challenges of Diverse Fields of Knowledge in the 21st Century. CLIL in Action" 28.03.2025. - P. 93-102

Advanced training:

Сompleted advanced training under the program «Designing distance courses for a blended learning system in educational institutions» at the Center for Postgraduate Education of Postgraduate and Correspondence (Distance) Education of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University and and acquired professional competencies in creating distance learning courses based on LMS Moodle.

February 12 – April 5, 2024 (ECTS credits awarded - 6).

Membership in professional organizations:

TESOL-UKRAINE, an international affiliate of TESOL, Inc., the international association of teachers of English to speakers of other languages

ВУАМТО/UALTA, all-Ukrainian Association for Language Testing and Assessment. Initiation 24-034 dated 01/14/2024

Research interests:

methodology of teaching a foreign language for special purposes (ESP,EAP, CLIL), media and cultural literacy

Participation in international projects:

TESOL-Ukraine and Public Affairs Section, U. S. Embassy in Ukraine. TESOL-Ukraine Online Teacher Development Institute «Teaching 4 skills Online» 14.01.-25.02.2021 (January 14 – February 25, 2021)

TESOL-Ukraine and Public Affairs Section, U. S. Embassy in Ukraine. TESOL-Ukraine Online Teacher Development Institute «Social and Emotional Learning» 24.02.-25.02.2021( February 24 — 25, 2021)

TESOL-Ukraine and RELO US Embassy. TESOL Ukraine Teacher Development Institute «Teaching in a Time of Crisis: Innovative Tools, Strategies, and Approaches to Improving English Learning for Ukrainians». Poland, Krakow, July 3-7, 2023.

TESOL-34-th Conference «To Infinity and Beyond». Hungary, Šiofok, October 4-6, 2024.

Contacts

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

Phone: (057) 707-53-50

E-mail: flprofp@karazin.ua