Iryna TKALIA

  • Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages for Professional Purposes

Education:

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

Membership:

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

  • UALTA, Ukrainian Association for Language Testing and Assessment

Education:

  • 1978 – O. M. Gorky Kharkiv State University (specialty: English Language and Literature)

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:

  • 1990 –1997 – Lecturer, Senior Lecturer at the English Language Department, M. Gorky Kharkiv State University;

  • 1998 - 2022 – Associate Professor at English Language Department

  • since 01.10.2022 – Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages for Professional Purposes

The Courses Taught

·English for Special Purposes for Bachelor students

·Practical course of English for Master’s students

·English for PhD students

Other activities:

– Responsibility for teaching foreign languages at the School of Sociology

– A member of the Organizing Committee of the International Student Conference "Academic and Scientific Challenges of Diverse Fields of Knowledge in the 21st Century"

Research Interests:

  • ·cultural literacy

  • ·methodology of teaching ESP

  • ·teaching Academic English

Main Publications:

1. Tkalia I. A., Cherkashina N. I. Vocabulary prevalence in ESP teaching // Integration processes and innovative technology. Achievements and prospects for technical sciences. – Kharkiv : KhNADU, 2011. – P. 335 – 339.

2. Tkalia I. A. The role of media representations for sociocultural space formation // VI -th International conference. “Applied linguistics in Science and education”. – St. Petersburg, 2012. – P. 269 – 272.

3. Tkalia I. A., Cherkashina N. I., Volkova A. G. Learners' creativity: available domain // Integration processes and innovative technology. Achievements and prospects for technical sciences. № 3. – Kharkiv : KhNADU, 2013. – P. 416 – 419.

4. Tkalia I. A., Cherkashina N. I., Volkova A. G. Speeding up as a necessity for modern learning of a foreign language // Integration processes and innovative technology. Achievements and prospects for technical sciences. № 4. Kharkiv : KhNADU, 2014. – P. 358–361.

5. Tkalia I. A., Cherkashina N. I., Volkova A. G. Teacher's responsibility for effectiveness of technology involvement in language learning // Integration processes and innovative technology. Achievements and prospects for technical sciences. № 5. Kharkiv : KhNADU, 2015. P. 300–305 .

6. Tkalia I. A., Cherkashina N. I., Volkova A. G. Ecological Dimension of Teaching Languages // Integration processes and innovative technology. Achievements and prospects for technical sciences. № 6. Kharkiv : KhNADU, 2016. P. 563-567.

7. Tkalia I. A., Cherkashina N. I., Volkova A. G. Tertiary Education: Interaction Between Learners and Teachers // Integration processes and innovative technology. Achievements and prospects for technical sciences. № 7. Kharkiv : KhNADU, 2017. P. 321-325.

8. Iryna Tkalia. Active learning as a prerequisite for quality education//Forum TESOL-Ukraine“Young Researchers in the Global World: Vistas and Challenges”. Book of papers of the IVth Forum for Young Researchers. Kharkiv. O.M. Beketov NUUF, 2018. – P. 210–211.

9. 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.

10. Tkalia I., Guseva A. Fiction as a guide to ESP students’ cultural literacy// Thinking Globally – Teaching Locally: Book of Papers of the 2019 National TESOL-Ukraine Convention. April 9–10, 2019. – Publish House I. Ivanchenka, 2019. – P. 204–206.

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

12. Tkalia I., Tsarova S. Reconsidering CLIL in High and Low Context Cultures. – Kherson State University. Collection of scholarly papers. # 2, 2020. – P. 157-161.

13. 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.

Textbooks and manuals:

1. Tkalia I. A., Guseva A. G., Segeeva Ye. A. Sociology in English. Culture and communication. – Kharkiv : V.N.Karazin KhNU, 2010. – 168 p.

2. Tkalia I. A. Professional English: manual for students of School of Sociology. – Kharkiv : V. N. Karazin KhNU, 2011. – 88 p.

3. Tkalia I. A. Contributors to Sociology. English Manual for Sociology students. – Kharkiv : V. N. Karazin KhNU, 2013. – 171 p.

4. Tkalia I. A. Reading Authentic Specialty Texts. Manual. – Kharkiv : V.N.Karazin KhNU, 2019. – 68 p.

Conference Participation:

1. Tkalia I. A. Creativity in teaching a foreign language for specific purposes. IX-th “Karazin readings”. V. N. Karazin KhNU, 2010

2. Tkalia I. A. Lexical dominant in teaching foreign languages. Seminar "Modern approaches to foreign language teaching: ways to integrate schools and universities". V. N. Karazin KhNU, 2011

3. Tkalia I. A. The role of media representations for sociocultural space formation. VI -th International conference “Applied linguistics in science and education”. St. Petersburg, 2012.

4. Tkalia I. A. Breaking the borders (for the 125-th anniversary of T. S. Elliot’s birth). V- th International forum “Modern English and Romance linguistics: the first milestone of the new millennium”. V. N. Karazin KhNU, 2013

5. Tkalia I. A. On the prospects of distant learning. ХIII-th “Karazin readings”. V. N. Karazin KhNU, 2014

6. Tkalia I. A. Potential of ESP classes to improve cultural literacy among students. ХХ -th international conference “TESOL Ukraine: New vistas of research and teaching”. Cherkassy, 2015

7. Tkalia I. A. Teaching foreign languages: Ecological dimension. ХV-th “Karazin readings”. V. N. Karazin KhNU, 2016

8. Tkalia I. A. Developing Students' Transferable Skills. IX-th International scientific-methodology conference “Methodical and psychological-pedagogical problems of teaching foreign languages at the present stage”. V. N. Karazin KhNU, 2017.

9. Tkalia I. A. Transferable skills as a tool to personality development. TESOL-Ukraine “ELT in Ukraine: new ways to success”. Lviv, 2018

10. Tkalia I. A. Qualitative assessment – a way to qualitative teaching/ learning. ХVIII-th “Karazin readings”. V. N. Karazin KhNU, 2019

11.Tkalia I. A. Using Fiction in ESP Teaching. XI-th International scientific-methodical conference “Methodical and psychological-pedagogical problems of teaching foreign languages at the present stage”. V. N. Karazin KhNU, 2019

12. Tkalia I. A. CLIL challenge to current tertiary education. ХIX-th “Karazin readings”. V. N. Karazin KhNU, 2020

13. Tkalia I. A. Proactive and Reactive Strategies in CLIL for Social Sciences. XII-th International scientific-methodology conference “Methodical and psychological-pedagogical problems of teaching foreign languages at the present stage”. V. N. Karazin KhNU, 2020.

14. Tkalia I. A. Interdisciplinary student conference as a platform to develop speaking skills. ХX-th “Karazin readings”. V. N. Karazin KhNU, 2021

15. TESOL-Ukraine and Public Affairs Section, U. S. Embassy in Ukraine. TESOL-Ukraine Online Teacher Development Institute « Teaching 4 skills Online » (30 academic hours) Certificate of Participation № 14.01.-25.02.2021 – 48

16. TESOL-Ukraine and Public Affairs Section, U. S. Embassy in Ukraine. TESOL-Ukraine Online Teacher Development Institute « Social and Emotional Learning » (15 academic hours) Certificate of Participation № 24.02.-25.02.2021 – 48

17. Центр Window on America Kharkiv. Workshop «Content-Based Instruction» 10 та 17 листопада 2021 p. CEPТИФІКАТ учасника вебінарів-воркшопів.

18. Window on America, Kharkiv. Workshop "Content-Based Instruction" November 10 and 17, 2021. CERTIFICATE of Participation.

19. British Council Ukraine. IELTS Teachers Training Workshop. (12 hours). 2-17 November 2021. Certificate of Attendance.

20. Linguist LTD and National Geographic Learning. Webinar «Ways to Increase Speech Intelligibility with Adult Learners» 20.10.2022. Certificate of Attendance.

21. UALTA Ukrainian Association for Language and Testing. A 4-session online training event «Challenges of classroom assessment online: Focus on assessing productive skills» November, 16 – December, 14, 2022. CERTIFICATE of COMPLETION.

22. 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» 03-07 July, 2023 (30 academic hours) Certificate of Participation No 03-07.07.2023 - 04

23. Oxford Professional Development Webinar «Are Your Students in the Ideal Class?» – 28 September, 2023. CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE

24. TESOL-Ukraine and Erasmus+MultiEd project. MultiEd International Online Conference «Multilingual Education in Ukraine» – September 26, 2023. Certificate of Participation No 26.09.2023 — 92

25. TESOL-Ukraine and Erasmus+MultiEd project. MultiEd professional development seminar «Dissemination of MultiEd Main Results» – October 13, 2023. Certificate of Participation No 30.10.2023 - 50

26. TESOL-Ukraine and Erasmus+MultiEd project. MultiEd professional development seminar «Beyond MultiEd» – October 30, 2023. Certificate of Participation No 13.10.2023 - 86

Contact Information

Address: room 10-10, 4, Svobody Sq., Kharkiv, 61022
Phone: (057) 707-53-50
E-mail: engldpt@karazin.ua