OSOVA Olga

Professor of the Department of Foreign Languagesfor Professional Purposes

Education

2004 – Diploma of the Specialist, Kharkiv H.S. Skovoroda National Pedagogical University, H.F. Kvitka-Osnovianenko Faculty of Ukrainian Language and Literature

Defended Dissertations:

2008 – Candidate of SciencesDiploma (Kharkiv H.S. Skovoroda National Pedagogical University). The theme of the research: “Students’ Learning-Cognitive Activity Organization in Institutions of Higher Education in Slobozhanschina in the Second Half of the XIX Century”.

Supervisor – Doctor of Pedagogics, Professor Mykytiuk Oleksandr Mykolaiovych

2020 – Doctor of Pedagogics Diploma (Poltava V.H. Korolenko National Pedagogical University). The theme of the research: “Didactic Principles of Teaching Foreign Languages to Students of Philological Specialties with the Application of Technological Innovations”.

Supervisor – Doctor of Pedagogics, Professor Belmaz Yaroslava Mykolaivna

Professional Career

2022 – present: Professorof the Department of Foreign Languagesfor Specific Purposes of Kharkiv National University named after V.N. Karazin

2008 – present: Teacher / Associate Professor / Professor of the Foreign Philology Department, Municipal Establishment “Kharkiv Humanitarian Pedagogical Academy” Kharkiv Regional Council

2003 – German language teacher at secondary school №126 in Kharkiv

Membership in associations:

2025 – Participation in the Autumn School of Academic Mobility with International Participation ‘Modern Educational and Linguistic Practices in the Discourse of Interdisciplinary Studies’ (Ivan Ziazun Institute of Pedagogical Education and Adult Education of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine).

2025 – present – member of the Ukrainian Association of Germanists in Higher Education.

2023 – present – member of the Prohresilni educators' organisation.

2018 – present – member of the Association of Ukrainian Germanists.

International experience and professional development:

- 2025: participation in the international online course ‘UDU: Unterrichtsprinzipien digital umsetzen’ (Goethe-Institut Ukraine)

- 2025: participation in the International German Teachers' Conference (IDT) 2025 in Lübeck (Germany).

- 2024: internship ‘Kulturbezogenes Lernen und Deutschland erleben’ (Dresden, Germany) as part of the Goethe-Institut programme.

- 2024: Participation in the International Winter School for Professional Development ‘Educators for the Future Generation’ and the International Summer School for Professional Development ‘Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning’.

- 2023: internship ‘Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung: BNE-Kompetenzen in den germanistischen und DaF/DaZ-Studiengänge vermitteln’; Internship ‘Die Einsame Pappel’ (Berlin, Germany); Participation in symposiums and seminars in Jena, Berlin and Hanover with the support of leading German foundations and organisations (DaCHl, Volkswagenstiftung) dedicated to current issues in German language teaching and the development of a democratic society.

- 2022: participation in the XVII International Conference of German Teachers and Lecturers (Vienna, Austria) with the support of the DAAD.

- 2020: scientific and pedagogical internship ‘Organisation of the educational process in the field of philological sciences: global experience and national practice’ (Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Italy); Online internship ‘Österreich vernetzt – virtuelle Lernwelten für den Deutsch als Fremdsprache-Unterricht erschließen’ (Vienna, Austria).

- 2019: internship ‘Sprache, Landeskunde und kulturelles Lernen’ (Goethe-Institut, Berlin, Germany); advanced training at Chemnitz University of Technology (Chemnitz, Germany).

Research interests:

Linguistics, innovative approaches to teaching foreign languages, training future foreign language teachers.

Research activity:

Author of 136 scientific and 21 educational and methodological works, including 2 monographs and 5 collective monographs.

She has supervised 1 PhD candidate (2019).

She is a member of the editorial board of the category B professional publication ‘Bulletin of Science and Education’ and the international collection of scientific works ‘International Education Studies and Sustainability’.

Teaches courses:

German language, German language for specialised purposes, Foreign language (German) for postgraduate students.

Pedagogical activity:

Member of the jury of the city competition ‘Teacher of the Year - 2018’, member of the jury of the competition for the best distance learning course in German (2022), member of the jury of the All-Ukrainian competition ‘Young Scientist of the Year’ (2023), member of the jury of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in German (2023,2024).

Scientific works:

1. 1.Osova O., Vakaliuk T., Spirin O., Antoniuk D.& Avramchuk Y. Artificial Intelligence in Modelling Communicative Situations in Foreign Language Classes for Future Management Professionals. Digital Technologies in Education II. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 626. 2025. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-03612-4_14Scopus

2.Osova O.O. Designing methods for developing students' emotional intelligence through foreign languages in the context of digital transformation. Bulletin of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Series ‘Foreign Philology. Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages.’ (102), 2025.123-132. https://doi.org/10.26565/2786-5312-2025-102-14

3.Nataliia Telychko, Harashchuk K., Osova O., Lisnychenko A., & Chystiak D. Professional competence and methodological culture as factors in the development of pedagogical skills of future foreign language teachers. Perspectivas Em Diálogo: Revista De Educação E Sociedade, 12(33).2025. 47-66. https://doi.org/10.55028/pdres.v13i34.23954Web of Science

4. Osova O.O. Trauma-sensitive approach to teaching foreign languages in wartime: experience of higher education institutions in Ukraine. Scientific Bulletin of Sivershchyna. Series: Education. Social and behavioural sciences. No. 1(14). 2025. pp. 78–95. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32755/sjeducation.2025.01.078

5.Osova O.O. Features of the formation of linguistic and didactic terminology: German-Ukrainian parallels. Scientific Notes of V. I. Vernadsky Ternopil National University. Series: Philology. Journalism. Volume 35 (74) No. 5 2024. Part 2. P. 1-7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32782/2710-4656/2024.5.2/01

6.Osova O.O. Formation of flexible communication skills of higher education seekers in the process of learning a foreign language for professional purposes. Bulletin of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Series: Foreign Philology. Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages. No. 99. Pp. 127-132. 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26565/2786-5312-2024-99-16

7.Vakaliuk T., Spirin O., Antoniuk, D., Medvedieva M., Osova O., Novitska I. The Current Level of Competence of Schoolteachers on How to Use Cloud Technologies in the Educational Process During COVID-19 and the Russian-Ukrainian War. In Proceedings of the 2nd Myroslav I. Zhaldak Symposium on Advances in Educational Technology – AET. (2023). DOI: 10.5220/0012066300003431

8.Vakaliuk T., Osova O., Chernysh O., Baskir O. Checking digital competence formation of foreign language future teachers using game simulators. ICT and learning tools in higher education establishments. Vol 90. No 4. (2022). doi: 10.33407/itlt.v90i4.4816 .Web of Science

9.Osova O., Vakaliuk T., Panchenko V., Didkivska S., Kontsedailo V. Formation of Future Foreign Language Teachers’ Linguistic and Methodological Competency Using Digital Technologies. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Trends in Languages, Literature and Social Communications, Available Online 27 May 2021. DOI 10.2991/assehr.k.210525.033

10.Bashkir O., Panchenko V., Osova O., Zhytnytska A. Technology of Forming Future Teachers’ Readiness for Pedagogical Improvisation. Educational Challenges. Vol. 26 No. 1 (2021). DOI: 34142/2709-7986

11.Vakaliuk T., Osova O., Chernysh O. Using information and communication technologies for the formation of linguodidactic competence of future foreign language teachers. ICT and learning tools in the higher education establishments. Vol 82. No 2. (2021). pp. 77–92. Web of Science

12.Bashkir O., Sobchenko T., Peretiaha L., Osova O., Smolianiuk N., Panchenko V. Training Future Teachers to Organise the Educational Process in the Conditions of Inclusive Education. Revista Romaneasca Pentru Educatie Multidimensionala, 13(1). 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18662/rrem/13.1/363 Web of Science

Contact Information:

Address: aud. 10-10, Freedom Square, 4, Kharkiv, 61022

Phone: (057) 707-53-50

E-mail: osova@karazin.ua