English as a Foreign Language in Teaching and Communication
45.03.02 In English and Russian
Level of education Bachelor
Type of instruction Full-time
Duration 4 years
With the additional qualification of ‘Teacher of English‘ / ’Translation Specialist‘
Programme description
- The Bachelor’s degree programme in English as a Foreign Language in Teaching and Communication (with the additional qualification of "Teacher of English" / "Translation Specialist") combines rigorous theoretical training in linguistics, pedagogy, psychology, foreign language teaching methodology, translation studies and intercultural communication theory with a practical component that facilitates the implementation of language activities in English, including in the workplace
- During the course of the programme, students will acquire skills in teaching English as a second language using modern information and communication technologies, creating their own teaching materials, translating and interpreting
- The programme is suitable for applicants who wish to improve their knowledge of English as a language of intercultural communication and use it as a tool in their future careers in education or translation
Main courses
- English
- Practical Aspects of Written Translation
- Practical Aspects of Oral Translation
- History of English
- Theoretical Issues in English Grammar
- Theoretical Phonetics of English
- English Lexicology
- History and Culture of English speaking countries
- British and American Literature
- Methodology of Teaching Foreign Languages
- Teaching Foreign Languages for Specific Purposes
- Syllabus Design and Learning Materials Development
- Digital Tools in Teaching Foreign Languages
Teaching staff
- Galina Baeva, Doctor of Philology, Professor, Head of the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguodidactics; author of more than 150 scholarly publications, and teaching and learning materials in the fields of Germanic studies, synchronic and diachronic studies of the German language, and historical pragmatics. She has been awarded the badge ‘Honoured Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation’
- Larisa Tarnaeva, Doctor of Pedagogy, Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguodidactics. Her research focuses on the development of linguocultural competence, linguodidactics of translation, discourse analysis, and the theory of intercultural communication. She is the author of over 100 scholarly papers, and teaching and learning materials
- Irina Pavlovskaya, Doctor of Pedagogy, Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguodidactics; author of more than 100 scholarly publications devoted to issues in language testing, the teaching of phonetics and listening comprehension, the psycholinguistic fundamentals of teaching foreign languages, theoretical phonetics, phonosemantics, and phonostylistics
- Maria Kopylovskaya, Candidate of Pedagogy, Associate Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguodidactics. Her research focuses on professionally oriented communication in English, the theory and methods of digitalising foreign language education, and the theory of speech errors. She is the author of more than 60 scholarly papers
- Yulia Sedelkina, Candidate of Pedagogy, Associate Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguodidactics. Her research interests are reflected in over 60 publications and research projects in the fields of phonosemantics, phonostylistics, and the theory and methods of teaching foreign languages
- Ekaterina Osipova, Candidate of Pedagogy, Associate Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguodidactics; author of over 40 scholarly papers on corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, the linguodidactics of translation, and the use of smart technologies in teaching foreign languages
- Olga Zhuravleva, Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguodidactics; author of more than 30 publications in the fields of the history of the English language, Germanic philology, and the theoretical issues in English grammar
- Marina Belova, Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguodidactics; expert in English lexicology, English stylistics, and English phonetics, as well as in translation studies and translation/interpreting practice. She is the author of 30 scholarly papers, and teaching and learning materials
- Yulia Lavitskaya, Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguodidactics; author of over 30 papers on phonology, English phonetics, applied linguistics, the teaching of phonetics, and the teaching of a second foreign language
Our advantages
- Continuing the traditions of Russian pedagogical and academic circles
- Original courses designed by the faculty of the SPbU Foreign Languages and Foreign Language Teaching Department
- A wide range of research areas in the theory and practice of foreign language teaching and translation studies
- Training professionals who are able to develop their own methodology for teaching English, using a variety of approaches, principles, methods and techniques, taking into account the linguistic, cultural, communicative, pragmatic and functional features of the English language in the organisation of the teaching process and in the process of translation
- Participation in academic conferences organised by the University
- Opportunity to take the English language exam at level B2
- Learning a second European language (German / French / Spanish)