About Us
The Department of Theory of Foreign Language Teaching was established in 1992 on the initiative and under the guidance of Doctor of Philology, Professor S.G. Ter-Minasova.
Head of the Department of Theory of Foreign Language Teaching Professor S.G. Ter-Minasova is President of the Faculty, Professor Emeritus of Moscow State University, Honorary Doctor of Philology of the University of Birmingham (Great Britain), the State University of New York (USA), the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, Yerevan state University, Professor of Guangdong University (China), President-Founder of the National Society of Applied Linguistics, Honorary President-Founder of National Association of Teachers of English, Laureate of Fulbright’s 50th Anniversary Award (1995) and winner of Lomonosov Prize for Educational Work (1996), Visiting Professor of The Yaroslavl Demidov State University and Tomsk National Research State University, Honorary member of Georgian Academy of Education (Georgia, Tbilisi) and member of the Panel of Experts of the International Academic Forum (Japan).
The MSU academic school “Language and Intercultural Communication Theory” headed by Svetlana G. Ter-Minasova got the title of a laureate in the nomination “Moscow University Outstanding Academic Schools” in the Competition on research findings contributing to MSU Development Program in 2018 and 2019.
Our teachers and postgrads conduct studies in such areas as "The reflection of socio-cultural processes in the language and language policy" (under the supervision of Doctor of Philology, Professor S.G. Ter-Minasova), "Socio-linguistic processes as an object of World Englishes" (Doctor of Philology, Professor Z.G. Proshina), "Digital technologies in multicultural teaching of foreign languages" (Doctor of Education, Professor S.V. Titova), "Conceptual foundations and methods of teaching foreign languages for special purposes in the system of university education” (Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor O.A. Ksenzenko) and other areas. The research is carried out within broad academic interests of the Faculty and is focused on the optimization of the theory and practice of teaching modern foreign languages. It is based mainly on the English language and its various functional and diatopic varieties.
Our Department pays great attention to the improvement of our young teachers’ academic potential. All young teachers either have their Candidate of Sciences degree or are working on their dissertations as postgraduate students or degree-seeking students. The results of their research work are presented in academic publications, collections of materials of conferences and seminars, as well as at international academic events.
Members of our Department take part in various conferences in Russia and abroad, work as members of editorial boards of top-rated journals and members of academic associations (such as the National Association of Applied Linguistics, the National Association of Teachers of English, the Union of Russian Translators, the International Association of World Englishes, International Academic Forum). Since 2001, members of our Department have been holding the International Conference "Textbook, Student, Teacher" initiated by us. Since 2018, our Department, jointly with the Department of Spanish, have been organizing the inter-departmental seminar "The Current Problems of Modern Imagology".
Our colleagues Anna Avramenko and Alexey Korenev won the Scholarships of the President of the Russian Federation, of the Government of Russia, of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation as well as other research grant programmes. Associate Professor Alexey Korenev is the winner of All-Russian competition of innovations in education for teachers, associate professors, professors of universities and colleges. He is also the winner of the contest “Best Young Teacher 2018” in the nomination “Best Young University Teacher” and the contest “Golden Names of Higher Education Institutions-2018” in the nomination “Young Academic and Pedagogical Talents”.
Many members of the Department are authors of teaching packages in English for secondary schools, teaching aids for language students and teachers of foreign languages. Our annual publication of academic and educational materials contains articles on current academic problems and methodological recommendations. Our professors and teachers regularly participate in the preparation and holding of the All-Russian Olympiad for secondary school students. For many years our teachers have supported the All-Russian Student Olympiad movement on the methods of teaching foreign languages, cooperating with its organizers at the Udmurt State University.
In 1992, for the first time, we introduced the academic discipline "The Language and Its World", which allowed us to develop a new methodological approach to the study of languages and cultures. Our academic disciplines, being a part of the Faculty’s training programs, are aimed at enabling students to master foreign languages, study theoretical issues which are important for future linguists and develop the competencies of a modern language teacher.
Our Department offers special courses on the problems of modern English studies, the history of English and European languages, intercultural communication, different types of variation of the English language, its stylistic features, the specifics of its functioning in various speech registers, problems of languages for special purposes, including the spheres of business, academic communication and public relations, the problems of interaction between language and culture, as well as the theory and practice of teaching languages and cultures.
The courses developed by our teachers are designed for undergraduate and graduate students, postgrads and degree-seeking students, as well as students of preparatory courses and professional retraining programs at the Faculty. They are also used by other faculties and schools at Moscow State University.
Our teachers actively participate in holding the Science Festival, Open Days. They also work at the School of Young Anglicists, helping students to determine their future professional sphere.
Our educational process is based on modern achievements in the field of multimedia technologies. Our teachers constantly update the content of their courses, special courses and elective courses and create new courses in order to improve the efficiency of the educational process.
- 5 Professors (two of them are Doctors of Philology, one is a Doctor of Pedagogy, two are Doctors of Cultural Studies)
- 26 Associate Professors (17 are Candidates of Philology, four are Candidates of Pedagogy, three are Candidates of Cultural Studies, one is a Candidate of History, and
one is a Candidate of Social Studies).
- 5 Senior Teachers (two are Candidates of Philology, one is a Candidate of Cultural Studies, and two teachers have no academic degrees).
- 8 Teachers (one is a Candidate of Philology and seven have no academic degrees).
- 2 specialists and 1 Methodologist
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