Yana Proskurkina

Teaching Fellow (Ukrainian)

Biography

Background

I’m a Ukrainian Teaching Fellow and Course Organiser for Ukrainian at the Centre for Open Learning. I joined the Languages for All team in 2023.  I  teach Introduction to Ukrainian Language and Cultures credit courses in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, as well as Ukrainian language courses for the wider community. I also design and develop Ukrainian courses and create teaching materials to support learners at different levels.

Prior to joining the Centre for Open Learning, I taught Ukrainian and Russian at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, working with international students in a diverse and multicultural setting.

 My thesis, The Pre-Professional Training System of Foreign Applicants for Study at Medical Universities, explored how to prepare international students for academic and professional study. I have also authored and co-authored four textbooks on teaching the scientific style to international students, offering practical methods for working with texts that combine scientific and professional terminology.

Alongside research and teaching, I’m passionate about making Ukrainian accessible and engaging, helping students not only learn the language but also connect with its rich culture and context.

 

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy in Education. Institute of Pedagogical Education and Adult Education of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine

Master of Science in the Ukrainian language and literature. National Pedagogical Dragomanov university

Master of Science in the English language and literature and the Persian language and literature. Kyiv International University

Certificate in teaching Russian as a foreign language. The Pushkin State Russian language Institute. Moscow, Russia

Certificate in teaching Russian as a foreign language. Lomonosov Moscow State University. Moscow, Russia

Responsibilities & affiliations

Course Organiser for the Ukrainian credit programme

Course Coordinator for the Ukrainian lifelong learning programme

Undergraduate teaching

I teach Introduction To Ukrainian language and cultures, Ukrainian lifelong Courses

Languages for All

Centre for Open Learning

School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures

Research summary

comparative research about content-based language teaching

Project activity

I  am currently taking part in piloting Digital Badges for language learners of our Lifelong Learning Provision.  

Conference details

 XVIII CercleS International Conference 2024, “Multilingualism & the Anglosphere”

8–10 April 2024 Ukrainian week 

Organiser

AULC at Durham University Centre for Foreign Language Study

University of Edinburgh

Papers delivered

Navigating the Pedagogical Labyrinth: Challenges in teaching the Ukrainian Language as a Foreign Language

  • Proskurkina, Y. I., & Tsaregradskaya, T. L. (2013). Scientific Style of Speech: Textbook for International Students. Kyiv: Kafedra. 296 p. (Approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine)

  • Proskurkina, Y. I. (2013). Introductory Course on the Scientific Style of Speech for International Students: Educational and Professional Module, Medical-Biological Profile. Sumy: Niko. 58 p.

  • Proskurkina, Y. I., Artemenko, I. Yu., Zadorozhna, E. S., Kondratyuk, E. S., Makarenko, A. G.,et al. (2018). Tests in Russian as a Foreign Language: Textbook. Kyiv: Interservice. 102 p.

  • Proskurkina, Y. I., Yugan, N. L., Voronin, D. I., Artemenko, I. Yu., Baranchuk, O. V., & Makarenko, A. G. (2019). Russian as a Foreign Language: Communicative Practice. Kyiv: Interservice. 186 p.

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