Department of Foreign Languages
Head of the Department: Andrii Ivanovych Turchyn, PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor Deputy Head of the Department for academic affairs: Tetiana Mykhailivna Olender, PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor
Senior laboratory assistant: Oksana Stepanivna Shyliga
Engineer: Oksana Yaroslavivna Horobets
Address: 6/5 Vynnychenko St., room № 827, Ternopil, 46027, Ukraine
Phone number: (0352) 43-58-92
E-mail: inmova.tnpu@gmail.com
History of the Department
The Department of Foreign Languages was established on November 1, 1953 based on the Kremenets Pedagogical Institute. The Department was headed by Senior Lecturers: Ivanova T.O., Associate Professor Kharsekin O.I., Seniour Lecturer Alexandrova Z.H., Associate Professor Khrulenko O.S., Associate Professor Hrybchuk I.S., Associate Professor Hinka B.I., Seniour Lecturer Melekh Z.D., Associate Professor Roman R.M.
Since September 2015, the Department has been headed by Andrii Ivanovych Turchyn, PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor.
During the years of its activity the Department has grown quantitatively and qualitatively. Today, 16 teachers work here, including 15 PhDs in Sciences, and 10 Associate Professors.
Andrii Ivanovych Turchyn – PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department.
Halyna Stepanivna Derkach – PhD in Philological Sciences, Associate Professor.
Halyna Borysivna Drapak – PhD in Philological Sciences, Lecturer.
Liubov Mykhailivna Zablotska – PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor.
Natalia Ivanivna Zakordonets – PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor.
Olexandra Mykhailivna Kashuba – PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor.
Tetiana Olexandrivna Kravchuk – PhD in Philological Sciences, Associate Professor.
Iryna Yuriivna Levchyk – PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor.
Oksana Ivanivna Mazur – PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Lecturer.
Vira Olexandrivna Meleshchenko – PhD in Philological Sciences, Lecturer.
Halyna Ivanivna Navolska – PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor.
Tetiana Mykhailivna Olender – PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor.
Oksana Yuriivna Pryshliak – PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor.
Iryna Olehivna Tsar – PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Lecturer.
Liudmyla Vitaliivna Chernii – PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Lecturer.
Academic Work
The following subjects are assigned to the Department of Foreign Languages as a structural unit of the Faculty of Foreign Languages:
- English, German and Latin for undergraduate students of all faculties of the University;
- professional English and German for master’s degree students;
- lexicology, comparative typology, history of the English language at the Faculty of Philology;
- methods of teaching a foreign language at the Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology,
and, in accordance with the principles of the Bologna System, there is a number of relevant elective training courses.
In addition, teachers of the Department teach English and German to the students of the preparatory courses in foreign languages before entering the study at the higher education level “Master”.
Scientific Work
Teachers of the Department regularly take part in international, all-Ukrainian and regional scientific conferences.
The Department was a co-organizer of I, II, III international scientific and practical conferences “Current Problems of German-Roman Philology and Educational Socio-cultural Process” held at the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University (2013, 2016, 2017).
Associate Professor Turchyn A.I. participated in one of the largest TEMPUS IY cross-media and quality journalism projects in 2012-2016 (530599-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-DE-TEMPUS-JPCR (2012 - 3046 / 001 - 001).
Associate Professor Olender T.M. during 2017-2018 was involved in the international Ukrainian-Austrian project COLOSS.
Within the framework of the general Department theme “The Newest Educational Technologies and Methods of Their Realization in Teaching of Foreign Languages at Non-specialized Faculties” teachers of the Department develop individual scientific topics in two main directions:
- philological (Assoc. Prof. Derkach H.S.; PhD in Philological Sciences, Lecturer Drapak H.B.; Assoc. Prof. Kravchuk T.O.; PhD in Philological Sciences, Lecturer Meleshchenko V.O.);
- methodological and pedagogical (Assoc. Prof. Derkach H.S.; Assoc. Prof. Zablotska L.M.; Assoc. Prof. Zakordonets N.I.; Assoc. Prof. Kashuba O.M.; Assoc. Prof. Levchyk I.Yu.; Assoc. Prof. Navolska H.I.; Assoc. Prof. Olender T.M.; Assoc. Prof. Pryshliak O.Yu.; Assoc. Prof. Turchyn A.I.; PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Lecturer Tsar I.O.; PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Lecturer Chernii L.V.).
In order to improve their professional level, as well as to conduct scientific research, teachers of the Department are trained in foreign universities, participate in scientific and methodological seminars, online conferences and more. In particular, Derkach H.S., Zakordonets N.I., Kashuba O.M., Kravchuk T.O., Meleshchenko V.A., Olender T.M., Tsar I.O., Chernii L.V. have been passing the internship abroad during the last 3 years. The result of scientific work and internships is the publication of teaching aids, monographs, articles and more.
Building Personalities
Teachers of the Department involve students of non-specialized faculties in various educational events, such as Foreign Language Week, English Cinema Days, German Cinema Days, English and German Connoisseurs Contests, Competition for the Best Fiction Translation, Contest of Wall Newspapers, Art Exhibition. Students accompanied by teachers visit museums, drama theater, cinema palace, libraries, exhibitions, literary readings, meetings with famous people; carry out educational trips around Ukraine.
