Цыгунова Мария Михайловна

Responsibilities

• Lesson planning, teaching and administering exams:

○ Optional course "India, South Africa: Cultural Influences and Historic Challenges" (en)
○ Research seminar "Modern Schools and Trends in Linguistics" (rus, en)
○ "English Language in Interdisciplinary Contexts" (en)
○ Elective course "Web-writing and content marketing" (en)
○ "Modern Linguistics: Schools and Trends – 1" / "Photodiscourse" (en)

• Coursework Supervisor

• IELTS Preparation Supervisor

Education

2020

Master's
HSE University

2018

Bachelor's in Fundamental and Applied Linguistics
HSE University

Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience

May 2023
Goethe-Zertifikat B1
Lesen / Reading — sehr gut
Hören / Listening — gut
Schreiben / Writing — gut
Sprechen / Speaking — sehr gut

April — June 2023
Goethe-Institut Moskau, Certificate of education
German language course Standartkurs 80UE B2.1

February 2023
NRU HSE, Continuing education certificate
"Practical Tools in Psychological Counseling"

January — March 2023
Goethe-Institut Moskau, Certificate of education
German language course Standartkurs 80UE B1.2

July — August 2022
NRU HSE, Continuing education certificate
"Modern Approaches in Teaching"

May — June 2022
NRU HSE, Continuing education certificate
PC Course "Effective Use of Voice and Speech Resources in Teaching"

March — April 2022
NRU HSE, Continuing education certificate
"Managing Conflicts in the Educational Environment".

October — November 2021
NRU HSE, Continuing education certificate
"ESOL Teachers' Practical Course: Preparation for the Unified State Exam"

September 2021 — January 2022
NRU HSE, Continuing education certificate
"Educational Data Analysis for Beginners in R"

September — October 2021
NRU HSE, Continuing education certificate
"Organising Group and Team Work for Online Learning»

November — December 2020
NRU HSE, Continuing education certificate
"Data Visualisation. Designing presentations"

October — November 2020
NRU HSE, Continuing education certificate
"Modern Approaches to FL Teaching"

October 2020
TKT CLIL Module (Band 4)

July 2020
Goethe-Zertifikat A2
Sehr gut - very good (93/100)

March 2019
Goethe-Zertifikat A1 — Start Deutsch 1
Sehr gut - very good (96/100)

June 2018
CAE (Certificate in Advanced English) — Cambridge ESOL
Grade A (206/210) — Performance at Grade A demonstrates an ability at Level 3 and Council of Europe Level C2

November 2018 - August 2019
NRU HSE, Professional Retraining Diploma
'Methods of Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language' programme, full-time education

December 2017
TKT Module 3 — Managing the teaching and learning process (Band 4)
TKT Module 2 — Lesson planning and use of resources for language testing (Band 4)
TKT Module 1 — Language and background to language learning and teaching (Band 4)

November 2017 - May 2018
NRU HSE, Continuing education certificate
Continuing education programme 'Preparing for the CAE exam (Certificate in Advanced English)', full-time education

December 2016
Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Level N5

October 2015 - July 2016
NRU HSE, Continuing education certificate
Continuing education programme 'Japanese language and culture of Japan (elementary level)', full-time education

март 2014
FCE (First Certificate in English) — Cambridge ESOL
Grade A — Performance at Grade A demonstrates an ability at Level 2 and Council of Europe Level C1

March 2011
PET (Preliminary English Test)

December 2009
KET (Key English Test)

May 2007
Cambridge YLE Movers

Professional Interests

multilingualism English TESOL Cambridge certificate exams teaching for international exams language assessment

Awards and Accomplishments

Best Teacher — 2023–2024

Courses (2024/2025)

Basics of Modern Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management field of study Linguistics; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
Basics of Modern Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages field of study Linguistics; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
English Language in Interdisciplinary Contexts (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages field of study Linguistics; 3 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Research Seminar "Photodiscourse" (Master’s programme; School of Foreign Languages field of study Linguistics; 2 year, 1 module)Eng
Research Seminar “India, Australia and South Africa: Cultural Influences and Historic Challenges (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages field of study Linguistics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
Research Seminar “Modern Schools and Trends in Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages field of study Linguistics; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Web-writing and content marketing (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages field of study Linguistics; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Past Courses

Timetable for today

Full timetable

Conferences

2024
Казанский Международный Лингвистический Саммит «Вызовы и тренды современной лингвистики» (Казань). Presentation: Perfume Discourse: the Case of Fragrantica

2023
«Пространство научных интересов: иностранные языки и межкультурная коммуникация – современные векторы развития и перспективы». Presentation: Make Something Up: метафорика рассказов Чака Паланика
III HSE LED Conference (Москва). Presentation: Среди верхних, средних и базовых нот: языковые особенности парфюмерного дискурса
III HSE LED Conference (Москва). Presentation: Среди верхних, средних и базовых нот: языковые особенности парфюмерного дискурса

2022
VII научной межвузовской онлайн-конференции молодых ученых: ПРОСТРАНСТВО НАУЧНЫХ ИНТЕРЕСОВ: ИНОСТРАННЫЕ ЯЗЫКИ И МЕЖКУЛЬТУРНАЯ КОММУНИКАЦИЯ – СОВРЕМЕННЫЕ ВЕКТОРЫ РАЗВИТИЯ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ (Москва). Presentation: Интернет-мемы как потенциальный механизм копинга учащихся
The 14th All-Russian Research and Methodological Conference with International Participation "Current Issues in Modern Linguistics and Humanities" (Москва). Presentation: REPRESENTATION OF MENTAL STATES IN DIACHRONIC PERSPECTIVE
Казанский Международный Лингвистический Саммит «Современная лингвистика: от теории к практике» (Казань). Presentation: Репрезентация ментальных состояний на занятиях ИЯ
II HSE LED Conference (Москва). Presentation: Анималистическая метафора как средство репрезентации ментальных состояний
Всероссийская научно-практическая конференция с международным участием«АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ ЛИНГВИСТИКИ И МЕТОДИКИ ПРЕПОДАВАНИЯ ИНОСТРАННЫХ ЯЗЫКОВ» (Мурманск). Presentation: Метафора как средство репрезентации ментальных состояний в романе Ч. Паланика «Бойцовский клуб»

2021
VI научная межвузовская конференция молодых ученых «Пространство научных интересов: иностранные языки и межкультурная коммуникация – современные векторы развития и перспективы». Presentation: Учебная платформа «Memrise» в преподавании иностранных языков в вузе»
III Международная научно-практическая конференция имени Е.Н. Солововой "Обучение иностранным языкам - современные проблемы и решения" (Город Москва). Presentation: МЕТАФОРИЧЕСКАЯ КОМПЕТЕНЦИЯ: ПРЕПОДАВАТЕЛЬ КАК ПСИХОЛОГ (НА ПРИМЕРЕ МЕТАФОР ДЕПРЕССИИ)

2020
"II Международной научно-практической конференции имени Е.Н. Солововой "Обучение иностранным языкам - современные проблемы и решения". Presentation: «Подготовка к международным экзаменам в вузе: перспективная модель критериев оценки письменных работ»

2019
Международная научно-практическая конференция "Языковое образование: традиции и современность", посвящённая памяти доктора педагогических наук, профессора Солововой Елены Николаевны (Москва). Presentation: Особенности языковых ошибок в письменной части ЕГЭ по английскому языку
Всероссийская научно-практическая конференция «Проблемы и перспективы развития современной гуманитаристики: лингвистика, методика преподавания, культурология» (Москва). Presentation: Особенности языковых ошибок в письменной части ОГЭ по английскому языку

Employment history

September 2020 — Present
NRU HSE, School of Foreign Languages
Tutor

October 2019 — July 2020
NRU HSE, School of Foreign Languages
Visiting Scholar

May - October 2018, January - September 2019
NRU HSE, eLearning Office
Teaching Assistant for the online course 'Speech Etiquette: Politeness and Communication Strategies' on Coursera

June 2018
NRU HSE, Research and Training Group 'Politeness Strategies in the Russian Language: from Qualitative to Quantitative Studies'
Research Assistant

November - December 2017
NRU HSE, Laboratory of Linguistic Conflictology and Modern Communicative Practice
Research Assistant

February - June 2017
NRU HSE, Faculty of Humanities
Training Assistant, 'English for Linguists' programme

June 2013 - Present
'PCB technologies' Ltd.
Assistant accountant

May 2016 — Present
Captain of the NRU HSE swimming team

September 2014 — Present
Member of the NRU HSE swimming team (First-Class Sportsman according to the Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR and Russia)

Volunteering
Head of the charity project 'TEACHEM - тичим райтингу на инглише'; March 2019 — Present
Member of the HSE Volunteer Center; September 2018 — Present

Mariia Tsygunova