Петрова Елена Юрьевна

Responsibilities

a Member of the Academic Council with the Department of Humanities (until 2020)

Coordinator for the Staff Advancement Program at the School of Foreign Languages (until 2023)

the Head of the Educational Council at the School of Foreign Languages

Education and Degrees

2008

Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Language Theory
Maurice Thorez Moscow State Linguistic University

2000

Degree in Foreign Languages
Tsiolkovskiy Kaluga State Teacher Training University, faculty of foreignn languages

* Candidate of Sciences
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.

Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience

Professional Development:

1. November 2008 - March 2009; Modern Technologies in Teaching English: Longman Teacher Development Programme

2. November-December 2009; ICT in Teaching Foreign Languages; Moscow, Higher School of Economics (HSE)

3. December 2010; E-library in Teaching Foreign Languages for Students Majoring in World Economy and International Affairs; Moscow; Higher School of Economics (HSE)

4. July 2012; TEASE 2012 (Teaching, Examining and Assessing Spoken English); NILE (Norwish Institute for Language Education; Norwich, UK)

5. October 30 - November 1, 2012; Using LMS eFront Effectively in Teaching Foreign Languages; Moscow; Higher School of Economics (HSE)

6. May 12 - June 20 2014; Shaping The Way We Teach English, 2: Paths To Success in ELT; Coursera

7. July 6-30, 2015: CELTA; Bournemouth, UK

8. October 18 - December 20, 2017; Burning Issues in Teaching in Universities. Module 1: Teaching Techniques; Moscow; Higher School of Economics (HSE) (38 academic hours)

9. March 5 - April 2, 2018; Introduction into Academic Writing; Moscow; Academic Writing Center in Higher School of Economics (24 academic hours)

10. June 18-24, 2018; Summer School for Techers - 2018; Moscow; Publishing House 'Юрайт' (20 academic hours)

Seminars

November 2010; Cambridge Digital Classroom

April 13, 2011; Higher School of Economics (HSE); James Banner; Inter-Cultural Issues. Working in an International Environment

April 13, 2011; British Council, James Banner; What's In nd What's Out in English Usage

April 19, 2011; British Council; Jane Whyatt; The Role of Broadcasters in the UK Media

April 19, 2011; British Council; Anastasia Nesvetaylova; Lessons of the Global Credit Crunch

May 12, 2011; Higher School of Economics (HSE); Neil McClean; EAP. Assessment and Feedback

May 13, 2011; Higher School of Economics (HSE); Neil McClean; Making EAP Classes Subject Specific: Syllabus Design for a Paticular Course

May 31, 2011; British Council; Barry Tomalin; Teaching Culture in Olympic Britain

2011; IELTS and Beyond: Paving the Way to Academic Study; Learning to Speak, Speaking to Learn; Longman Spring School

March 29-31, 2012; E-merging Forum; British Council Moscow

November 12, 2012; Tony Prince (NILE); Intergrating Academic Skills

November 14, 2012; Tony Prince (NILE); Reading Academic Skills

November 14, 2012; Tony Prince (NILE); Writing Academic Skills

December 12; 2012; Martin Hewings; Writing in EAP: Chllenges for Students and Teachersw (and How to Overcome Them)

December 11, 2013; A.Yu. Malafeev (HSE, Nizhniy Novgorod); Computer Software Exercise Maker - Improving Vocabulary and Grammar Skills in English

June 9, 2014; Fast Track to Pearson Digital World; Moscow; Pearson Summer School 2014

June 11, 2014; Intercionnection of Teaching and Control in the Educational Process; Moscow

June 15 - July 5; 2015; Teacher's Way of Working in Distance Courses; Moscow

September 7 - November 15, 2015; Modern Educational Technologies in Theory and Practice of Developing A Foreign Language Course; Moscow; HIgher School of Economics (18 academic hours)

Professional Interests

psycholinguistics translation studies teaching foreign languages for specific purposes

Awards and Accomplishments

Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "Future Professoriate" (2010–2011)

Courses (2024/2025)

English for Asian Studies (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 3 year, 1-4 module)Eng
English for International Affairs & Business (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Economics, field of study International Relations; 3 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Foreign Language (English) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Past Courses

Timetable for today

Full timetable

Conferences

2022
10th European Conference on Language Learning (Великобритания, Лондон). Presentation: Reporting Verbs as Hidden Means of Signposting

2021
Supporting Faculty in Writing for Publication: Best Practices. Presentation: Raising Learners' Awareness of Signposting Intricacies

2020
13th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation. Presentation: Checklists and Rubrics: Do They Really Promote Learning?

2019
54th Linguistics Colloquium 'Linguistic Encoding / Decoding in Global Contexts' (Москва). Presentation: Translating Proper Nouns Used as Other Parts of Speech

2018
IV Международная научно-практическая конференция "Стратегии межкультурной коммуникации в современном мире: язык, образование, культура" (Москва). Presentation: "Исследовательские умения" в сознании студентов / 'Research Skills' as Seen by Students

2017
III Международная научно-практическая конференция "Стратегии межкультурной коммуникации в современном мире: культура, образование, политика" (Москва). Presentation: Развитие академических навыков в рамках курса RS (Research skills) / Developing Academic Skills in Research Skills Course

2016
Translation and the Creative Industries International Conference (Лондон). Presentation: Analysing the Ways to Translate Intertextual Elements in Films: Case Study of Series "Suits"
II Международная научно-практическая конференция «Стратегии межкультурной коммуникации в современном мире: культура, образование, политика» (Москва). Presentation: Мы не умеем писать или мы не умеем думать?
Translation and the Creative Industries International Conference (Лондон). Presentation: Analysing the Ways to Translate Intertextual Elements in Films: Case Study of Series "Suits"
II Международная научно-практическая конференция «Стратегии межкультурной коммуникации в современном мире: культура, образование, политика» (Москва). Presentation: Мы не умеем писать или мы не умеем думать? / We Can't Write or We Can't Reflect?

2015
International Journal Of Arts and Sciences Conference (Вена). Presentation: Integrating Academic Skills Into General English Classes
I международная научно-практическая конференция «Иностранные языки в науке и образовании: проблемы и перспективы» (Москва). Presentation: Влияние процесса изучения иностранного языка на уровень владения родным языком / The Influence of Learning Foreign Languages onto the Level of the Native Language

2013
European Conference on Language Learning (ECLL 2013) (Брайтон). Presentation: Integrating Presentation Skills Into Business English Classes

1. 2006; Moscow; XV International Symposium in Psycholinguistics and Theory of Communication "Communication. Language Consciousness. Communicating People"; paper "Colored Language Consciousness"

2. 2006; Moscow; International Conference Dedicated to 150-year Anniversary of S. Freud "S. Freud's Legacy and Now"; paper "Color Perception in Different Cultures"

3. 2007; Moscow; seminar "Individual's Language: psycholinguistic and cognitive aspects"; paper "Color in Russian and French Institutions"

4. 2007; Moscow; Conference "Burning Issues in Teaching Translation Studies in Universities"; paper "Dictionary Definition vs. Associative Definition"

5. 2009; Moscow; Conference "Burning Issues in Teaching Translation Studies in Universities"; paper "Is it Difficult to Translate Words with Color Semantics?"

6. 2009; Tver; International Conference Dedicted to 80-year Anniversary of Professor A.A. Zalevskaya "Psycholinguistics Horizons"; paper "Color Perception Changes (comparative analysis of associative experiment results of 1997 and 2007)"

7. 2010; Moscow; Conference "Burning Issues inTeqaching Foreign Languages in Non-linguistic Universities"; paper "ICT in Teaching Foreign Languages (exemplified by concordancers and Vocabgrabber)"

8. 2010, Moscow; Conference "Burning Issues in Teaching Translation Studies in Universities"; paper "Ways to Acquire New Knowledge (analysis of Russian and Americam Students' Posts in Global Modules Project)"

9. 2010, Moscow; Conference "Professional Development of a Teacher of Foreign Languages"; paper "Research into Developing a Secondary Linguistic Personality"

10. 2011, Moscow; International Conference "Motivation in Modern World"; paper ICT in Motivating Students to Conduct Independent Research"

11. September 5-7, 2011; London; Sixth International Conference in Developments in Economics Education (DEE); доклад: Setting the Oil Market Right

12. September 12-16, 2011; Berlin; European Conference on Educational Research (ECER 2011); доклад: PromotingCultural Diversity in Higher Education

13. July 2-4, 2012; Barcelona; EDULearn 12: International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies; доклад: Are Today's Young People Politically Aware? (The Analysis of Two International Academic Online Forums)

Employment history

2000-2004 Department of English, Faculty of Foreign Languages in Kaluga State Teacher-Training University named after Konstantin Tsiolkovskiy (changed its name for Kaluga State University named after Konstantin Tsiolkovskiy)

2006- present School of Foreign Languages (earlier - Department of Foreign Langagues, Faculty of World Economy and International Relations) in National Research University "Higher School of Economics" (earlier - State University "Higher School of Economics")

Elena Petrova