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Representative of the Department of Germanic Philology adopts international experience

A novelty from the UK Government, namely the introduction of the International Qualified Teacher Status (iQTS), has given Olha Shumenko (an associate professor of the Department of Germanic Philology) an opportunity to become a candidate for the International Qualified Teacher Status certificate. It is positioned as a way to obtain high-quality international teacher education. The IQTS meets the standards of the International Education Strategy, providing thorough and qualified training for British and Ukrainian teachers. It reviews available ways and methods to maintain and improve the quality of educational services in extreme conditions. Candidates for the iQTS have an opportunity to study locally (at their place of residence or work) without visiting England.

Hot debate

The event, which took place during the faculty week and brought together students and teachers, was called "Hot Debate". The comic debate format, proposed by the student government, was used for the first time this year. However, department representatives eagerly responded to the student initiative. Teams of teachers and students were drawn by lot to determine whether they would have to be the "defense" or the "opposing" side.

Easter atmosphere in German

The first-year Philology students began to master the basics of the German language in the spring semester. Immediately, they became interested in this process. Education seekers visited the Goethe Institut's German speaking club online.

Department lecturer in the THEA Ukraine X program

On 25-28 March 2024, the third wave of the international project THEA Ukraine X took place. It was supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the University of Applied Sciences Munster. Among the project participants is Alla Krasulia (a senior lecturer at the Department of Germanic Philology of Sumy State University).

Conference "Educational process: The students' perspective"

On 27 March 2024, the online conference "Educational Process: The students' perspective" was held at Sumy State University. The event was attended by students of various courses and specialties of the IFSK faculty, the dean Olena SUSHKOVA,  department heads, teachers.

A future interpreter on the sleep guard

Kateryna Haivoronska, a third-year Philology student (PR-11), took part in the workshop "PedSmart Sleep" as an interpreter from German into Ukrainian and from Ukrainian into German. This event was for physicians and everyone interested in sleep problems, considering the psycho-traumatic impact of the ongoing war.

Poetry Week at the Department of Germanic Philology

Anna Zinchenko (a lecturer at the Department of Germanic Philology) together with Philology students implemented a creative poetry project "I", It consisted of two parts: creation of a poetic work and experiments with visual forms of presentation. The project aimed not only to introduce students to a poetic work. They also tried to express themselves through it in other languages (English and German). Thematically, the project focused on self-identification and self-analysis. Students tried to find answers to important personal questions and express them by experimenting with the visual representation of poetry.

All-Ukrainian English Olympiad

In March 2024, the second stage of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in academic subjects among students of vocational education institutions in 2023-2024 was held in eight academic subjects, including foreign languages.  The event was aimed at identifying, supporting and developing the creative potential of students, as well as preparing them for final examinations.

The stakeholder and owner of the Study and Go School met philology students

On 12 March 2024, the Travel Office (under the guidance of Olena Nazarenko) organized an exciting online event for philology students. The guest was Valeriia Holovanova (a department graduate, stakeholder and owner of the Study and Go School). She shared her study experience and useful advice with the students.

Results of "Alter Ego-2023"

On 15 March 2024, Sumy State University hosted an awarding ceremony for the winners of the poetry translation contest "Alter Ego". It was held by the Department of Germanic Philology at Sumy State University. Winners were determined in 4 nominations, namely: poems in Ukrainian, poetic translations from English and German, poems in English or German. It should be noted that this year more than 145 works were sent to the competition by authors – students and pupils from all corners of Ukraine (from Prykarpattia to Slobozhanshchyna).
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Shvachko Svitlana

Academician of the Ukrainian Higher School Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Philology, Professor of the Department of Germanic Philology

 

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Member of the specialized Scientific Councils in Kharkiv State University, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, member of the editorial boards (The Visnyk of Sumy State Univeristy, Kharkiv National University, Kyiv National Linguistic University, European University)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education:

1956 – graduation from the Institute of Foreign Languages, Horlivka.

Defended theses:

  • PhD thesis: "Evolution and functioning of measure and weight words in the English language" (1971);
  • Doctoral thesis: "English numerals and their states in the lexico-semantic field of quantity" (1982).

Professional career

  • 1957-1974 – lecturer, the Department of English Language, Horlivka Pedagogical Institute;
  • 1975-1988 – lecturer, the Department of English Language, Sumy Pedagogical Institute;
  • 1990-1995 – Head of the Department of English Language, Sumy Pedagogical Institute;
  • 1995-2000 – Head of the Translation Department of Sumy State University;
  • 2000-2008 – senior lecturer, the Department of Translation Theory and Practice of Sumy State University;
  • 2008-2015 – Head of the Department of Translation Theory and Practice of Sumy State University. Professor Shvachko S.O. headed this department till 2015.
  • Now she is Professor at the Department of Germanic Philology.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Theory of translation;
  • Stylistics of the English language;
  • Special course: Linquoculturology of Great Britain and the USA;
  • Special course: Fundamentals of text linguistic theory and communication;
  • Translation teaching methods, foreign language teaching methods, psycholinguistics, translation studies;
  • The category of quantity in distant languages,
  • Typological aspects;
  • Category of texts:
  • Metalanguage of translation;
  • Integration of the verbal and  body language in translation;
  • The naive and scientific picture of the language.

Svitlana Shvachko has supervised 12 PhD theses and has over 470 scientific, educational and methodological publications.

 

Membership:

  • Ukrainian Association of Cognitive Linguistics and Poetics;
  • Ukrainischer Deutschlehrer- und Germanistenverband;
  • Thesis Committee for defending PhD theses (Public Registration Number 01114010009) at V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University);
  • Academic Board of the School of Foreign Philology and Social Communications, Sumy State University;
  • Editorial Board of professional scientific journals, (Philological Tractates of Sumy State University);
  • Organizing Committee of the annual Ukrainian and international conferences held at the School of Foreign Languages, Sumy State University;
  • Head of the Annual Ukrainian Students’ Scientific Conference "Translation Innovations" and the Editor-in-Chief of the compendium of abstracts of the reports presented there.

Awards:

  • Honored Educator of Ukraine, 2005;
  • The title of «Woman of the Year» of American Bibliographic Institute, 2005;
  • Diploma of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, 2008;
  • Honorary Diploma of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, 2010;
  • Silver Diploma  of Open European-Asian Research Analytical Championship in London, 2014;
  • Diploma Sophist of National Research Analytical Championship in London, 2014;
  • Bronze Diploma of National Research Analytical Championship of Ukraine, 2015.

Teaching:

  • Methodology of training future translator/interpreters;
  • Scientific research methods in the fields of translation methodology and foreign language teaching;
  • Translation studies;
  • Translation of English-language patterns into Ukrainian;
  • Translation and interpreting practice;
  • Stylistics of the English language;
  • English oral and written communication practice.

Training:

S.O. Shvachko trained in the United Kingdom and the USA. She is an honorary member of the Theodore Roosevelt School (San Antonio, Texas). She was nominated twice (by American Bibliographic Institute) as the Woman of the Year.

In 2012, she had an internship at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University.

 

MAIN SCIENTIFIC WORKS:

Monographs:

Shvachko S.O Radiance of forgotten words. Sumy: Sumy State University, 2012. 107 p. URL: http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/30178.

Shvachko S.O The epidigmatic modus of quantitative English units. Palmarium Academic Publishing, 2014. 74 p. URL: http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/37310.

Shvachko S.O Teaching to study translation. Sumy: Sumy State University, 2015. 215 p. URL: http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/42327.

 

Co-authored monographs:

Shvachko S.A. Linguistic and cognitive aspects of the problem NOTHING vs SOMETHING. Modern Linguistics and the Study of Mentality in the Twenty-First Century: collective monograph. Kyiv: Publishing House of D. Burago, 2014. Series "Concept and lingual worlds", Issue 5. P. 349-364. URL: http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/34461.

Recent scientific works:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svitlana_Oleksiivna_Shvachko

 

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