Department of Foreign Languages and Translation Studies
The Department of Foreign Languages and Translation Studies is included in the Institute of Psychology and Social Protection of LSULS. The department prepares professionals of bachelor's and master's degree in 035 "Philology".
Skills gained by the students: Simultaneous and consecutive interpreting of conferences, international meetings and trainings; written translation of business correspondence, accompanying documentation, terminology; learning ethical and rhetorical norms of intercultural communication; use of the latest information and communication technologies in professional activities.
The task of the department is to prepare translation specialists (English-Ukrainian translation and interpreting), which fully meets the high international requirements.
History of the department:
The history of the Department of Foreign Languages and Translation Studies dates back to 2008. In 2012 it was reorganized into the Department of Technical Translation, which became the graduating department. And in 2017 the department was called "Foreign Languages and Translation".
At the stage of origin of the department was headed by prof. Bohdan SHUNEVYCH, in 2016 the head of the department became prof. Oleh TYSHCHENKO.
In September 2012, the first enrollment of students (12 people) in the specialty "Philology" was licensed and carried out on the basis of the department. Every year the number of admission students grows. In September 2021, the ninth enrollment (81 people) was held in the specialty 035 "Philology" (under the educational-professional program "Translation from English" for bachelors and "Translation (English)" for masters).
Currently, the Department of Foreign Languages and Translation Studies is one of the most numerous departments of the university in terms of the number of students and the number of research and teaching staff.
Research and teaching staff:
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Head of Department Oleh TYSHCHENKO Doctor of Sciences (Philology), Professor |
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Deputy Head of Department Mariia MALANIUK Senior Lecturer |
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Professor of the Department Oksana BABELIUK Doctor of Sciences (Philology), Professor |
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Associate Professor of the Department Oleksandra PALCHEVSKA Сandidate of Sciences (Philology), Associate Professor |
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Associate Professor of the Department Mariia IVANCHENKO Сandidate of Sciences (Philology), Associate Professor |
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Senior Lecturer of the Department Iryna POPKO
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Lecturer of the Department Petro HUBYCH
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Lecturer of the Department Nataliia OMELCHENKO |
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Lecturer of the Department Halyna BENKEVYCH |
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Lecturer of the Department Nataliia LOTOTSKA |
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Lecturer of the Department Nataliia IVANYSHYN |
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Lecturer of the Department Natalia SVYDNYTSKA-ILKIV |
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Lecturer of the Department Mariia ZAVARYNSKA |
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Lecturer of the Department Anna MARMULIAK |
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Lecturer of the Department Orysia BADIUK |
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Lecturer of the Department Ivanna BARNYCH |
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Lecturer of the Department Oksana PYLYPETS |
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Lecturer of the Department Maryna STEPANIUK |
Courses are taught at the department:
Scientific-methodical work of the department:
The scientific and methodological experience of the Department was studied by
- In 2012: Associate Professors Y. Zavgorodnev (Ivan Franko Lviv National University ), L. Bordyuk ( Lviv PolytechnicNational University ), senior lecturers O. Musiyovs'ka (Ukrainian Academy of Printing), N. Dyachuk, I. Shapovalova, A. Samotheya (Lviv Polytechnic National University), Gvozdetsky (Lviv Branch of the European University), M. Ishchuk, V. Goltvyan (Lviv Polytechnic National University).
- In 2013 - Associate Professor G. Kost (Ivan Franko Lviv National University ), I. Voloshina (East Ukrainian National University named after Lesya Ukrainka);
- In 2014 - Assistant Professor G. Pristay (Ivan Franko Drohobych State University), assistants M. Haiduk, M. Denisyuk, Z. Levyk (Lviv PolytechnicNational University).
The teachers of our Department improved their practice at Ivan Franko Lviv National University, Hetman Petro Sagaidachny National Army Academy, Lviv State University of Internal Affairs and other universities.
Senior Lecturer of the Department Iryna Popko participated in the Internship at the International French Language and Pedagogy Courses in Rochefort, French Republic, within the framework of the program "Teaching French for Law Enforcement and Civil Protection in the 2015-2016 academic year".
Material-technical base:
The Head of Department and the teaching stuff are provided with separate offices equipped with proper workplaces and the necessary technical base (computers, printers, scanners, multimedia projectors).
Classes with cadets, students and postgraduate students (adjuncts) are held in specialized classrooms with the possibility of ICT using (Laboratory of Distance Learning; Laboratory of Combined Learning).
Areas of research:
During the active European integration processes and in the context of modern tasks of state formation, the Department of Foreign Languages and Translation Studies of LSULS sets the following priority tasks of scientific activity:
• improving the quality and efficiency of intercultural communication, research, analysis and implementation of modern European educational models of training (translators, guides, speakers, researchers, teachers, linguists, etc.);
• providing effective and high-quality at all levels of modern educational and methodological complexes, textbooks, educational platforms, Moodle, electronic dictionaries and other multimedia software products;
• basic and applied research in Germanic and Roman languages, history and methods of teaching and learning in full-time, computer, distance and blended learning, theory and methods of vocational education, theory and methods of education, foreign literature, and general linguistics.
Research and teaching staff of the department are actively involved in these research areas, as a result of which over the past 5 years published more than a dozen scientific papers in periodicals indexed in the International scientometric databases Scopus and WebOfSciense. (read more at the link)
Significant assistance in conducting research is that teachers participate in various national and international projects, cooperate with related Ukrainian and foreign educational institutions and organizations that study the possibilities of applying new technologies in educational institutions.
Among our international partners are:
Erasmus + UA
Alliance Française of Lviv
French Embassy in Ukraine
British multinational publishing and educational company Pearson PLC
Oxford University Press
Fulbright Program in Ukraine
Kingston University, London
Higher School of Occupational Safety and Health Management in Katowice
Polonia Academy in Czestochowa
Among Ukrainian scientific partners:
Lviv city council
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Hryhoriy Skovoroda University in Pereyaslav
National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
TEAMVOY software company
Ukrainian Association of Translators
Translation Agency "Azbuka svitu"
Scientific and pedagogical staff of the department, in particular the head of the department, Ph.D., Professor Oleh TYSCHENKO, Ph.D., Professor Oksana BABELIUK, Ph.D., Associate Professor Mariia IVANCHENKO, Ph.D. Oleksandra PALCHEVSKA are current members of the Academic Council of the Institute of Psychology and Social Protection. In September 2021, the department joined scientist Tetiana BOTVYN, Ph.D, 035 Philology.
Under the supervision of Professor Oleh TYSHCHENKO, 13 PhD theses were defended, including 1 dissertation (M.Barańskie's doctorate "Przezwiska w jezyku rosyjskim i polskim w ujęciu strukturalno-semantycznym i pragmatycznym", Lublin, 2011) II; under the guidance of Professor Oksana Babelyuk 3 PhD theses and one doctoral dissertation Marchyshyna AA "Gender identity in English postmodern discourse: socio-cultural and linguopoetic aspects (based on scientific, journalistic and artistic texts)"; under the supervision of associate professor Oleksandra PALCHEVSKA - 1 candidate's dissertation.
Teachers of the department conduct dissertation research: Iryna POPKO (Posgraduate student of Lviv State University of Life Safety), Halyna BENKEVYCH, (graduate student of Ivan Franko Lviv National University), Nataliia LOTOTSKA (Lviv Polytechnic National University), associate professor Oleksandra PALCHEVSKA and others: Maria MALANIUK, Petro HUBYCH conduct research on technical translation under the guidance of prof. Oleh TYSHCHENKO.
Science students and cadets:
Under the guidance of teachers of the department students take an active part in scientific and practical conferences and workshops. Our students received diplomas and awards for successful achievements.
2019 - participation in "Law. Communication. Society "at Lviv State University (Yaryna Zanovyak" Overheating - its harmful effect and means of effective protection ")
May 20, 2020 - participation of students of philology of Lviv State University of Life Safety in an online conference at the Faculty of Ukrainian Philology of Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University, where reports of students Maria Fedak "Verbal and nonverbal means of political advertising (in English and Ukrainian)" Scientific adviser Ph.D., Assoc. Palchevska O; Andriana Kovalchuk "Structural and semantic features of management terminology", supervisor Ph.D., Assoc. Palchevska O; Natalia Kapitula "Terminology of Security and Defense of English and Polish Languages in the Structural and Semantic Dimension" Supervisor Hubych P.
November 9, 2020 - participation in the Interuniversity Scientific Seminar "Language - the border of national security", where Sandyga Karina spoke "Word and music of the Ukrainian Baroque in the works of Taras Kompanichenko and" Cossack Choir "; Polishchuk Alina "What is language schizophrenia and how to deal with it?"; Konevshchyna Kateryna "Language situation in Odessa"; Zaryan's Hare "First was the Word".
May 2021 - participation in the VI All-Ukrainian scientific-practical conference of students, graduate students and young scientists "LANGUAGE SPACE OF THE SLAVIC WORLD (Slavic-Germanic, Slavic-Romance, Slavic-Turkic contacts)" (Antonina Boyarska, Kateryna Kravs, Yana Melnyk, Maria Tril, Natalia Ugleva).
May 7, 2021 - II International Conference "Professional languages and innovative approaches to their teaching" (online format of the meeting), speaker Tatiana Pundyk "Translation of proper names in Ukrainian folk tales".
May 19, 2021 - II International Interdisciplinary Scientific and Practical Conference "Language, Business and Law, Intercultural Communication: Challenges of the Present", speaker Tatiana Pundyk "Structural and semantic features of criminal's terms".
May 21, 2021 - participation of students of the Department in the VI All-Ukrainian scientific-practical conference, which was also attended by students of the National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", Ukrainian Catholic University, National University "Lviv Polytechnic", Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University.
Our students publish their research papers:
scientific collection "Intercultural Communication and Translation Studies: Points of Contact and Prospects for Development" of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky University of Hryhoriy Skovoroda (Yaryna Zanovyak)
collection of scientific works of Rivne State University for the Humanities "Linguistic Studies of Young Researchers" (Antonina Boyarska "Phraseology of Ukrainian and English with the component STUPID / FOOL", Kateryna Kravs "Structural and semantic features of terms in the English dialect language ", Maria Trill Classification of biblical phraseology and biblical phraseology in drama", Natalia Ugleva "Lexical and semantic features of the translation of the names of priests in Ukrainian and English").
Students improve the process of mastering foreign languages at international educational organizations, such as: Goete Institut, Callan accredited school, European Language School; Cambridge University, University of California, Arizona State University, Irvine Division of Continuing; East Carolina University, University of Łódz, PARTNERSHIP.
Students actively participate in various courses, projects, trainings, webinars to improve the skills of foreign languages studied:
English (Diana Rudkovska “Advanced English”, Kateryna Babenko, Olga Levkiv “Green Forest”, Maria Kovba “English Up!”, Alina Polishchuk “Euroclub”, “English Language Dynamics Course” Alina Polishchuk, Victoria Kokhman, Tatiana Dutko, Victoria Dudyak , Vira Saik “Grammar and Punctuation”, Marta Solodka “ZNO Survival Kit”, Tetyana Shchadylo “Managing the teaching and learning process”, “Language and background to language learning and teaching”; Sofia Chir “Youth Speak Forum Lviv”, Victoria Kohman (GoIT English HTML, Olga Levkiv “Global Understanding”, Maria Kovba “Teach English now!”)
During the summer holidays of 2021, with the assistance of the Department of Foreign Languages and Translation Studies, students of LSULS specialty 035 "Philology" took part in the Summer School of Polish Language and Culture at State Universities of the Republic of Poland, organized and funded by NAWA (Polish National Agency) as academic exchange. In July 2021, Anastasia Bodnar, Maryana Vovk, Maria Kulyk and Sofia Chir successfully completed the B1 Summer Course. In August, Sofiia Smagalo, Anna Kinzdrava and Sofiia Zmysla successfully completed the Summer Polish Language School course organized by the Polish Language Center for Foreigners at the University of Łódz.Thanks to the Summer School, future translators were able to improve their knowledge of the Polish language, learn about the latest methods of teaching a foreign language and improve communication skills with peers from around the world.
Students of the department improve their translation skills:
All-Ukrainian competition of translators "LVIV EUROPEAN 2021" (Kateryna Sabenko, Maryana Beshley, Maryana Vovk, Olga Dyakiv, Solomiya Gorbach, Sofia Zmysla, Khrystyna Bohutska)
online course of literature translation from "Litosvita" (Tetiana Shchadylo), online course of Irina Lebedeva on Cat-tools "I can translate" (Tetiana Shchadilo); summer translation school "Translation in the world of technology" (Tetiana Shchadylo), training courses "UKRO The Road Traffic Collision Instructor Course" (Tetiana Shchadylo).
Students are systematically involved in extracurricular translation activities. Thus, Tetiana Shchadylo translated an educational book by the British writer Isabel Thomas as part of her extracurricular activities. The book was published by Staryi Lev Publishing House and is available in bookstores.
In addition, students participate in international competitions: Jacyk contest (Vasylyokha Zoryana, Denys Anastasia); competition named after T. Shevchenko (Sysun Roksolana, Sklyarova Liana).
Students also increase the level of their pedagogical skills:
course on the basics of preschool education and early development on the basis of SSC "Knowledge Workshop" (Sofia Chyr)
participation in the all-Ukrainian practical online conference "Development of professional competence of teachers in the conditions of change", "Profi-center" agency (Kateryna Kravs)
pedagogical trainings at the St. Sophia Gymnasium School (Nadiia Salamin)
training course "Teaching English by KALLAN method", "Profi-Center" agency (Anastasia Bohun)
In April 2019, students together with teachers of the department visited the International Congress "Smart Society" in Czestochowa (Poland) and participated in sectional meetings on "Strategies of intercultural communication in language education of modern universities."
In the second half of 2021, the University is planning academic mobility under Erasmus +: Kingston University London - 10 people and the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences - 2 people (two students from the Department of Foreign Languages and Translation Studies plan to go to Kingston University to study for 4 months and gain international experience).
Every year the teachers of the department hold an Olympiad for the best knowledge of foreign languages by cadets and students. The purpose of the Olympiad is to deepen knowledge of a foreign language; study of grammatical features of the English language; the ability of cadets and students to express their opinions in a foreign language; understanding of English texts in the specialty.
Scientific works of students of the department are presented at various competitions of scientific works. Thus, under the guidance of Associate Professor Oleksandra Palchevska, Philology students won prizes (All-Ukrainian competition of student research papers in Translation), which was attended by Lilyana TRYHUBENKO (March 2019), Tetiana GOLOBORODA (April 2020)
Students of our department have successfully established themselves as practical translators at international trainings within the EU-CHEM-REACT project. The EU-CHEM-REACT project between LSULS and EU countries is an international consortium represented by government, industry, civil society, including voluntary fire services and academia from Belarus, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland and Ukraine, as well as international institutions, including the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the OPCW. Among the goals of such projects is to absorb cross-border cooperation between Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus and EU countries in the field of civil protection.
Informal meetings are held at the university in the context of career guidance of higher education seekers. In September 2021, a meeting of higher education students majoring in 035 "Philology" was held with a stakeholder and a potential employer - the IT company Teamvoy. During this meeting, our partners Taras Voitovych and Anastasia Lenchynska spoke about the specifics of the work of translators in the IT industry, because translation for IT companies is one of the most promising areas in the Lviv region.
Cultural events, entertainment:
Students had the opportunity to visit the performances at Opera House, M. Zankovetskaya drama theatre, Teatr Lesi, also visit the Territory of Terror, Solomiya Krushelnytska museum etc.
Our students do not fall behind in humor, creativity and ingenuity! Freshmen of the Department of Foreign Languages and Translation Studies became the winners of the university team competitions KVN (2019), receiving the highest marks of judges!
Curators conduct thematic conversations with students on moral and ethical topics:
Quarantine is not a reason to be sad! Living in a pandemic, general rules of conduct, interesting ideas for self-development and a selection of useful links for meaningful leisure at home.
International Day of the Elderly. Educational lesson "Gray hair on the temples - wisdom in the eyes." Ways to express respect and esteem for the elderly. Love and tolerance in the family for grandparents.
International Doctor's Day. The importance of the medical profession in the difficult times of the Covid-19 pandemic. General rules of conduct and rules of hygiene in quarantine.
Day of the Ukrainian Cossacks. Day of the Defender of Ukraine. Formation of the Ukrainian army during the Ukraine - Russian war. Honoring the Heroes of Ukraine. Greetings to the guys in our group.
This is an important project - ways to develop tolerance for people with inclusion.
"Tell people, why not at the wrong time - the slope of the Holodomor shook us" - a terrible tragedy of 32-33 years - the truth about the Holodomor in Ukraine.
Also, the department constantly hosts events with the participation of foreign guests and on the basis of modern European practices. In particular, for the last 2019 and 2020, meetings, openhouses and ice-breakers were held on the following topics:
Openhouse «A practical lesson of simultaneous translation with the participation of a foreign guest Alex Pandian. / Open house of simultaneous translation with the participation of foreign guest Alex Pandian.
Openhouse «Meeting with a representative of the Study Abroad Program of the Comoros Islands Azgar Muhammad (Union des Comores) / Meeting with a representative of the international exchange programs of the Comoros Islands Azgar Muhammad.
«Ice-breaker activities dedicated to St. Valentines Day ”Ice breaker for students of the department on the theme" Valentine's Day "
«The requiem class dedicated to the commemoration of the victims of the Heavenly Hundred during the Revolution of Dignity, 2014 /
Project class “Internation Women’s Day” / project of students of the department on the topic “International Women’s Day”
Activity class “Day of the Ukrainian Cossacks. Day of Ukrainian Army. Formation of the new Ukrainian army during the Ukraine - Russian War. Honoring the Heroes of Ukraine. / Educational and patriotic class "Day of the Ukrainian Cossacks. Day of the Defender of Ukraine. Formation of the Ukrainian army during the Ukraine - Russian war. Honoring the Heroes of Ukraine "
The department constantly encourages students, cadets and associate professors to participate in various types of events in the atmosphere of the English language and according to the standards of modern European practices.
Scientific research work:
Since the Department was found (2008), the staff of the department has been replenished with two doctors of sciences (Tyshchenko O.V. and Shunevych B.I.), nine candidates of sciences (Vovchasta N.Ya., Didukh L.I., Demyanchuk Yu.I., Drobit I.M., Onyshchuk M.I., Pastuushuk H.O., Palchevska O.S., Rak N.V. and Trachenko O.M.). In addition, five teachers conduct scientific research (Popko IA, Benkevich G.A, Demydiak I.R., Dovbush O.R., Koval S.R, Omelchenko N.A.). Doctor of Sciences (Philology), Professor Andreychuk N.I., Associate Professor Voytyuk S.M. and director of the translation agency Linguistic Center® Struk T.V. work part-time at the Department.
The Department staff is working on the multilingual terminology dictionaries in the field of emergencies, transport technologies, psychology. The scientific work of the Department staff is dedicated to the actual problems of studying foreign languages in higher educational institutions of the SES of Ukraine.
The Department developed 17 distance English, German and French courses for cadets and students of the first, second, fifth year of study and adjuncts, as well as 14 DC for specialty "Philology".
Lecturers of the Department take part in international, Ukrainian, inter-university and university conferences and seminars. In cooperation with other domestic and foreign educational institutions the 4-th and the 5-th international scientific-practical conferences "Linguistic Problems and Innovative Approaches to Teaching Foreign Languages in Higher Educational Institutions " were held on the basis of LSULS (October 2010 and April 2012 respectively), as well as the 3-rd International Scientific and Practical Conference "Ethno, Language and Culture: Past, Present, Future ( May 2016 (Lviv-Lublin).
Annually, lecturers of the department conduct olympiads for better knowledge of foreign languages. Under the guidance of lecturers, cadets and students take part in university scientific and practical conferences on humanitarian issues (in their native language), as well as inter-university conferences (in foreign languages), which are annually held at the Lviv State University of Internal Affairs.
On the basis of the department the seminars "Theory and practice of literary and military translation", and "Scientific seminar for foreign language teachers of Ukrainian educational institutions" are held.
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