Ivanova, Lilia, Ph.D., has been teaching at Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia since 1988. Her scholarly books and articles deal with the issues related to EFL methodology and teacher training for primary school, in particular. Her main concerns have concentrated on
Joensuu University in
a, Margarita, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at Herzen State professional competencies of the primary school teacher when activity-based approach is used in the foreign language classroom as well as language testing and the development of the teacher made tests to meet the requirements of the Russian National Exam for the secondary school.
Kantelinen, Ritva, Ph.D., works as Professor of Education, in particular Foreign Language Education at
Finland. She is also a docent of Applied Linguistics, Vocational and Professional Language Education at Jyväskylä University. Her research interests and publications have focused on language education in the contexts of vocationally oriented language teaching and learning. She is participating in national and international projects aiming at research-based development of teacher education in general and language teacher education and language education especially.
Kiselev
Pedagogical University of Russia where she has been teaching English since 2003, she also has been teaching English at primary school since 1995. The area of her research is mainly focused on methodology of teaching English using IT technologies and intercultural telecommunication in the foreign language classroom.
Malkina, Natalia, (Candidate of Pedagogical Science in Methods of FL teaching) graduated from Leningrad (Saint-Petersburg) State University in 1983 and has been working in foreign language education since then.
In 1996 she defended her doctoral thesis in EFL Methodology on the topic “The use of authentic English language stories in developing oral language skills to pre-school children learning English as a foreign
language “ and was awarded the research degree of Candidate of Pedagogical Science (Russian equivalent of PHD).
Her major publications have concentrated on teaching EFL for young
on English Children’s iterature since 1995. Her scholarly books and articles have been
for the textbook “English through the tale”, 006.
learners. Her other scholarly interests include the use of ICT in language teaching, Teaching Culture, Intercultural Communication and Didactic Multilingualism.
Malova, Olga, Ph.D., an Associate Professor at Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, has been teaching courses on Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages and
L
focused on English Language Teaching (ELT) to Young Learners. She is the author of Introductory Course of English in Primary School: My First English Lessons, a textbook for beginners.
Ostapenko, Kira, PhD, is from Saint-Petersburg. She is an Associate Professor at Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia where she has been teaching courses on Methods of English Language Teaching. Her scholarly books and articles are focused on using authentic literature in primary English language teaching. Recipient of the honorary diploma of the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia Exhibition of Research Achievements
2
Perho, Kaija, Ph.D., has graduated from the University of Helsinki majoring in Russian language and literature. The topic of her Master's thesis was “The Euphemisms in Russian Language” (1974). She has worked at the University of Joensuu at the Department of Foreign Languages in 1974-1976, since 1976 at the Teacher Training School of the University as a teacher of Russian. The topic of the Master's degree in Education was “The Teaching of Russian to Children in Kindergartens with Russian Language” (1988). Ms Perho has worked as a researcher at the Department of Applied Education (1989-1991, 1999-2001). Her doctoral dissertation in education was on “The Essays in Russian Language in Matriculation Examination: The Level of Thinking of Finnish Upper Secondary School Students” (1993). Her
research work has also been focused on two-dimensional content language learning at Finnish-Russian School of Eastern Finland (1999).
Pogosian, Victoria, Ph.D., has been Head of the Department of odern Languages for Young Learners at Herzen State Pedagogical
and Comparative Linguistics.
which she has participated was on mixed ability teaching and dividualised learning.
ate Pedagogical University, St.Petersburg (2007). She has een teaching English, English Literature and Translation at Narva
eaching English in ulticultural and multilingual classes. She is responsible for teacher training practice in Narva College and has conducted a number of M
University of Russia since 1994. Her research is mainly concentrated on the issues of cross-cultural communication, training teachers of foreign languages, modern technologies of teaching foreign languages. At present she gives courses to graduate students on Cross-cultural Communication
Pollari, Pirkko, Phil.Lic., is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Joensuu University in Finland. She is specialized in foreign language teaching (FLT) methodology. Her main responsibilities include lecturing and tutoring language teacher students at pre-service level. Pollari’s research concentrates on information and communication technology (ICT) in foreign language learning and teaching. Her research interests also include multi-modal FLT in non-formal adult education. She has taken part in various foreign language teaching projects promoting the use of ICT. The most recent European project in
in
Raud, Nina, Dr., born in 1960, holds Master’s degree from Saratov State University in Philology, English Language Teaching and Translation (1983) and Candidate of Sciences (PhD) in Philology from Herzen St
b
College of the University of Tartu since 1999. She specializes in English and American Literature, Translation, Second Language Acquisition, and ESL teaching. The field of her research covers the issues of literary studies and teaching of ESL in multicultural and multilingual environment. Her scholarly articles have concentrated on literary studies and poetic text analysis as well as on t
m
methodological seminars for teachers in Estonia, Italy, Holland and Slovakia. The seminars considered some aspects of assessment, cooperative work and experiential teaching. She actively participated in academic conferences in Bulgaria, Italy, Russia and Estonia.
Savolainen, Katri, Ph.D., has been teaching pedagogy of mother tongue and literature in the Faculty of Education at the University of Joensuu since 1978. Her scholarly books and articles have concentrated on linguistics and especially the pedagogy of Finnish language as
other tongue.
ergarten and primary school. At Herzen State edagogical University of Russia she teaches English and ELT. For more than ten years she has been participating in organizing student teaching and field experience for pre-service primary school English teachers.
Sokka-Meaney, Eija Liisa, M.Ed, is a teacher (a lecturer) at the Joensuu University Teacher Training School since 1981. Her special interests in foreign language teaching are young learners and CLIL teaching. She has taken part in several language learning projects and international projects.
Vorontsova, Yekaterina, PhD, is Associate Professor at Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia where she has been teaching Methods of Teaching English since 1992. Her special interest is researching and developing new technologies for the young learners. She is the author of several techniques and books used by many primary school and kindergarten teachers of English in Saint Petersburg.
m
Selivanovskaya Olga, Dr., has been teaching as Associate Professor at Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia since 1992. She got her Ph.D. in 1998. Her scholarly books and articles have concentrated on teaching English to primary schoolchildren and on training pre-service primary school English teachers. She has her own experience as an English teacher at kind
P
Vronskaja, Irina, Dr., has been teaching Methods of Teaching English to Young Learners at Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia since 1998. Her research is centred on different teaching techniques including children’s activities combined in a practical system for the application in the classroom. The instructional materials developed by Dr. Vronskaya are presented in her book “105 English Lessons for Kids” (2006) the third edition of which was published in 2006. She is also the author of a series of articles in the Russian National journal for preschool educators Preschool Education.
Zavrazhina, Elena, Ph.D., associate professor of linguistics, has been teaching English phonetics at the Institute of Childhood, Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Saint Petersburg, since 1989. Her scholarly books and articles have concentrated on teaching English phonetics. Finnish Phonetics has been the subject of her special interest since 2004 when she took a course in the Finnish Language at the University of Helsinki.