Before taking up a teaching position in the Academy she taught in schools and higher education establishments while completing a PhD program in Linguistics. Svitlana has written and published on issues related to cognitive explorations of language and linguistics, text linguistics and discourse analysis, lingua-cultural aspects of human communication, English for Specific Purposes, and use of computers, video, audio in EFL classes. She is the President of TESOL-Ukraine and also serves on the editorial board of the TESOL-Ukraine Newsletter.