Source: https://www.oa.edu.ua/en/departments/en_romance/filol_literature/
Timestamp: 2019-04-21 02:29:11+00:00

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The Department of the English Language and Literature was established as a structural subdivision of the College of Romance and Germanic Languages on February 15, 2006 by the resolution of the Academic Council of the National University of «Ostroh Academy». The staff of the department is comprised of twenty instructors.
The department research topic: «Modern Technologies of Teaching English and Interpretation of World Literature Texts » (state registration number 0109U007881).
The main goal is to form communicative, linguistic and sociocultural competence and positive attitude towards mastering the language and culture of the English-speaking world, form the professional competence by providing knowledge of different methods and ways of learning a foreign language and through involvement in profession-oriented tasks and enhancement of self-awareness, interpersonal and communication skills.
An effective approach towards English language teaching lies in combination of classroom and extracurricular activities. In particular, the Bachelor degree curriculum, apart from English language theory and practical disciplines, consists of such courses as «Practical grammar», «Practical phonetics», «Vocabulary of the English language», «Analytical reading», «Writing for academic purposes» etc. Students can make use of a digital phonetic laboratory, a modern computer class and the Regional Resource Centre for Learning Foreign Languages.
Extra-curricular activities include: the English-Speaking Club monthly meetings (supervisor - Simak Kateryna Vitaliivna), the English-speaking Theatre Club, «Singing group», the Discussion Club.
For MA students «Special course of English language» was conducted by Trishch P.G, Ph D.
The Training centre for international English language certificate «Longman Pearson Tests»(supervisor – Shyriaeva T.M.).
Testing takes place four times a year: in November, December, May and June. Throughout a year meetings with students of different departments and pupils of regional schools are organized with the aim of informing about the centre work and possibility of passing tests.
Students of the college take Pearson Test of English General test – international general English exam for assessment of their English level.
PTE General consists of two parts: written (listening, writing and reading) and oral. The works are checked in Great Britain by qualified examiners. Oral part of examination is checked by certified examiners at Ostroh Academy, who later send the results to Great Britain to be further confirmed.
PTE General is aimed at detailed assessment of participants’ communicative competence and testing of all basic language skills – listening, reading, speaking and writing.
Since 2012, 30 students of the college of Roman and Germanic languages have received PTE General certificates of Advanced and Proficiency level. Pupils of regional schools are getting Intermediate and Upper Intermediate certificates.
The Head of the section of Literature: Zelinska L.V., Ph.D. in Philology.
Complex approach to teaching literature lies in the fact that except of the curriculum activities, students can visit theatrical performances, write reviews and discuss what they have seen or read in Modern Literature Readers Club. The purpose of Club is to develop critical thinking and aesthetic tastes of students. The objects of discussion are works of Ukrainian and Western European literature of the XIX - XXI century, feature films and theater plays.
May - Discussion of the novel of German writer Hermann Hesse "The Glass Bead Game".
International training (internship at the British Council Summer School (Inna V. Piankovska, Serhii A. Tkachuk), internship in the office of the Parliament of Canada (Kateryna V. Simak), Canadian Election Observation Mission to Presidential election 2014 (Kateryna V. Simak (short-term mission translator)), the Canadian Election Observation Mission to Parliament election 2015 (Natalia. V. Lominska (short-term missions translator), Kateryna V. Simak (long-term mission translator)).
Scientific training (ERASMUS MUNDUS (Italy – Oleksandr A. Kononenko, Portugal - Viktoriia M. Burmaka, Oleksandr V. Gorchac), writing a doctoral thesis at the Department of Linguistics of Calgary University (Canada) – Svitlana Yu. Filonik).
Attending and organising national and international seminars.
The Department of the English Language and Literature holds a monthly workshop "New technologies in teaching English" (supervisor - Senior teacher Olha. O. Pelypenko). Its goal is to discuss peculiarities of implementation of modern methods and techniques of teaching English. The main forms of workshops are: round tables, presentations, offsite meetings and master classes.
Methodological workshops are also held in the mode of webinars and in the Skype, which allows viewing and listening to the presentation in the on-line mode and communicating with reporters.
There is also The School for Young Teachers that operates within the methodological workshop of the department.
1. Attending the classes of young teachers with their subsequent analysis.
2. Preparation and presentation of teaching materials at the department meetings.
Open days “Step into Students' shoes”.
Schooling lasts from October to May every school year.
The total curriculum course provides 160 hours: 120 hours of class work and 40 hours of independent work.
Evaluation of the results is attested by the certificates stating the completed course grade. The total score is put down on the basis of the work results throughout the educational process, the results of current modules and the final test.
Sessions are held every Saturday (except of Saturdays that are day-offs and national holidays).
Sessions begin at 10 a.m. and last to 1:25 p.m. (four lessons, 45 minutes each).
Groups are formed according to the level of English proficiency and in accordance with age peculiarities of participants in a course. In general, the age of school participants ranges from 4 to 35. There is a separate group where external independent testing (EIT) training takes place. All Teaching materials were published by Longman Publishing and Oxford University Press (2007 – 2012, 2007 – 2012 years of publishing).

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