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TATIANA MASLOVA

TATIANA MASLOVA

Senior Lecturer
Coordinator for scientific and methodological support of the educational process
Coordinator of foreign language training of FEA students

Professional activity

Tatiana Maslova graduated with honours from the National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, Faculty of Linguistics, and got the qualification of interpreter and translator, English and German language teacher.

Tatiana Maslova works at the Department of English for Engineering#1 of the Faculty of Linguistics, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. She is in charge of running ESP language courses at the Faculty of Electric Power Engineering and Automatics.

Tatiana Maslova delivers English language courses to the students doing for their Bachelor’s and Master’s degree, and trains them to participate in All-Ukrainian English language contests, to present reports on speciality-related topics at international conferences, to defend diploma projects and write research papers in English.

She develops the syllabus for ESP courses tailored for students specialized in power engineering, electrical engineering and electromechanics, and is the author of a number of specialist coursebooks, e.g. “Electrical power networks and systems. Operation modes of open networks” textbook.

Tatiana Maslova is a member of the “Multimedia and e-library of teaching resources” workgroup. Since 2016 she has been an Assessment Board Member to certify B2 English language level required to participate in academic exchange programmes. In 2020 she was appointed the person responsible for methodology aspects of the teaching activity at Department of English for Engineering#1.

In addition to the national diploma of English language teacher, Tatiana Maslova holds internationally recognised qualifications, including CELTA, First Certificate for Teachers of Business English (FTBE), and IH Certificate in Online Tutoring.

Tatiana Maslova is a full member of the international associations of English language teachers, such as IATEFL-Ukraine, TESOL-Ukraine, UALTA, and Ukrainian Educational Research Association (UERA). She frequently attends training sessions and seminars, webinars, professional development courses, e.g. “Making the best use of Google for Education in the classroom” (UIITE), “Professional Development for Teacher Trainer” (Arizona State University/ Bureau of Press, Education and Culture Affairs of USA Embassy in Ukraine), “Contemporary English and British Culture”online course (Bell Teacher Academy), teacher professional development course “Academic English for Global Audience” at Kyiv National Linguistic University, academic training of “Publishing and project activity in the European Union countries” at Prague Institute for Qualification Enhancement, etc.

Professional development

  • 20-24 June 2022 – Lancaster Summer Schools in Corpus Linguistics 2022 (Lancaster University, UK).
  • April-June 2022 – Erasmus+ programme "Sustainable language education and media: bridging the gap between EU-Ukraine” (SLEMBG), Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Module
  • January-February 2022 – IATEFL BESIG “Designing Materials for Business English” course
  • September 2021 – “Technology for Learning Outcomes” intensive course offered by MOCAT Project, Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange)
  • February-May 2021 – “Testing and Assessment for Effective Foreign Language Learning” online course (UALTA, Institute of Philology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv)
  • February-April 2021 – IH Certificate in Online Tutoring (International House World Organisation)
  • February-March 2021 – Contemporary English and British Culture (English Language Teachers’ Association, British Council, Bell Teacher Academy)
  • November-December 2020 – English for Specific Purposes Virtual Workshops series (Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, US Department of State)
  • 2020 – Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA), Cambridge Assessment English centre
  • October 2019 – “Fundamentals of reading test development: good practices and useful tips” intensive course (Institute of Philology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Lancaster University, UALTA)
  • 2019 – LCCI First Certificate in Teaching Business English (FTBE)
  • 8-10 March 2019 – TESOL-UKRAINE Teacher Development Spring Institute “Critical Thinking for Media Literacy” (Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, US Department of State, TESOL-Ukraine)
  • January-February 2019 – “Practical use of Google Workspace for Educational Purposes” professional development programme (Institute of Continuing Education, National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky KPI”)
  • 10-12 October 2018 – “Building assessment skills of Ukrainian ESP teachers” training course (Sumy State Univeristy, UALTA)
  • August 2018 – “Professional Development for Teacher Trainer” (Arizona State University, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, US Department of State)
  • June-July 2018 – Professional developemt programme at Zaporizhzhia National University
  • 25-27 April 2018 – “Assessment for more effective language learning” training course (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Erasmus+, University of Bedfordshire, UALTA)
  • 9-11 February 2018 – “Writing with Academic Integrity: Keys to Success” workshop series (Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, US Department of State, University of Arizona, American Councils, SAIUP)
  • December 2017 – “Teacher Refresher Course” (Kensigton Academy of English, British Council)
  • September 2017 – “Academic English for Global Audience” (Kyiv National Linguistic Univeristy, Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University)
  • 2016 – “Publishing and project activity in the European Union countries” (Prague Institute for Qualification Enhancement)

Research interests

English for Specific Purposes (ESP), Business English, technology use in education, pragmatics, stylistics and lexicology of the English language, text linguistics, genre studies, terminology science, academic discourse, corpus linguistics.

Main publications