Foreign Languages for Professional Purposes

For more than half a century, the Department of Foreign Languages for Professional Purposes has been providing language training for specialists in the humanities, natural sciences, and technical fields. The history of the department dates back to 1954. Over the next decade, the department underwent significant structural changes and existed as the Department of English from 1961 to 2022. The French-German section of the department was also reorganized into separate structural units, which later became part of the School of Foreign Languages, and in 1977 merged into a single scientific and pedagogical team – the Department of German and French Languages. In 2022, the departments returned to their historical roots and merged into the Department of Foreign Languages for Professional Purposes.

Today, the teaching staff of the department includes 2 professors, 23 associate professors, and 16 senior lecturers.

The educational and methodological work of the department is aimed at developing students' professionally-oriented competencies, enabling them to effectively use specialised terminology and exchange relevant information in their professional field. Students learn English, German, and French for professional purposes in the fields of humanities, natural sciences, technical, medical, and legal specialties. Teachers create modern work programs, methodological manuals, electronic materials, and tests, as well as organize interactive and project-based forms of learning.

The department conducts intensive methodological, scientific, and career guidance activities. Among the main events are the All-Ukrainian Student Scientific Conference with international participation "Academic and Scientific Challenges of the 21st Century. CLIL in action,“ the student online scientific conference ”Modern Trends in Science,“ the International Scientific and Methodological Conference ”Methodological and Psychological-Pedagogical Problems of Teaching Foreign Languages at the Present Stage. Ways of Integrating Secondary and Higher Education Institutions,“ the creative English language competition ”Aspiration," school-seminar “New Approaches to Foreign Language Learning,” English, German, and French language competitions, scientific and methodological seminars, as well as 18 scientific and practical conferences with students from non-language departments of the university. The department maintains active international cooperation with TESOL International Association, TESOL-Ukraine, the British Council, UALTA, and Global Service Corpse. Teachers undergo internships at universities in Europe (Varna, Bologna, Bratislava, Prague, Krakow, Istanbul) and participate in international projects and seminar schools.

The department is headed by Anna Georgievna Guseva, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor.