Oksana Viacheslavivna Zubenko
Lecturer, Department of Foreign Languages for Specific Purposes Vasyl’ Stus Donetsk National University
Teaches the discipline ‘English for Specific Purposes’. Member of trade union of education and science workers of Ukraine.
Has higher pedagogical and economic education: graduated from Vinnytsia State Pedagogical University after Mykhaylo Kotsyubynskyi (Master’s degree with honors) and Kyiv Interregional Center PRMPRiR, specialty “ Organization Management”.
Passed a postgraduate course of Vinnytsia State Pedagogical University after Mykhailo Kotsyubynskyy, specialty 13.00.04 – Theory and Methods of Professional Education.
Membership in professional associations:
- IATEFL Ukraine an associate of IATEFL / Ukrainian Branch of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language /.
- Ukrainian Association for Language Testing and Assessment (UALTA).
Life credo:
“The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude” – William James.
“To know many languages means to have many keys to one castle” – Voltaire.
“Honesty without knowledge is weak and meaningless, and knowledge without honesty is very dangerous” – Samuel Johnson.
Hobbies:
psychology, sociology, reading, photography, embroidery, design.
Google Scholar Page http://scholar.google.ru/citations?user=K5nCVhMAAAAJ&hl=uk
Internships and advanced training:
2020 Advanced training and participant in trainings within the project ‘Digital Literacy of Educators’, supported by the project ‘Strengthening intersectoral cooperation for social cohesion (SC3)’, co-financed by the European Union and the British Council in Ukraine.
2019 Distance Learning Online Course Integrating Critical Thinking Skills into the Exploration of Culture conducted under The American English E-Teacher Program with financial support of the US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the international non-profit organization FHI 360 – by World Learning.
2018 Iowa State University Distance Learning Online Course Using The Educational Technology in the English Language Classroom conducted under The American English E-Teacher Program with financial support of the US Department Of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the international non-profit organization FHI 360.
2017 Teaching Grammar Communicatively distance learning course delivered by The American English E-Teacher Program with the financial support of the US Department of State, Department of Education and Cultural Affairs and the international non-profit organization FHI 360.
2017 Distance Learning Online Course in English for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics from University of Pennsylvania, USA.
2016 Distance Learning Online Course Creating Engaging Environments for English Language Classroom from University of Oregon, USA.
2013 Certificate of internship at the Department of Humanities and General Educational Disciplines of Vinnytsia Socio-Economic Institute of the University of “Ukraine” in order to improve the qualification and level of teaching foreign languages in the professional field to students of different specialties.
2004 Diploma of Completion of Business Course in English.
2004 Certificate of completion of an internship at the Department of Foreign Languages of Vinnytsia National Medical University after M. Pyrohov.
Certificates:
2020 – 13 certificates were received, certifying participation in webinars, conferences, online trainings from Dinternal Education, National Geographic Learning, Macmillan Education, Grade Education Center, Clarivate and the National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education.
2019 Intensive training participating in UALTA workshop Assessment of Writing in Universities held at Vasyl Stus Donetsk National University.
2019 Participation in Dinternal Education and Pearson’s 3d English Language Experts Forum (3d Forum for ELT Professionals) ‘Reforming Higher Education in Ukraine’, Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics.
2019 Dinternal Education Webinar: “Business Partner: Your Best Way to Teach Business English Students”.
2019 Training at the National Geographic Learning and Linguist LTD Webinar “Helping Learners Develop a Critical Eye in the ELT Classroom”.
2019 Study at the National Geographic Learning Webinar “The Flipped Classroom: The Role TED and Technology Can Play To Get Students Speaking”.
2018 Participation in Dinternal Education and Pearson’s 2nd English Language Experts Forum (2nd Forum for ELT Professionals) ‘Partners in Learning, Partners in Teaching’, Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics.
2018 Online Teacher Training Session: To Speak or Not to Speak by Macmillan Education.
2018 Seminar Training from the Dinternal Education Center “New Dimensions in Assessment and Learning” with Pearson Publishing.
2018 Adult / Academic Webinar Training: Keys to Academic Success from National Geographic Learning.
2017 Teacher Development Seminar: The Power of Play: Developing Language Through Play. It’s The Way That You Say It: Verbal and Non-verbal Communication with support of Express Publishing.
2017 Certificate of participation in the Ukrainian Scientific-Practical Conference ‘Actual Problems of Philology and Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages in Modern Multilingual Space’, Vinnytsia, Ukraine.
Total number of publications: 47, including educational literature:
- Зубенко О.В., Степанова І.С. Методичні вказівки до виконання контрольних робіт з дисципліни «Англійська мова (за професійним спрямуванням)» для студентів спеціальності «Інженерія програмного забезпечення». – Вінниця: ВНТУ, 2016. – 42 с.
- Зубенко О.В., Степанова І.С. Методичні вказівки для підготовки виступу студента на конференції та підготовки презентації. Вінниця: ВНТУ, 2017. – 44 с.