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CURRICULUM VITAE 

GALINA A. KHMELKOVA

Department of Germanic and East                                                       

European Languages and Literatures                                    

Pennsylvania State University                                  

S408 Burrows Building

University Park, PA  16802

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born:  March 25, 1945 in Volgograd, Russia

Citizen of Russia

EDUCATION

University Dates Attended Degree Received
Patrice Lumumber People's    Friendship University Moscow, Russia 1969-74 B.S. and M.A. with honors

 EMPLOYMENT

Union of Soviet Friendship Societies

Soviet Cultural Center Laos, 

Courses in the Russian Language and Soviet Culture
Instructor         1975-76                  
Director             1976-78

 

Volgograd Pedagogical Institute (the Institute received University status in 1993)
Department of Russian as a Foreign Language, Volgograd, Russia
Lecturer               1978-90
Senior Lecturer    1990-1993

EMPLOYMENT ABROAD

Country Position   Dates
Trenchin, Slovakia Instructor of Russian Summer, 1981
Nitra, Slovakia Visiting Instructor of Russian 1984-86
University Park, PA Teacher  through  ACTR  FA 1991- SP 1993
FIT in Slavic and East European Languages FA 93 - SP 1997
Lecturer FA 97 – SP 2000

TEAC HING EXPERIENCE

Russian:  
Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Russian
Russian Culture and Civilization
Business Russian
Russian Literature
English:

Russian Culture and Civilization

Courses designed  for the Department , special topics courses:

Business Russian
Readings  in Russian History and Culture
Russian Conversation
Russian Comprehension

 ACADEMIC AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

Jan Amos Komenski Medal for Teaching, Slovakia, 1986.
Numerous  Russian Certificates  Awarded Comparable to Certificates of Merit and Achievement.

PUBLICATIONS 

"The Use of Total Language Immersion in Teaching Foreign Students"  Collection of Reports from the Scientific Conference,  p. 73-75, Moscow, 1981.

"Problems of Choice and Presentation of Lexica in Teaching Advanced Practicum Training for Foreign Students" Collection of Scientific Essays, Fourth International Symposium of Teachers of the Russian Language, p. 174-176, Nitra, Slovakia, 1984.

"Professional Orientation of Advanced Practicum Training for Foreign Students of the Russian Language" Collection of Reports from the Scientific Conference, Professional Orientation of Preparing Students and Future Teachers of the Russian Language,  with V. I. Suprun, p. 57-59, Volgograd, 1985.

"The Semiotics of Everyday Life as One of the Sources of Russian Culture and Civilization Information" Collection of Scientific Essays, The Use of Regional Cultures and Civilizations in Teaching Russian Language to Foreign Students, p. 72-79, Volgograd, 1986.

"Reformation of the Communicative Competence--The Main Goals of Professional Preparation of Students of the Russian Language to Teach Russian"  Collection of Reports from the Scientific Conference, Problems of Improving  Professional Preparation and Raising the Qualifications of Teachers of Russian as a Foreign Language, p. 112-113, Volgograd, 1988.

"Overcoming Lingual-Cultural Interferences" Collection of Reports from the Scientific Conference, Optimizing Professional Preparation of Future Teachers of the Russian Language, with V.I. Suprun, p. 102-105, Rozhnov, Czech Republic, 1990.

"Problems of Using Russian Language Immersion for Advanced Practicum Training and Some Solutions," Collection of Scientific Essays, Linguistic-Methodical Problems of Advanced Practicum Training, p. 8-14, Moscow, 1991.

CONFERENCES ATTENDED

Seventh International Conference of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature, Volgograd, Russia, 1987.
Fourth International Symposium of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature, Nitra, Slovakia, 1984.
Congress of the International Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature, Prague, 1982.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Associate Department Head, Volgograd Pedagogical Institute, 1978-84.
Coordinator of Conversation Courses, Volgograd Pedagogical Institute, 1980-84.
Coordinator of Lexical Courses, Volgograd Pedagogical Institute, 1983-84      1986-90
Study Abroad Program Coordinator between Penn State & Volgograd for set-up of initial program
Program leader taking students to Russia, Summer of 1993, 94, 95.
Russian language  proficiency   exam. coordinator.

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