Svetlana Maksakova
Degrees and Honours
Candidate
Education
Kuibyshev (Samara) State Pedagogical (Teachers Training) Institute,
Faculty of Foreign Languages, qualification a teacher of English
and German.
Moscow Teachers Training University. Post-graduate studies in teaching
foreign languages.
Seminar Teaching The Cambridge Advanced Examination organized
by the English Language Unit of the British Council (Samara, June 2001).
Certificate of completion.
Professional Interests
Cross-cultural communication and teaching a foreign language
New trends in training a foreign language teacher
Modern textbooks
Publications and Conferences
International Scientific Conference Space and Time in a Language
(Samara, 2001). A report on perception of space in teaching English.
Conference of TESOL Renovating Strategies of Teaching English in
the Changing World (Samara, 1998). A report on communicative approach
in teaching English.
International Conference Russian consciousness: psychology, culture,
policy (Samara, 1997). A report on provincial ìåntality
and its influence on the process of teaching foreign languages.
Regular participation in annual conferences organized by Samara State
University.
Chapters in books
1.Sotsiofactory i obucheniye inostrannomu yazyku pp.36 -37
in Linguistica i metodica obytcheniya angliiskomu yazyku. Samara: association
of teachers of English, 2001. (Sociofactors and Teaching a Foreign Language)
2. O prostranstvennom vospriyatii inoyazychnogo materiala
pp. 148 - 152 in Prostranstvo i vremya. Tezisy i materialy mezhdunarodnoi
nauchnoi konferentsii. Samara, 2001. (On spatial perception of foreign
language material).
3.Obzor uchebnica GO! in ELT News & Views. December
2000. # 4 ( 16 ). P. P. 24-25. (Review of the coursebook «GO !»)
4. Stereotip i innovatsionnost v obuchenii inostrannomu yazyku
pp. 63 - 64 in Nashe obrazovaniye. Samara, 2000. (Stereotype and innovation
in teaching a foreign language).
5."Provintsialny mentalitet i yego vliyaniye na protsess obucheniya
inostrannym yazykam" in Russian consciousness: psychology, culture,
policy. Materials of Ï International conference on historic psychology
of Russia consciousness. Samara 1997. (Provincial ìåntality
and its influence on the process of teaching foreign languages).
6. Ranneye obucheniya inostrannym yazykam: problemy integratsii
i adaptatsii zarubezhnogo uchebnika" in Foreign languages at school.
Moscow, 1998. ¹ 5. (Teaching foreign languages: problems of integration
and adaptation of a foreign textbook).
7. "Problemy perevoda: osobennosti vzaimodeystviya rodnogo i inostrannogo
yazykov in Translation: problems and researches. Penza, 1998. (Problems
of translation: peculiarities of interaction of native and foreign languages).
8. Metodicheskiye i psikhologicheskiye osnovy obucheniya grammatike
(with Georgiady D.N.) in Materials of ÕÕ1Ó Samara
regional student
scientific conference. Samara: Samara State university, 1998.
(Ìåthîdîlîgical and psychological basis
of teaching grammar aspects to
year-old learners).
9. "Kommunikativnyi podkhod: universalnyi ili menyautschiisya?"
in
Renovating Strategies of Teaching English in the Changing World. The
5th Annual Conference and Exposition of TESOL. Samara, 1998.
(Communicative Approach: is it Universal or is it Changing?)
10."Inostrannyi yazyk dlya malenkikh - problemy dlya uchitelya"
in E L T News and Views. Moscow, 1998. N1 (4). (A foreign language for
young learners - problems for the teacher).
11."Mentalniye modeli ponimaniya inoyazychnogo vyskazyvaniya i sotsialnyi
kontekst" in Problems of applied linguistics. Penzà, 1997.
(Ìåntal models of
understanding of the foreign utterance and social context).
Other Publications
1. On pedagogical practice (a guide to teaching practice at school ).
Samara, 2002.
2. Great Britain (Countrystudy). Samara, 2001.
3. Let us Learn to Read Scientific Texts in English (with Y.M.Simonov).
Samara: Samara State Pedagogical University, 1997.
4. How to study a foreign language effectively (a guide for first-year
students). Samara: Samara State Pedagogical University, 1995.
Courses Taught
Advanced English Practice (for senior students)
Home Reading Classes (for senior students)
Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages (seminars, laboratories)
Acting as a senior thesis adviser and term paper adviser (in methods of
teaching a foreign language)
Acting as a supervisor (teaching practice at school)
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