Inna Drabkina
mitka68@mail.ru
Degrees and Honours
Candidate in Philology; equivalent of American
Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Education
• Kuibyshev (Samara) State University. Diploma
of graduation with honours. Majoring in philology,
teaching English and literature. (1990)
• Samara State University. Completed post-graduate
studies in modern Germanic languages (1993-1997).
Defended the thesis: “Pragmalinguistic aspects
of written business communication (on the material
of contracts and business correspondence in English)”
(2001).
• Seminar “Democratization of the Educational Process”
organized by American Councils for International
Education (Samara, 22.09.2001). Certificate of
attendance.
• Completed full three-year course of studies of
Spanish by correspondence (Moscow, “IN-YAZ” Language
Courses) in 1991 (Grade A).
• Certificate of participation from The British
Council Samara for the seminar "The Basics
of Internet" for ESL Teachers, January-February
2005.
• Seminar on the method of ‘Sliding’ conducted
by Victor Votinov (professor, academician, the
Moscow International Pedagogical Academy). Samara,
September 2005
• Seminar on translator training
conducted by Vadim V. Sdobnikov. Samara, September
22-24, 2007. Certificate of participation.
• Certificate of participation from “Translation
School” (Samara) for a round table discussion of
translation practice and running a translation agency.
31 May 2008.
• Certificate of completion from the International
Market Institute (IMI, Samara) for the programme
“Translation Theory, Translation Practice and Teaching
Translation” 21 January – 8
February 2009.
• Certificate of participation from Macmillan Publishers Ltd. (russia) for
the programme “Teaching EFL in Higher Educational Institutions" 23 June
2009 (Samara, SSU).
Professional Interests
• Linguistic study of business documents
• Speech etiquette in intercultural communication
• Politeness theory and its application to studying
manifestations of politeness in business correspondence
Publications and Conferences
• International Scientific Conference “Space and
Time in a Language” (Samara, 6-8.02.2001). A
report on time in English contract texts and
ways of expressing it.
• Regular participation in annual conferences of
linguists organized by Samara State University.
• International Scientific-Practical Conference
“Culture and Language” (Samara, March 11-12, 2003).
A report on politeness strategies used for requests
and refusals in English business letters.
• International scientific-practical conference
“Problems of Linguistic Education” (Samara 25-26
November, 2004). A report on similarities and differences
of communicative parameters of business contracts
in different countries.
• International scientific- practical conference
“Problems of Linguistic Education” (Samara 14-16
November, 2005). A report on functional characteristics
of Word Choice on English Internet Forums.
• Regional scientific conference “Samara Linguists’
Chat-In” (Samara, 28 February – 1 March, 2006).
A report on typical Russian students’ mistakes
when drafting business correspondence in English.
Publications
1. “Funktsionalno-strukturnyje kharakteristiki
perifrazov v sovremennom anglijskom yazyke” pp.
78-86 in Funktsionalnyj aspekt edinits yazyka.
Samara: Samara State University, 1992. (Functional
and structural characteristics of periphrases in
Modern English).
2. Talking about Australia (with T.V.Taktayeva).
Samara: Samara Institute of Economics, 1992.
3. “Pragmalingvisticheskiye aspekty kommunikatsii
(na materiale angloyazychnykh kontraktnykh dokumentov)”
(with A.A.Kharkovskaya) pp. 54-58 in Yazykovyje
protsessy v razlichnykh tipakh teksta. Samara:
Samara State University, 1994. (Pragmalinguistic
aspects of contracts written in English)
4. “Pragmaticheskiye osobennosti kontraktnykh
tekstov (na materiale sovremennogo anglijskogo
yazyka)” (with A.A.Kharkovskaya) pp.100-102 in
Tendentsii razvitiya v leksike i sintaksise germanskikh
yazykov. Samara: Samara State University, 1997.
(Pragmatic peculiarities of contract texts)
5. “Lingvostilisticheskiye osobennosti delovoi
korrespondentsii” (with A.A.Kharkovskaya) pp. 71-76
in Semantika i pragmatika yazyka v dialoge kultur.
Samara: Samara State University, 1998. (Linguostylistic
peculiarities of business correspondence)
6. “Lingvostilisticheskiye osobennosti kontraktnykh
tekstov SShA i stran Britanskogo Sodruzhestva”
pp. 83-87 in Yazyk i kultura. Samara: Samara State
University, 1999. (Linguostylistic peculiarities
of contracts of the USA and the Commonwealth)
7. Reading D.H.Lawrence (“Odour of Chrysanthemums”)
(with A.A.Kharkovskaya). Samara: Samara State University,
1999.
8. Exercises in Agreement Between Subject and
Predicate (with A.A.Kharkovskaya and O.A.Klimanova).
Samara: Samara State University, 1999.
9. “Muzykalnij sleng v sredstvakh massovoi informatsii
(na materiale anglijskogo yazyka)” (with I.O.Klubkova)
pp. 130-138 in Vestnik Volzhskogo universiteta
im.V.N.Tatischeva. Seriya “Filologiya”. Vyp.1.
Togliatti, 2000. (Music slang words in mass media)
10. “Kognitivnye aspekty organizatsii teksta delovogo
pis’ma” pp. 36-43 in Kognitivnye aspekty izucheniya
yazykovykh yavlenij v germanskikh yazykakh. Samara:
Samara State University, 2000. (Cognitive aspects
of business letter structure)
11. “Pragmatika tsvetooboznachenij
odezhdy v reklamnykh tekstakh” (with S.A. Afanasyeva)
pp. 54-60 in Pragmatika
form rechevogo obscheniya. Samara: Samara State
University, 2001. (Pragmatic aspects of adjectives
expressing colour of clothes in advertisements)
12. “Pragmalingvisticheskiye aspekty
pis’mennogo delovogo obscheniya (na materiale angloyazychnykh
tekstov kontraktov i delovoi korrespondentsii)”.
Samara: Samara State University, 2001. 15 p.
(Pragmalinguistic
aspects of written business communication (on
the material of contracts and business correspondence
in English). - Dissertation abstract.
13. “Vremennaya otnesyonnost’ tekstov kontraktov
i sredstva eyo vyrazheniya (na materiale anglijskogo
yazyka” pp. 27-30 in Prostranstvo i vremya. Tezisy
i materialy mezhdunarodnoi nauchnoi konferentsii
6-8/02/2001. Chast’ 3. Samara: SamGPU, 2001. (Time
in English contract texts and ways of expressing
it. Abstracts of the international conference.)
14. "Lingvisticheskiye kharakteristiki ilolokutivnogo
akta "otkaz" v angloyazychnom delovom
pisme (na materiale posobij po delovoi korrespondentsii)" pp.80
- 89 in Kommunikatsiya v dialoge kultur. Samara:
Samara University, 2002. (Linguistic characteristics
of the illocutionary act of refusal in English
business correspondence (on the material of business
correspondence course-books).
15. An English Syllabus for Students of Russian
Philology Studying by Correspondence (with O.N.Romadanova)
pp. 54-62. in Syllabi for First-year Students of
Philology. Samara: Samara State University, 2002.
16. Strategii vezhlivosti, primenyayuschiesya
dlya vyrazheniya pros’by i otkaza v delovom pis’me
(na materiale posobij po delovoi korrespondentsii)
pp. 139-147 v Problemy lingvisticheskogo obrazovaniya.
Ekaterinburg: AMB Publishers, 2003. Materials of
the 9th all-Russian scientific-practical conference
“Urgent Problems of Teaching Philology”. Part 2.
(Politeness strategies used for requests and refusals
in business letters (on the material of business
correspondence course-books).
17. “Pragmalingvisticheskiye aspekty tekstov kontraktov”
pp.222-233 in Aspekty stanovleniya I funktsionirovaniya
zapadnogermanskikh yazykov. Samara, Samara University.
2003. (Pragmalinguistic Aspects of Contract Texts)
18. Public Speakers and their Audiences Across
Borders (with Kevin MacСaughey) pp. 31-35 in Slovo
- Vyskazyvanie - Text. Samara: Samara State University,
2004. (in English)
19. Drabkina I. The English Language. An English
Syllabus and Tests for Students of Russian Philology
Studying by Correspondence (with Romadanova O.
and Iskina T.) Samara: Univers-group, 2004. 164
p.
20. Drabkina I. An English-Russian Learner's Dictionary
of Linguistics and Literature Studies (for Students
of Russian Philology Studying by Correspondence)
(with O. Romadanova). Samara, Univers-group,2004.
36 p.
21. Funktsionalnaya stilistika (Functional Stylistics).
Seminars and Tasks for Individual Studies for Students
of Translation in the Sphere of Professional Communication.
(with S. Maksakova and I. Prokhorova). Samara:
Samara State University, 2005. 41 p.
22. “K voprosu o skhodstve i razlichii kommunikativnyh
parametrov angloyazychnyh tekstov kontraktov v
raznyh stranah” pp.149-151 in Akyualnye problemy
lingvisticheskogo obrazovaniya: tereticheskij i
metodologicheskij aspekty. Samara, 2005. Materials
of the international scientific-practical conference
“Urgent Problems of Linguistic Education”. (On
similarities and differences of communicative parameters
in business contracts drawn up in different countries)
23. “Realizatsiya kategorii kommunikativnoi tochnosti
v tekstah neautentichnyh delovyh pisem” pp. 82-90
in Sovremennye metody i tehnologii issledovaniya
germanskih yazykov. Samara: Samara State University,
2005. (The Category of Communicative Unambiguousness
in Business Letters Drawn Up by Non-Native Speakers
of English)
24. “Tipichnye oshibki studentov-filologov pri
obucheniyu sostavleniyu delovyh pisem na anglijskom
yazyke” http://www.universite.ru/slugba/0603/0603010201.rtf
(Typical mistakes of Russian Students Majoring
in English Philology When Drafting Business Correspondence
in English)
25. “Funktsionalnye kharakteristiki leksikona
angloyazychnyh Internet-forumov” (with Kirdina
E.) pp. 118-124 in Akyualnye problemy lingvisticheskogo
obrazovaniya: tereticheskij i metodologicheskij
aspekty. Samara, 2006. Materials of the international
scientific-practical conference “Urgent Problems
of Linguistic Education”. Part 2. (Functional Characteristics
of Word Choice on English Internet Forums).
26. A Course in Translation Practice
(with I.Prokhorova). Seminars and Tasks for Individual
Studies for Students of English Philology. Samara:
Samara State University, 2007.
62 p.
27. “K voprosu o zaglaviyah proizvedenij
podzhanra NF” (with N. Dolgova) pp. 73-80 in Communicative
and Cognitive Aspects of Research in Germanic Languages.
Samara: Samara
State University, 2008. (On Semantic Perspective
and Syntactic Structures
of Sci-Fi Titles)
28. "K voprosu o zaglaviyakh proizvedeniy podzhanra "kosmicheskaya opera"
pp. 40-42 in Almanakh sovremennoi nauki i obrazovaniya. Tambov: Gramota,
2009. - No.8 (27). Ser. Linguistics and Literature Studies. - P.I. (On
English "space opera" titles)
Courses Taught
• Advanced English Practice (for senior students)
• Translation Practice (lectures and seminars)
• Business English Practice
• Home Reading classes (for senior students)
• Acting as a senior thesis adviser and term paper
adviser (in lexicology and stylistics)
• English for students of Russian philology studying
by correspondence
