Hanna Protsyk, Lecturer of the Department of Ukrainian and Foreign Languages.
Research
– Research interests: methods of teaching ESP in higher education, linguistics.
Research and educational projects
3.1. Participant of the project “English for Universities”
The British Council in Ukraine launched the “English for Universities” project in December 2013, after the Ministry of Education identified improving English proficiency at universities as one of its priorities.
Project aim – to contribute to qualitative changes in the English proficiency of both lecturers and students of Ukrainian higher education institutions, enabling them to take a more active part in international activities.
Project objectives – to build sustainable capacity in English language teaching in order to raise English proficiency to B2/C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages; to promote the introduction of English language standards at Ukrainian universities.
Main scientific publications
- H.M. Protsyk. Technologies of Teaching Writing in English Classes. Proceedings of the 20th Scientific Conference of Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University. 18.05.2017. – Ternopil: Ivan Puluj TNTU Publishing House, 2017. p. 277 Google Scholar
- H.M. Protsyk. Features of Using Reflection in Learning a Foreign Language. Book of abstracts. 25.11.2015. – Ternopil: Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University Publishing House / Teaching and methodological literature. 2015. Vol. 2, p. 230 Google Scholar
- H. Protsyk. Educational Projects in a Foreign Language for Students. Abstracts of the 15th Scientific Conference of Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University. 14.12.2011. – Ternopil: TNTU Publishing House, 2011. p. 292 Google Scholar
- H. Protsyk. Developing Listening Skills. A System of Exercises. Abstracts of the 14th Scientific Conference of Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University “Humanities, Social and Economic Sciences”. 27.10.2010. – Ternopil: TNTU Publishing House, 2010. Vol. 3, p. 55 Google Scholar
Teaching and methodological literature
- Oleh Bodnar, Sofiia Fedak, Iryna Hinsirovska, Nadiia Denysiuk, Olha Perenchuk, Iryna Plavutska, Hanna Protsyk, Nataliia Shchur. English for Study and Work. A Course Book. In-class Activities. – Ternopil: Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University Publishing House, 2017. Google Scholar
Course
Short course description (general characteristics, features, advantages):
Course “ESP (English for Specific Purposes)”.
The course enables students to acquire general professional communicative competence in English. Learning is carried out by integrating language skills and knowledge within a familiar general and situational context related to students’ academic and professional fields. Self-study is considered an integral part of the course, and the programme pays special attention to students’ independent work.
The “ESP” course programme takes into account current trends in language learning and teaching and is based on the following principles:
- internationalism and plurilingualism
- democracy and equal rights
- novelty
- transparency and flexibility
- variability
- integration
The course aims to develop everyday and professional communicative competence, regarded as language behaviour specific to academic and professional environments. Such behaviour requires linguistic competence (language skills and knowledge), as well as sociolinguistic and pragmatic competences necessary for study- and work-related tasks. Communicative competence is developed according to students’ learning ability, subject knowledge and previous experience, within a familiar situational context related to their studies and speciality.
The course enables students to:
- find specific information related to the learning process or subject using a library catalogue, table of contents or index, reference books, dictionaries and the Internet
- ask questions to obtain essential information related to their studies or speciality
- predict information using “keys” such as headings, subheadings, the author’s name, etc.
- communicate effectively in a professional environment;
- develop communicative competence and speaking skills in engineering;
- understand and assess diverse international sociocultural issues in order to act appropriately in various professional communicative situations.
Expected outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the course, along with other professional skills, students are expected to be able to communicate in a foreign language in a familiar academic and general professional environment in order to:
- discuss general academic and speciality-related issues to reach mutual understanding;
- prepare public presentations on a range of general political, economic and cultural topics using appropriate verbal and non-verbal means of communication;
- find new textual, graphic, audio and video information on general academic and professional issues in foreign-language materials (both printed and electronic) using appropriate search methods;
- analyse information from foreign-language sources to obtain data needed for general academic and professional tasks;
- write in a foreign language a range of documents required for participation in international academic events, student exchange programmes and employment
Competences provided:
After completing the course “ESP (English for Specific Purposes)” students will be able to understand key values, beliefs and behaviour in academic and professional environments; understand different corporate cultures in specific professional contexts and how they relate; apply intercultural understanding in direct oral and written communication in academic and professional settings; behave and respond appropriately in typical social, academic and professional situations of everyday life, and know the rules of interaction in such situations (recognising appropriate gestures, eye contact, the meaning of physical distance and body language in each situation).