Igor

Teacher of English and Russian
Male58 y/oEnglish Teacher/Language Teacher/Foreign language teacher/Liberal Arts Teacher/University teacher/professor/TeacherLive in ChinaNationality Russia
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I have been teaching English, Conversational and Writing, English Literature, Public Speaking, English for Academic Purposes, English Writing, Conversational English, Newspaper Reading, British Culture, Extensive Reading, Comprehensive English, the Listening course to the English majors and university students majoring in other subjects for more than 23 years in China. ⚫ I’ve also been teaching Russian, Conversational, Writing, Media Studies to Russian majors and Tech/Arts students for more than 10 years in China since 2013. ⚫ Worked out my own courses and teaching materials in Conversational Russian and Russian Writing, Conversational English, English Writing, Listening, Newspaper Reading and for colleges and high schools in China. ⚫ Consulted Chinese university and school teachers of English on the curriculum development and teaching different subjects in the English curriculum ⚫ Consulted the teachers of Russian on teaching Russian and using the media for the language teaching. ⚫ Advised students on their BA dissertations in Literature, Cultural Comparisons and Applied Linguistics for 8 years. ⚫ I’ve chaired the research groups in different colleges, some of them up to 15 college teachers and students preparing for academic careers and their articles get published in peer-reviewed editions in Asia. ⚫ Taught Conversational Russian and Russian Writing at Chinese universities for 10 years. ⚫ Taught and coordinated English Writing courses in Chinese universities for 11 years. ⚫ Published books and articles on China in Russian and articles on teaching English in China and Chinese university life (in English and in Russian) in peer-refereed journals. ⚫ Participated in many international conferences and forums on English Language Teaching, Linguistics, Culture Studies, Russian Studies, Teaching Russian and Philosophy ⚫ 17 undergraduates in the research group I’ve supervised presented their findings at international TEFL, EFL, TESOL, Linguistics conferences in many Asian counties. ⚫ Taught the Conversational English course online to hundreds of Chinese students of different majors. ⚫ Instructed Russian-speaking students of different levels from the beginner to advanced, in Conversational English and professional English (IT, Law, Economics), also the learners of Chinese at the beginner and pre-intermediate level for 6 years. I used Skype, Zoom, WhatsApp, WeChat, the online platforms, the Communicative Language Teaching and student-centered approach. ⚫ Organized extra-curricular activities in the Russian Department of Shijiazhuang University and the South-West Petroleum University and the English Departments of Jiaying University and Guangxi University. ⚫ Consulted the language training schools in different cities in China ⚫ Reviewed the academic papers for the journal Creative Education, papers related to TESOL, ESL, EFL and teaching English in China ⚫ Participated in the Nizhny Novgorod Philosophy Society as a presenter and contributor

Work experience

  • Teacher of English and Russian

    Jiujiang University (Jiujiang
    2023.08-Current(3 years)
    Teaching Oral English to English majors. Teaching Oral Russian to Design and Arts majors.
  • Oral Russian to grade 1 Russian majors

    South-West Petroleum University (Chengdu
    2021.08-2023.06(2 years)
    Teacher of Oral Russian to grade 2 and Conversational Russian and Russian Media to grade 3 Russian majors. Teaching English and Public Speaking to non-English majors.
  • Teacher of English

    Shijiazhuang Unversity
    2000.01-2021.07(22 years)
    Shijiazhuang University (Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China). Teacher of English and Russian. Courses: On-line course of Conversational English to the majors of different subjects in 2020. The course of Spoken English to English majors. Russian Writing to Russian majors. Oral English to majors in different subjects in the STEM and Humanities. Advising and consulting the teachers of Russian on language teaching at the Russian Department, organizing presentations and extra-curricular activities for students of the Russian Department.
  • Teacher of English

    Guangxi University, International College of Xingjian (Nanning, Guangxi Province, China).
    2008.07-2013.07(5 years)
    Chairman of the EFL student research group and coordinator of the students' applications and participation in the international conferences in Asia. The teacher of English. Subjects taught: Comprehensive English, Grade 2; British Literature, Grade 3; Creative Writing, Extensive Reading, Integrated Skills of English, Grades 1, 2, 3. Coordinating the Creative Writing foreign teachers in Grade 1 and 2. Advising students on their BA dissertations in Literature and Cultural Studies. Supervising the grade 2 students group projects analyzing public signs and editing their learners' biographies in English

Educational experience

  • Radboud University

    Philosophy
    1999.09-2002.10(3 years)
    PhD in Philosophy/Narrative Analysis. Title: The Philosophical Narrative of Vladimir Solovyov. An Application of Narrative Analysis of Russian Classical Philosophy: a Case-Study of “The Crisis of Western Philosophy” and Other Works by Vladimir Solovyov. Catholic University of Nijmegen (now Radboud University, The Netherlands)
  • Nizhny Novgorod State University

    Linguistics
    1989.09-1994.06(5 years)
    Nizhny Novgorod State University (Russia), Faculty of Philology, M.A. in Teaching Languages, Linguistics and Literature

Languages

Russian
Native
Chinese (Mandarin)
Good
English
Fluent

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