Iryna Letunovska





POSITION
Associate Professor (Docent)

WORK EXPERIENCE
1983 – 1986
Teaching Assistant
Kyiv National Linguistic University, Kyiv (Ukraine)

1986 – 2005
Assistant Professor
Kyiv National Linguistic University, Kyiv (Ukraine)

2005-2010
Associate Professor (Docent)
Kyiv National Linguistic University, Kyiv (Ukraine)

2010–Present
Associate Professor
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv (Ukraine)

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

1978-1983
Master’s Degree in Philology
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv (Ukraine)

2005
Ph.D in Philology
Kyiv National Linguistic University, Kyiv (Ukraine)

English for Specific Purposes

Research Fields:
Social Science & Humanities
Philology

Previous and Current Research

Our group is conducting the research in ESP using interdisciplinary approaches, theoretical knowledge of stylistics, lexicology, grammar, computer studies, mathematics, etc.

  • Semantics, Pedagogy
  • Stylistic studies
  • Methodology of ESP
  • Relationships between arts and mathematics
  • ESP, EAP, English for Mathematics, English for Computer Science
  • Medieval Literature, 17th century English Literature, Poetics

Future Projects and Goals

Our group is interested in investigating the problems encountered by students in using English in the math classes. It is important for us to understand the perceptions, knowledge, attitudes and readiness of students towards the learning of mathematics in English. Our group intends to determine students’ English language command as well as problems that they might face using English in the math classes. Our group will focus on the problem of coping with the double demand of transmitting content as well as language in an accurate and effective manner.

Methodological and Technical Expertise

  • Obtaining some feedback from math students and math teachers
  • Administering a set of questionnaires
  • Conducting interviews with math students and
  • Compiling an English – English dictionary of Mathematics

Selected Publications

Letunovska I.
The Phoenix and the Turtle by John Marston , Ben Jonson, Robert Chester: comparative typology.
Літературознавчі студії. - Випуск 31: КНУ імені Тараса Шевченка, 2011. – С.238-243.

Letunovska I.
Примітки до роману Г.Мелвілла "Мобі Дік або Білий Кіт".
Харків: Фоліо, 2011. - С.551-567.

Letunovska I.
Міжкафедральний збірник наукових праць. – К.: Український фітосоціологічний центр, 2014. – С. 40-46.

Letunovska I., Smyrnova K.
EU-Ukraine Association Agreement: legal terminology and implementation challengesю
Evropský politický a právní diskurz.- Svazek 3, 6.vydani, 2016. –C. 75-80.

Solovey N., Letunovska I.
English for students of mathematics.
Ніжин: ФОП Лук'яненко В.В., ТПК "Орхідея", 2017.- 122с.

Letunovska I.,
Donne’s “Anniversaries” and Bacon’s Natural History
Міжкафедральний збірник наукових праць. Випуск 4.- Луцьк.,2017. – С.15-20.