I am a Lecturer (=Assistant Professor) in Russian at University College London, UK. Before that, I taught English phonetics and phonology and bilingualism at Queen Mary University and the University of Kent. In the U.S., I served as an Assistant Professor at the Defense Language Institute and coordinated and taught language programs at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Concordia College, and the University of Pittsburgh.
My research concerns the cognitive underpinnings of second language acquisition – in particular, individual differences in the acquisition of L2 speech. I am also interested in phonaesthetics, the aesthetic pleasure we derive from listening to the sounds of foreign languages.
A large part of my career has been dedicated to teaching English and Russian in a variety of contexts – from customized language consulting for the government personnel to intensive immersion programs for military linguists. Based on this experience, I developed several prominent research themes that cluster around the notion of dynamic transformative pedagogy: task- and content-based language instruction, gamification of learning, and cognitive approaches to L2 teaching.
At times I feel a bit entrepreneurial and design fun products for language learners. Check out LinguaPolis New York, a board game for practicing conversational English, and its Russian sister – LinguaPolis Moscow. I also write simplified readers for Russian beginner learners.
Interested in Esperanto? Jump in over here.
My research concerns the cognitive underpinnings of second language acquisition – in particular, individual differences in the acquisition of L2 speech. I am also interested in phonaesthetics, the aesthetic pleasure we derive from listening to the sounds of foreign languages.
A large part of my career has been dedicated to teaching English and Russian in a variety of contexts – from customized language consulting for the government personnel to intensive immersion programs for military linguists. Based on this experience, I developed several prominent research themes that cluster around the notion of dynamic transformative pedagogy: task- and content-based language instruction, gamification of learning, and cognitive approaches to L2 teaching.
At times I feel a bit entrepreneurial and design fun products for language learners. Check out LinguaPolis New York, a board game for practicing conversational English, and its Russian sister – LinguaPolis Moscow. I also write simplified readers for Russian beginner learners.
Interested in Esperanto? Jump in over here.
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