Vita V. Kogan
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​School of Slavonic and East European Studies 
University College London
16 Taviton St, London WC1H 0BW
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8354-020X​
VitaVKogan [at] gmail [dot] com



I am a Lecturer (= US: Assistant Professor) in Russian as a second language at the University College London, U.K. 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 phono-aesthetics, the aesthetic pleasure we derive from listening to the sounds of foreign languages.

A large part of my career has been dedicated to teaching L2 English and Russian in a variety of contexts:
1) working with military linguists in hyper-intensive settings
2) designing and teaching language immersions for 
the government personnel
3) providing 
customized language consulting 
4) coordinating summer content-based language programs 
​5) teaching tertiary language courses

Based on this experience, I developed several prominent research themes that cluster around the notion of learner-centered transformative pedagogy: task- and content-based language instruction, gamification of learning, and cognitive approaches to L2 teaching. 

​At times I feel a bit adventurous and design games for language learners. Check out LinguaPolis New York, a board game for practicing conversational English, and its Russian sister – LinguaPolis Moscow. 

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