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
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.
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 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.
Interested in Esperanto? Jump in over here.
