Chair of European Languages

The Chair of European Languages of the Institute of International Relations was formed by the decision of the Scientific Board of PSU (PSLU) dated June 29, 2007. Associate Professor Tatyana Valeryevna Kara-Kazaryan, Candidate of Philological Sciences has been the head of the chair since 2008.

At present, the chair provides linguistic training in 7 bachelor’s programs:

• 41.03.05 – International Relations: International Safety (English and French);

• 42.03.01 – Advertisement and Public Relations in Politics and Business (English and French);

• 42.03.02 – Journalism/International Journalism (English and French);

• 38.03.01 – Economics/World Economy (English);

• 41.03.04 – Politology/Applied Politology (English and French);

• 42.03.05 – Mediacommunications/Global Media and Communications (English)

– and in 3 master’s programs:

• 41.04.05 – International Relations/World Politics (English);

• 42.04.01 – Advertisement and Public Relations/ Public Relations in International Relations (English);

42.04.01 - Advertisement and Public Relations/Social and Political Communications in Contemporary Society (English).

Practice-oriented sections and widely-used interactive methods of education are used within every given class, including:

Translation and Synchronization of a Video Text in English (headed by Associate Professor O.V. Efimova);
Intercultural Communication in Journalism (headed by senior lecturer A.A. Gevorgyan);
Teaching of Home Reading in Professional Linguistic Training of International Specialists (headed by O.V. Kurskikh);
Dialogue of Cultures - a joint project of the Institute of International Relations and Hastings College, Nebraska, USA (headed by Associate Professor T.V. Kara-Kazaryan);
J-Mirror Journal in English (headed by senior lecturer A.A. Gevorgyan);
Presentation of PR-Projects in English (headed by Professor L.N. Pereyashkina, Associate Professor M.K. Alkhazova) and others.

The Chair has issued 32 textbooks and academic aids in the past 5 years. Three of them were published in Moscow publishing houses, one received a designation from Academic Methodological Association in Linguistics of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and one was recommended by the Federal Institute of Education Development as an academic aid to use in an education process of educational facilities, which implement programs of higher education on 42.03.02 Journalism (bachelor’s level).

The academic staff of the chair has registered 10 objects of intellectual property.

Associate Professor O.V. Kurskikh heads Academic Laboratory of Audiovisual Interpretation, formed at the Chair. In order to place the laboratory, a multimedia classroom for 10 persons was equipped at the Institute of International Relations. 

The laboratory has principal goals of:

Creation of creative teams for implementation of certain projects, participation in scientific and research work in audiovisual interpretation, including collaboration with other higher educational facilities, scientific and research establishments and organizations, as well as enterprises;

Fulfillment of the orders for localization of foreign audiovisual products;

Participation in organization and negotiating of scientific and practical conferences on audiovisual interpretation issues and methods of its teaching;

Scientific and research, project work of students;

Preparation for academic and methodological aids publication;

Cooperation with famous audiovisual interpreters and leading release-groups;

Publication of scientific works (monographs, scientific articles, etc) on audiovisual interpretation issues;

Creation of conditions for the efficiency gain of training and retraining of human resources of higher scientific qualification (programs of additional training).

The chair successfully runs Five O’Clock Tea language clubs (headed by M.K. Alkhazova) and Carte Blanche (headed by senior lecturer M.K. Kharina).

Scientific Activity

The chair’s principal scientific research directions are pragmatics, theory and practice of translation, a theory of a concept, intercultural communication, methodology of foreign languages teaching for specialists in international relations, public relations, international journalists, international economists, mediators.

The chair runs postgraduate studies on 100204 – German Languages.