Olha Berestok
Senior Lecturer, Department of Foreign Languages
General Information
Date and place of birth: 1969, Bilopillia, Sumy Region.
Education
1986 — Graduated from Secondary School No. 2 in Bilopillia with a gold medal and entered the Faculty of Foreign Languages of A. S. Makarenko Sumy Pedagogical Institute.
1991 — Graduated with an honors diploma.
Professional Experience
1991–2001 — English teacher, Secondary School with Lyceum Classes No. 17, Sumy.
Since 2001 — Senior Lecturer, Department of Foreign Languages, Sumy National Agrarian University.
Main courses taught: “Foreign Language for Professional Communication (English),” “Business Foreign Language (English),” “Advanced Foreign Language Studies (English).”
Research Work
Research area: adult learning in the lifelong education system.
Grants: “The Linguistic Dimension of the Concept of ‘Safety’ as the Core Component of a Safe Educational Space: European Experience” (101094386 – EUSPACED – ERASMUS-JMO-2021-HEI-TCH-RSCH).
Professional Development
- September 15 – October 15, 2020 — Professional development at A. S. Makarenko Sumy State Pedagogical University (Diploma PK No. 02125510/001274-20, reg. No. 488, 6 credits).
- October 14 – December 25, 2024 — International internship at Henan Institute of Science and Technology (China), 180 hours (Order No. 1325/vk/tr dated 01.10.2024).
Additional Information
Member of the NGO “Scientific Center for the Didactics of Educational Management” (Kharkiv); responsible for methodological work in the Quality Council of the Faculty of Biology and Technology.
