Olha Tamarkina
Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages
General Information
Date and place of birth: December 20, 1974, Sumy.
Education
1992–1997 — Studied at the Faculty of Foreign Languages of A. S. Makarenko Sumy State Pedagogical Institute; qualified as a teacher of English, German, and world literature.
2008–2011 — Postgraduate studies at Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University.
2011 — Defended the dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences (specialty 13.00.09 – Theory of Learning) on the topic “Didactic conditions for developing university students’ independence.”
2014 — Awarded the academic rank of Associate Professor of the Department of Foreign Languages.
Professional Experience
1996–1998 — English teacher, Secondary School No. 17, Sumy.
2003–2004 — English lecturer at the SNAU Professional College.
2004–2011 — Lecturer, Department of Foreign Languages, SNAU.
Since 2011 — Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, SNAU.
Main courses taught: “Business Foreign Language,” “Foreign Language,” “Foreign Language (elective).”
Research Work
Research area: independent work of students in higher education institutions.
Grants: Methodological Foundations of Digital Literacy for Safe and Effective English Language Learning by University Students: A European Perspective. INTERSTELLAR (2025, application submitted).
Professional Development
- December 2, 2024 – January 15, 2025 — “Modern Teaching Methods and Innovative Technologies in Higher Education: European Experience and Global Trends” (Plovdiv, Bulgaria).
Additional Information
Member of the NGO “All-Ukrainian Association of Ukrainian Germanists.”
