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Natalia Sokolova
Natalia Sokolova
Academician of the International Academy of Pedagogical Education Sciences
Professor, Director of the Institute of Foreign Languages, department of Theory and Practice of Foreign Language

Science should be pragmatically oriented. Otherwise, it doesn't make sense from a practical point of view.

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sokolova-nl@rudn.ru
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Scientific interests:
courtesy category e-learning smart learning environment innovation in education creative learning blended learning
1973

Graduated from Maurice Thorez Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages (diploma with honors).

1977

Candidate thesis on “Stylistic use of antonyms” was defended. The degree of Candidate of Philological Sciences was awarded.

1978 - 1997

Lecturer, associate professor of the of the Department of Foreign Languages of the Preparatory Faculty of Peoples’ Friendship University named after P. Lumumba (now RUDN University). 

1988

The title of associate professor was awarded.

1991

Internship on advanced training at the Department of Language and Linguistics at Georgetown University. (Washington, USA). 

1997 - present

Director of the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL), RUDN University. 

2005 - present

Head of the Department of Theory and Practice of Foreign Language of the Institute of Foreign Languages, RUDN University.

2005

The lapel badge of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation “Honorary worker of higher professional education of the Russian Federation” was awarded for developing the latest methods and methodologies for teaching foreign languages (English). 

2006 - 2012

Headed the Preparatory Faculty of RUDN, successfully restructured it three times, opened 8 new departments. 

2009

Academician of the International Academy of Pedagogical Education Sciences.

2010

The badge of honor “Veteran of the RUDN” was awarded.

Teaching

The author's course of lectures for bachelor's programs in the field of study “Linguistics” in Russian and English:

  • “Theoretical Phonetics of the English Language”;
  • “Theoretical Grammar of the English Language”;
  • “Lexicology of the English Language”;
  • “Stylistics of the English Language”.

Developed educational programs for students of linguistic and non-linguistic universities and faculties in basic and second foreign languages:

  • “Master Foreign Languages”;
  • “The Applied Courses of the First and Second Foreign Languages” (Linguistics. Bachelor’s Degree Programs, 2014).

The author of the following course books and study guides:

  1. Sokolova N.L. Master Foreign Languages. English grammar in diagrams and tables Moscow: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, 2015 - 180 с.
    This book describes the Author’s exclusive approach to the English Grammar. It is bound to be of special interest to those who study or teach this subject at schools, colleges, universities and other higher educational institutions.
    https://search.rsl.ru/ru/record/01008158533
  2. Sokolova N.L. English Grammar: Alternative Approach. Guide to English Grammar.Москва: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, 2016. - 218 с.
    This book describes the Author’s exclusive approach to the English Grammar. It is bound to be of special interest to those who study or teach this subject at schools, colleges, universities and other higher educational institutions.
    https://search.rsl.ru/ru/record/01008728291

Science

  • Formulated the concept of the problems of speech etiquette in English. The conceptual approach reflects the high national linguistic traditions and contains its own creative innovations of an applied nature. To identify stable communication formulas or units of speech etiquette in dialogical speech based on the material of feature films of English and American production, N. L. Sokolova analyzed a total of 2,500 hours of spoken speech.  After computer processing, she selected pure dialogs-models, checked their compliance with real conversational practice on informants and native speakers, and confirmed them with dictionary entries. These developments form the basis of the monograph “Structural and semantic foundations of English speech etiquette”, 2015.
  • Formulated new multimedia technologies and innovative methods for teaching foreign languages, ESP - Teaching English for Specific Purposes, Blended Learning, E-Learning, Smart Learning Environment, for example, by using songs in English classes in inclusive education, etc.

Scientific interests

  • speech etiquette
  • linguistics and information technology
  • methods of teaching foreign languages
  • theory and practice of intercultural communication
Dinara G. Vasbieva, Natalia L. Sokolova, Alfiya R. Masalimova, Vladimir M. Shinkaruk, Yuliya L. Kiva-Khamzina. Exploring the EFL teacher’s role in a smart learning environment – a review study // (2018) XLinguae, 11 (2), pp. 265-274.
The paper investigates the EFL teacher’s role in a smart learning environment (SLE) which uses education technologies to provide essential tools for teachers to personalize teaching, adjust teaching and assessment, and create authentic learning environments for students. SLEs are aimed at using technology to bring real life experiences into the classroom to engage students, and prepare them for life-long education and future careers in a way that traditional practices often fail to do. The study was designed to review a vast amount of literature devoted to the potential of SLEs and teacher’s role in these learning settings and propose a model for EFL teacher’s multiple roles in SLE.
Olga A. Kalugina, Dinara G. Vasbieva, Albina R. Shaidullina, Natalia L. Sokolova, Ludmila Yu. Grudtsina. ESP blended learning based on the use of smart coursebook // (2018) XLinguae, 11 (2), pp. 445-454
ESP teaching in the blended learning environment has become quite widespread in language classes worldwide. The purpose of this present study is to outline an effectiveness of ESP blended learning based on the use of the smart coursebook. A total of 48 EFL undergraduate students of a non-linguistic university participated in the study. The experimental group studied the target course through blended learning strategies, and their performance was evaluated through comparing the results got from a pretest and post-test, respectively, to check the effectiveness of ESP blended learning based on the use of the smart coursebook. Questionnaires were also conducted to identify students’ evaluation of the ESP blended learning. It was observed that the participants of the study perceived BL to be useful and helpful for the improvement of their English proficiency. The findings show that the participants in the experimental group received higher scores for their post-test at the end of the study.
Mikhail I. Mukhin, Maria V. Mishatkina, Nataliya L. Sokolova. On The Issue Of Institutional And Methodological Foundations Of Teacher's Training // The European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences. - Volume XXVIII. 2017. P. 457 – 465.
The paper attempts to outline some approaches to creating an organisational and theoretical and methodological basis of training teachers of the tomorrow world. The foundation of his/her professional training should be not only a subject specialisation. The focus in the teacher's training is on some essential questions of three fundamental elements in their harmonic unity: intellectual, aesthetic and moral. According to the authors, the school of the 21st century will need a teacher-anthropologist who is willing to work in the conditions when the upbringing has the truly regent function in the conditions of the globalising, rapidly changing world. One of the principal requirements for the teacher of the school of the 21st century is to care about the child's progress, about the comprehensive implementation of his/her potencies. A teacher whose good pedagogical training is combined with fundamental education and a skill of accompanying the child in his/her ascension to the apex of his/her personal progress.
K.Y. Milovanov; E.Y. Nikitina; N.L. Sokolova; M.G. Sergeyeva. The creative potential of museum pedagogy within the modern society // Revista ESPACIOS. - Vol. 38 (№ 40). - Año 2017. - Pág. 27-37.
The paper explores the pedagogical and cultural educational significance of museums, describes their historical evolution, and defines their positive influence on the level of the people's culture and education. The aim of this research is to study the formation of a human individual's cultural and educational potential by means of Museum Pedagogy. The research shows that the methodological foundations of Museum Pedagogy development harmonically unite the fundamental principles of educational philosophy and the specificity of the museum-educational space. It is also defined that Museum Pedagogy as a scientific discipline is designed concerning the peculiarities of the modern museum, where the unique object-space environment is being formed, on the basis of the open cultural-civilizational dialogue and interaction with the objects of Spiritual Heritage. Therefore, the acquisition and comprehension of new mind-challenging ideas of the surrounding reality lead to certain stimulating, correctional, rehabilitation and recreational effects.

Information about the defended postgraduate students

Galina Shulzhenko
Country: Russia
Year of protection: 1992
Research topic: “Request” and the accompanying it speech etiquette formulas (to the problem of the intentional meaning of speech etiquette units in the dialogical pragmatics)
Annotation to the dissertation:The paper deals with the scientific research of the speech etiquette formula “Request” and the accompanying it elements of the same system functioning within the frame of а dialogical unity. The analytical chapter is devoted to the pragmatic and semantic peculiarities of the speech etiquette formulas implementing request intention. The thesis represents intentional analysis of “request” explicating different variants of speech act aims. The results of the research can be applied to composing of lecture courses on lexicology, stylistics, intercultural communication, translation and translation studies. The material for practical research as well as the methods of analysis can be used at seminars devoted to different aspects of communicative linguistics and while practicing oral English speech at linguistic schools and high school departments.

Irina Ballod
Country: Russia
Year of protection: 2008
Research topic: Antecedentless English Constructions as Expressive Means of Language and Speech.
Annotation to the dissertation: EThe major topic of the thesis encompasses a number of interdependent themes of syntax and discourse The descriptive and analytical chapters are devoted to the syntactic structure of antecedentless English constructions introduced by what or the combination «preposition+ what», their functional and semantic paradigms in the scientific prose, social-political texts and in the language of belles-lettres The research also represents the analysis of the ability of these constructions to create a special effect or feeling, that makes speeches, essays etc more emphatic and lively The results of the research can be applied to composing lecture courses on syntax, phraseology and styhstics of the English language. They also can be used at seminars devoted to improving the quality of speech synthesized for a variety of tasks that require not just the transmission of information, but also the expression of affect.

Elena Burina
Country: Russia
Year of protection: 2016
Research topic: Methods of projecting linguo-didactic environment to learn foreign language speech act (French as a second foreign language; language university)
Annotation to the dissertation:The thesis theoretically justifies, projects and develops scientific and methodical linguo-didactic environment for teaching speech communication in French as a second foreign language for graduate students of linguistic specialties and proves methods of use of its means, technologies, resources and tools. Linguo-didactic potential of the real language environment was identified and described. An environmental concept of learning a second foreign language (French) in a Russian university with the use of modern information and communication technologies was created. The list of modern teaching tools of the French language in Russian university was composed. Extrapolation of theoretical and practical achievements of linguo-didactic tests in French (DELF / DALF) was implemented in the training system of the second foreign language (French) to students of linguistic specialties. Methodical system, aimed at the formation of communicative abilities of bilingual students of linguistic specialties was formed. Educational-methodical complexes for learners of French as a second foreign language «Practical Course of the Second Foreign Language», «Foreign Language Speech Standards», «Business Communication Language» and «Speech Activity of Society» were developed, tested and put into practice. Educational materials that were created in the course of the study and addressed to Russian students of linguistic specialties can be used in the system of teaching of a second foreign language for non-philological audience.