Scientific and educational center of languages

Chair overview

14 lecturers work at the chair (13 of them on contractual basis and 1 – concurrently), namely 7 PhD in linguistics associate professors, 1 PhD in linguistics, 6 lecturers.

The chair implements courses on the following educational degrees:

Secondary special education (1^st year of studies) – “Armenian language” and “Armenian Literature”,

Secondary special education (2^nd year of studies) – “Armenian language and speech culture foundations”,

Bachelor full-time (1^st year of studies), correspondence course (2^nd year of studies) – “Armenian language and literature”,

FSD (preparatory courses and 1^st year of studies) “Armenian language”,

Post-graduate studies (1^st year of studies) “Academic writing and thesis arrangement”

All the courses are equipped with educational programs, as well as educational and teaching literature.

While obtaining course knowledge, the learners acquire the following competences:

1^st year of studies at secondary special education on the subjects of “Armenian language” and “Armenian literature”:

They should acquire and apply grammar and language patterns, abilities and skills to speak and write the language literally correct, recognize the values of the literature work, abilities to connect it to real world examples.

2^nd year of studies at secondary special education on the subjects of “Armenian language” and “Armenian literature”:

They should structure written and spoken language, have communication skills and abilities to use language patterns in professional settings.

“Armenian language and literature” at full-time and correspondence courses at the bachelor’s degree:

Native Armenian as national identity and protection on the basis of strong position and intellectual abilities, usage of language patterns, styles of oral and written language, skills used in professional communication, ability to comprehend development processes and logics of Armenian literature and abilities to analyze the artistic values of the most valuable works of the Armenian literature.

“Armenian language” at preparatory courses of FSD and first year of studies:

Abilities to translate special texts in written and oral form, skills necessary for communication and abilities to use minimal terms and vocabulary

“Academic writing and thesis arrangement” at 1^st year of postgraduate studies:

Abilities and competences to arrange academic texts, use scientific style and terms in the text, translate and edit texts. Abilities to formulate academic works in Armenian in a literate manner

Scientific

Lecturers of the chair of Armenian language participate in on-site, republic wide and international conferences, seminars and publish their academic works.

The main scientific directions of the chair are:

Issues of Armenian studies

Problems of the language and style

Issues of terminology, scientific and technical terminology

Translation problems

Research on literature studies

Teaching methodology

Methodological and organizational

Participation in training processes

Organization of extra-curricular activities

Translation and editing

Participation in methodological and organizational processes both on-site and in other HEIs.

Chair overview

14 lecturers work at the chair (13 – on contract basis, 1- part-time), including 5 candidates of science, 1 PhD in linguistics, teaching assistant, 1 teaching assistant.

Functions of the chair

a)Educational

The chair carries out courses at the following degrees:

Secondary special education (1^st, 2^nd year of studies) – “Russian language”

Bachelor’s degree, full-time and correspondence courses (1^st, 2^nd terms, 2^nd, 3^rd terms) – “Russian language”

FSD (1^st year and preparatory) – “Russian language”

All courses are provided with educational programs as well as teaching literature.

Contents of the educational programs (in-depth according to educational degrees):

Phonetics

Grammar

General vocabulary

Special vocabulary

Oral communication

Business writing

Culture of the language taught

Translation

While studying, the learners acquire the following competences:

Ability to read and comprehend general and special texts

Ability to comprehend the texts orally

Ability to formulate written speech

Abilities of spoken and written communication

Translation skills

b)Scientific

Lecturers of the chair of Russian language participate in on-site, republic wide and international conferences, seminars and publish their academic works.

The main scientific directions of the chair are:

Methods of teaching Russian as a foreign language

Russian lexicology,

Russian grammar,

Russian stylistics

Terminology

Culture of oral and written speech

Translation problems

Literature issues (Armenian writers from Diaspora writing in foreign languages, Russian literature)

c)Methodological and organizational

Participation in training processes

Organization of extra-curricular activities

Translation and editing

Participation in methodological and organizational processes both on-site and in other HEIs

Collaboration with the embassy of the Russian Federation

Chair overview

38 lecturers work at the chair (36 – on a contract basis, 1- part-time, 1 – concurrently), including 3 PhD in linguistics, associate professor, 2 PhD in linguistics, teaching assistants.

Functions of the chair are:

1. Educational

The chair carries out courses in English, German and French on the following educational degree programs:

Secondary special education (1^st and 2^nd year of studies) – “Foreign language”

Bachelor’s full-time and correspondence courses (1^st and 2^nd year of studies) – “Foreign language”

FSD (1^st year and preparatory courses) – “Foreign language”

Post-graduate studies (1^st year of studies) – “Foreign language”, “English for Special Purposes”

All the courses have necessary educational programs as well as teaching literature.

Contents of the educational programs (in-depth according to educational degrees) are:

Foreign language grammar

General foreign vocabulary

Vocabulary of special terms (in foreign languages)

Oral communication in foreign languages

Technical and business communication (in foreign languages)

Culture of the country of the taught language

Translation

While studying, the learners acquire the following competences:

Abilities to read and comprehend foreign texts in general and special contexts

Abilities to comprehend foreign language texts orally

Abilities to write in foreign languages

Abilities to communicate in written and spoken forms

Translation skills

1. Scientific

Lecturers of the chair of foreign languages participate in on-site, republic wide and international conferences, seminars and publish their academic works.

The main scientific directions of the chair are:

Lexicology of foreign languages

Grammar of foreign languages

Methods of teaching of foreign languages

Issues of terminology

Contrastive Linguistics (phraseology)

Comparative linguistics

Translation issues

Academic writing

1. Methodological and organizational

Participation in training processes

Organization of extra-curricular activities

Translation and editing

Participation in methodological and organizational processes both on-site and in other HEIs.