Anzhelika Solodka
Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of General Theoretical Legal and Social Sciences and Humanities
Education
- 1991 — V. H. Belinsky Mykolaiv State Pedagogical Institute, specialty in History and English.
- 2015 — Open International University of Human Development “Ukraine”, Specialist in Translation (English and German).
Academic degrees
- Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences (2005), specialty 13.00.07 — Theory and Methodology of Education.
- Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences (2016), specialty 13.00.07 — Theory and Methodology of Education. Dissertation: “Theoretical and Methodological Foundations of Cross-Cultural Interaction among Participants in the Educational Process at Higher Education Institutions”.
Professional interests
- Modern methods of teaching foreign languages and translation
- Artificial intelligence and translation software
- Intercultural communication
Main courses taught
Theory and Practice of Translation; Business Foreign Language; Foreign Language for Professional Purposes; Academic English; General Political Discourse in English; Translation of Scientific and Technical Documentation; Theory and Practice of Text Interpretation; Theory and Practice of Cross-Cultural Interaction from a Translation Perspective; Sociolinguistic and Pragmatic Problems of Translation; Translation of Specialised Texts.
Internships
Transferable Skills Group Study, Limerick Institute of Technology, Limerick, Ireland, 10–17 June 2020. European Union Capacity Building in Higher Education project “Structuring Cooperation in Doctoral Research, Transferable Skills Training, and Academic Writing Instruction in Ukraine’s Regions” (DocHub), Erasmus+ Project No. 8574064-EPP-1-2016-1-LT-EPPKA2-CBHE-SP (4 credits).
University College of Social Sciences in Częstochowa, Republic of Poland, 4 January–4 April 2021 (180 hours / 6 credits).
Participation in grant programmes
Project “Structuring Cooperation in Doctoral Research, Transferable Skills Training, and Academic Writing Instruction in Ukraine’s Regions” (establishing a training centre for postgraduate students and researchers), Project No. 8 574064-EPP-1-2016-1-LT-EPPKA2-CBHE-SP, under the European Union Capacity Building in Higher Education programme, DocHub Project under Erasmus+ (2017–2022).
Conferences and paper presentations
- Conference paper, International Conference “Modern Education: Trends of Development”; FIPLV Nordic-Baltic Region Conference “Teaching and Learning Languages in the 21st Century: Linguistic, Educational and Cultural Aspects”, 7–8 June 2018, Vilnius, Lithuania.
- International Conference “Language, Identity and Education in Multilingual Contexts”, 14–15th February 2019, York, Northern England.
- International Conference “Multilingualism and Multilingual Education”, 21–22nd March 2019, Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Germany.
- International Conference “European Project Management: Applied Information Technology in Education”, 27 January 2021, Institute for Research and Innovation in Education, Częstochowa, Poland.
- International Conference of English Language, Literature, and Translation (iCELLTS), Komar University of Science and Technology, 9–10 March 2022.
Honours
- Commendation from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
- Certificate of Honour of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
- Certificates of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine
Academic achievements
Author of more than 150 academic and teaching-methodology works, including:
- 10 teaching-methodology guides
- 7 monographs, including co-authored works
- 35 course programmes
Member of the editorial board of the Arab World English Journal, which is indexed in Web of Science.
Researcher identifiers
ORCID: 0000-0003-1703-7996
Web of Science ResearcherID: AAF-4936-2020
Publications in journals indexed in Web of Science and Scopus (2020–2024)
- Solodka A., Zaskaleta S., Moroz N., Demyanenko O. Sheltered Instructional Observational Protocol Model in Digital Teaching EFL Students in Ukraine. Arab World English Journal (AWEJ). Special Issue on COVID-19 Challenges, April 2021. P. 21–36. (Web of Science.) https://awej.org/sheltered-instructional-observational-protocol-model-in-digital-teaching-efl-students-in-ukraine/
- Solodka A. MALL Instructional Course Design: Constructing Out-of-Class Experience / Solodka A., Ruskulis L., Demianenko D., & Zaskaleta S. Arab World English Journal (AWEJ), Special Issue on CALL, 2022, No. 8. P. 40–55. (Web of Science.) https://awej.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/3.pdf
- Solodka A., Moroz T., Filippyeva T., & Maystrenko L. (2023). Multilingual Practices and Trans-Language Methods in Teaching English. Arab World English Journal, 14(1). P. 266–279. (Web of Science.) https://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awej/vol14no1.17
- Solodka A., Shabunina V., Bilous B., Romaniuk V., & Berezhna M. (2023). Development of Professional Communication in English: Experience of Ukrainian Military Officers. Amazonia Investiga, 12(69), 132–142. (Web of Science.) https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2023.69.09.11
- Solodka A., Yuhan N., Herasymenko Y., Deichakivska O., Kozlov Yevhen. Translation as a Linguistic Act in the Context of Artificial Intelligence: The Impact of Technological Changes on Traditional Approaches. Data and Metadata. 2024; 3:429. (Scopus.) https://doi.org/10.56294/dm2024429
- A. Solodka, O. Polishchuk, A. Sameliuk, L. Honcharuk, N. Sherstiuk. Integration of Web Applications into Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) Programmes in Higher Education: Ukrainian Context (2024). Revista de Tecnología de Información y Comunicación en Educación. Revista Eduweb. Vol. 18, No. 4. (Web of Science.) https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2024.18.04.7
Monographs
- Culturally Determined Factors in Translation Practice / academic editor A. K. Solodka. Mykolaiv: FOP Shvets V. M., 2017. 232 p.
- Cross-Cultural Communication in English-Speaking Communities: Speech Acts of Complimenting. Text in Media Cultural Space: Collective Monograph / Kostyrko et al. Riga: Baltija Publishing, 2020. P. 77–97.
- The Syntactic, Pragmatic and Semantic Nature of Compliment Expressions between Native Speakers of English, Russian, and Ukrainian. Contemporary Issues in Philology. Innovative Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages: Monograph in 2 vols. / edited by O. L. Ilienko; O. M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv; TESOL-Ukraine. Kharkiv: O. M. Beketov NUUE, 2021, in partnership with the University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas, USA. P. 164–198.
- Strategic Approaches to Cross-Cultural Availability: Formation of Translators, Theory and Practice. Trends in the Development of Philological Education in the Context of European Integration: Collective Monograph / edited by the authors. Riga, Latvia: Baltija Publishing, 2021. P. 240–260.
- Political Discourse: Functional and Pragmatic Features of Translating Evaluative Lexical Units. Modernization of Research Area: National Prospects and European Practices. Academic Monograph. Riga, Latvia: Baltija Publishing, 2022. P. 658–683.