Currently, the Department provides training in Spanish, Italian and French and boasts the strongest team of Romance language specialists in Ukraine: 6 Professors, 18 Associate Professors, 6 Doctors of Science, 2 holders of doctoral degrees from Paul Valéry University – Montpellier III (France), and 27 PhDs.
The Head of the Department is Associate Professor Iryna Sytdykova, PhD in Philology.
The Department offers specialist training within the following educational programs:
Bachelor’s degree
B11 051 “Spanish Language and Translation, English and a second Romance Language”
Guarantor of the Educational Program – Olena Bratel
Contact e-mail of the program guarantor for recommendations and remarks: o.bratel@knu.ua
B11 052 “Italian Language and Translation, English and a Second Romance Language”
Guarantor of the Educational Program – Anastasiia Seliverstova
Contact e-mail of the program guarantor for recommendations and remarks: nastasiiia_s@knu.ua
B11 055 “French Language and Translation, English and a Second Romance Language”
Guarantor of the Educational Program – Antonina Skrypnyk
Contact e-mail of the program guarantor for recommendations and remarks: a.skrypnyk@knu.ua
Master’s degree
B11.051 “Spanish Language Studies and Translation, English Language”
Guarantor of the Educational Program – Nataliia Popova
Contact e-mail of the program guarantor for recommendations and remarks: n.popova@knu.ua
B11 052 “Italian Language Studies and Translation, English Language”
Guarantor of the Educational Program – Valeriia Okhrimenko
Contact e-mail of the program guarantor for recommendations and remarks: v.okhrimenko@knu.ua
B11 055 “French Language Studies and Translation, English Language”
Guarantor of the Educational Program – Dmytro Chystiak
Contact e-mail of the program guarantor for recommendations and remarks: d.chystiak@knu.ua
Prospective Development Plan of the Department for 2021-2026, SYTDYKOVA
Report on the Research Activities of the Department Staff in 2022
Report on the Research Activities of the Department’s Students in 2022
Textbooks and Instructional/Methodological Materials
Andriichenko Yu.V. A Textbook on Language Variation for Second-Year Master’s Students
Andriichenko Yu.V. Sociolinguistics (Gender Linguistics)
García de Jesús M.O. Coursebook for Home Reading for First-Year Students (Italian Language)
Lepetiuk I.H., Uhryn T.V. Coursebook on the Theory and Practice of Translation (French Language)
Heiko T.M., Uhryn T.V. Introduction to French Lexicology. Part 1: Fundamentals of Lexicology
Klymenko Lada, Sytdykova Iryna. Linguistic Aspects of Communication (French Language)
I.H. Lepetiuk. Coursebook “Country Studies of France” (History of France)
International cooperation
Erasmus+ Programme Project (Project Duration: 2023–2026)
- On January 16, 2024, a consortium meeting took place in Coimbra, Portugal. (Staff members from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv participated online.) Associate Professor Lada Klymenko delivered a plenary presentation entitled “Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukraine and Beyond” (presentation attached in English).
- From July 8 to 11, 2024, Associate Professor of the Department of Romance Philology of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology, Tetiana Burmistenko, and Senior Laboratory Assistant of the French Center, Larysa Huberniuk, visited Heidelberg, Germany, to participate in a working meeting within the framework of the Erasmus+ project COMMUNIKITE. The visit was carried out at the invitation of the Institute of German as a Foreign Philology of Heidelberg University, a partner in the project.
Research Work of the Department