Olga Vologina

Brief information

 Education

Belarusian State University. Faculty of Philology. Department of Theoretical and Slavic Linguistics (PhD Programme)

Researcher (“Theory of Language”).

Belarusian State University. Faculty of Philology. Department of Theoretical and Slavic Linguistics (Master’s Degree Programme)

MA in Philology (“Theory of Language”)

Belarusian State University. Faculty of Philology. Department of English Linguistics

Philologist. Teacher of foreign (English and Italian) languages and literatures. Translator / Interpreter (graduated with honours)

Winner of the Republican Contest of Research Papers (the Prize of the Special Fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus). Is included in the database of gifted and talented youth.

Work experience

Belarusian State University. Faculty of International Relations. Department of English for Social Sciences and Humanities

Senior Lecturer

- Teaching English for Special (Legal) Purposes (“International Law”)

- Teaching General English (upper-intermediate and advanced levels)

- Supervising course projects in “Theory and Practice of Translation”

Streamline Language School

English Teacher

- Teaching General English (intermediate level) to adults

- Teaching IELTS exam preparation course (upper-intermediate and advanced levels)

Professional development

January 2017 - Professional development programme “Designing of Electronic Educational Textbooks in the System of Higher Education” (Republican Institute of Higher Education)

May-June 2016 - Professional development programme “Implementation of Competency-Based Models of Education in Institutions of Higher Education: Bologna Context and Belarusian Experience”(Republican Institute of Higher Education)

February 2016 - Professional development webinar “Mixed-Ability Teaching: Assessment and Feedback” (Oxford University Press)

October 2015 - International training seminar "Youth Mobility: The Way to Success" (UNESCO, Belarusian State University)

October 2014 - Professional development programme “Dissertation Research Methodology and Methods” (Republican Institute of Higher Education)

2010-2011 - Professional development within the Streamline Language School in-company training system (one-to-one training sessions, SIGs, seminars, workshops)

Professional and scientific interests

ESP (English for Special Purposes), English for International Exams (IELTS, TOEFL, FCE, CAE), General English, communicative approach to language teaching, comparative linguistics, linguistic analysis of art discourse, language and synesthesia, synesthetic metaphor.

 Duties

Member of the Council of Young Scholars of the Faculty of International Relations.

Chairperson of the Council of Scientific and Research Work of Undergraduate and Graduate Students of the Faculty of International Relations of BSU.

 Courses taught

English as the First Foreign Language for “International Law”

http://elib.bsu.by/bitstream/123456789/150524/1/E655-2016.pdf

Theory and Practice of Translation for “International Relations” (Course Projects)

http://elib.bsu.by/bitstream/123456789/95074/1/E510-2014.pdf

For Students

How to render an article (Plan and useful structures) 

Selected Publications

1. Vologina, O.V. Synesthetic Tropes in Texts and Dictionaries / O.V. Vologina // Languages of the World in the World of Languages: Interuniversity Collection of Scientific Articles. Issue 4 / Ed.: N.N. Nizhnieva. - Minsk: BSU, 2010. - P. 41-4
2. Vologina, O.V. Synesthetic Metaphors and Other Sensory-Emotional Images in Verbal Interpretations of Music and Painting / O.V. Vologina // World of Languages: Perspective and Prospects: Materials of the I International Scientific and Practical Conference, Minsk, April 22, 2010 / Ed.: N.N. Nizhnieva [and others]. - Minsk: BSU, 2010. - P. 121-128. 
3. Vologina, O.V. Figurative Characteristics of the Phenomena of Art in English and Russian Articles on Music and Painting / O.V. Vologina // The Sixth Karpov Scientific Readings (Minsk, BSU, March 16-17, 2012): Collection of scientific articles in 2 Volumes. Volume 2 / Ed.: A.I. Golovnya [and others]. - Minsk: Belarusian Press House, 2012. - P. 178-182.
4. Vologina, O.V. Genitive Metaphors Among Synesthetic Tropes in Russian and English Articles on Music and Visual Art / O.V. Vologina // Linguistics and Methodology in Higher Education. Issue 5: Collection of Scientific Articles in 2 parts. Part 1 / Ed.: V.S. Istomin [and others]. - Grodno: OOO "YurSaPrint", 2013. - P. 99-111.
5. Vologina, O.V. Synesthetic Potential of Verbal and Nominal Predicates in Russian and English Articles on Music and Art / O.V. Vologina // The Seventh Karpov Scientific Readings (Minsk, BSU, March 15-16, 2013): Collection of Scientific articles in 2 Volumes. Volume 2 / Ed.: A.I. Golovnya [and others]. - Minsk: Belarusian Press House, 2013. - P. 222-226.
6. Vologina, O.V. Grammatical Organization of Synesthetic Tropes in Russian and English Articles on Music and Painting / O.V. Vologina // Bulletin of the BDPU. Series 1. Pedagogy. Psychology. Philology. - 2013. - N. 4 (78). - P. 55-62.
7. Vologina, O.V. Synesthetic Epithets in Russian and English Texts on Music and Painting: Structural and Grammatical Organization and Syntactic Functions / O.V. Vologina // International Relations: History, Theory, Practice: Materials of the 5th Scientific-Practical Conference of Young Scholars of the Faculty of International Relations of the Belarusian State University, Minsk, 4 February. 2015 / Ed.: V.G. Shadursky [and others]. - Minsk: Publishing Center of BSU, 2015. - P. 173-176.
8. Vologina, O.V. The Place of Synesthetic Tropes in the Theme-Rheme Structure of the Figurative Texture of Articles on Art / O.V. Vologina // Language Paradigm and Innovative Technologies in Professionally Oriented Teaching of Foreign Languages ​​in Higher Education: coll. of scient. art. : To the 20th Anniversary of the Formation of the Faculty of International Relations of the Belarusian State University: Coll. of scient. art. / Ed. I.N. Ivashkevich. - Minsk: Kolograd, 2015. - P. 30-44.

9. Vologina, O.V. Peculiarities of Translation of the License Agreement / O.V. Vologina, D.I. Bobola // An Excellent Course Project: Methodical Recommendations for the Students of the Faculty of International Relations on the "Theory and Practice of Translation"; Ed. I.N. Ivashkevich. - Minsk, BSU, 2015. - P. 14-26.
10. Vologina, O.V. Synesthesia as a Language Universal / O.V. Vologina // Intercultural Communication and Professionally Oriented Instruction in Foreign Languages: Materials of the IXth Intern. sci. conf., dedicated to the 94th Anniversary of the Belarusian State University. Minsk, 29 October. 2015 / Ed.: V.G. Shadursky [and others]. - Minsk: NIHE, 2016. - P. 92-94.
11. Vologina, O.V. Synesthesia: The Question of the Scope of the Concept / O.V. Vologina // International Relations: History, Theory, Practice: Materials of the 6th Scientific-Practical Conference of Young Scholars of the Faculty of International Relations of the Belarusian State University, Minsk, 4 February. 2016 / Ed.: V.G. Shadursky [and others]. - C. 34-36. 

11. Vologina, O.V. On the Role of Expressive Means in Art Criticism / O.V. Vologin // Practice of Teaching Foreign Languages ​​at the Faculty of International Relations of the Belarusian State University: An Electronic Collection. Issue VI. - Minsk: BSU, 2016. - P. 11-13. 
12. Vologina, O.V. Sensory Types of Synesthetic Images Based on Exteroceptive Senses (On the material of the Texts in English and Russian on Music and Painting) / O.V. Vologina // Intercultural Communication and Professionally Oriented Instruction in Foreign Languages: Materials of the Xth Intern. sci. conf., dedicated. to the 95th Anniversary of the Belarusian State University, Minsk, 27 Oct. 2016 / Ed.: V.G. Shadursky [and others]. - Minsk: Publishing Center of BSU, 2016. - P. 50-52.
13. Vologina, O.V. On the Advantages of Content and Language Integrated Classes (On the Example of the Topic "Global Issues on the United Nations' Agenda") / O.V. Vologina // Intercultural Communication and Professionally Oriented Instruction in Foreign Languages: Materials the XIth Intern. sci. conf. , Minsk, 25 October. 2017 / Ed.: VG Shadursky (previous) [and others]. - Minsk: Publishing Center of BSU, 2017. - P. 209-210.