Anastasiia Syzenko
Personal information
Job Title: Associate Professor of the Department of Foreign Languages
Academic Degree: Ph.D. in Philology
Academic Title: Associate Professor
E-mail: anastasia.syzenko@knu.ua
Work experience
1/2018– current
Associate Professor of the Department of Foreign Languages.
Faculty of Economics, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Vasylkivska Str. 90A, Kyiv, Ukraine, 03022.
Teaching the following courses:
- English for Professional Purposes
- Upper-Intermediate Business English in International Investment
- Upper-Intermediate Business English in Strategic Marketing Management
- Advanced Business English in International Investment
- Innovation Management
1/2017 – current
Teacher trainer and corporate courses teacher, British Council Ukraine
- Teacher in the British Council BELT (British Euro-Atlantic Language Training) project, (2024 – current)
- Master trainer and trainer of trainers in the ENCOURSE project: English and New Competencies for Ukrainian Reformed School Education (2024 – current)
- Master trainer and mentor in ‘SWITLO: skills and Well-being in Teacher Learning Opportunities’ project (2024 – current)
- Master-Trainer in the British Council project Teaching and Learning in Difficult Times (2022 – 2023)
- Master trainer and mentor the ‘English in the New Context’ project (2020 – 2023)
- Trainer of ‘Remote Teacher Training’ in the Learning Hubs: Improved Skills for Stronger Societies project in Moldova (2021)
- Teacher in English for Civil Servants project (2018 – 2020)
- Trainer of the ‘English for Universities’ course for English teachers of Ukrainian HEIs (2017 – 2019, British Council Ukraine)’
Education and training
2023
Erasmus+ professional development programme, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
2016
Weiser Research Fellow, University of Michigan, USA
2016
Professional Award in Teacher Development, British Council
2012
Carnegie Fellow, UC Berkeley, USA
Erasmus+ teaching fellowship, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania
2011
Coimbra Research Fellow, KU Leuven, Belgium
Erasmus Mundus Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Turku, Finland
2009
Candidate of Philology (PhD)
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Networks and memberships
2020 – current
IATEFL-Ukraine
TESOL-Ukraine
Skills
- Mother tongue(s): Ukrainian
- Other language(s): English C2, French B2, Spanish B1
- Organizational skills and competencies: using advanced pedagogical technologies and interactive teaching methods, project management, strategic planning, professional business writing, delivering presentations and conducting negotiations
- Computer skills and competencies: Microsoft Office, Moodle, Google tools
- Other skills: research skills, interpersonal skills, public speaking skills
Publications:
Projects
2025-2028
Participant in the “Academic Network to Empower Educators for Democracy and Peace” project (DEM-ED)
