Academic Program Hosted by Astrakhan State University ... Development of application for admission materials. ⢠Review
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Anna Geisherik www.geisherik.com/info 64-68 Austin St. Apt. 2-C Rego Park, NY 11374 (917) 805-0378 Email:
[email protected] Current Position
Lecturer in Russian, Department of European Languages, Literatures and Cultures Stony Brook University Academic Co-Director and Admissions Coordinator, The Advanced Critical Language Institute for Russian Immersion
Research Interests
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Second language acquisition Heritage learner pedagogy Theory of translation
Education 8/2005
Doctor of Arts in Foreign Language Pedagogy Stony Brook University Concentration in Russian Specialization: Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition Dissertation: “Aspects of Teaching Literacy to Heritage Learners of Russian”
6/1997
Master of Education in Teaching English as a Second Language University of Cincinnati Thesis: “Creating Exams and Testing Materials for a Language Textbook"
6/1993
Bachelor of Arts in English, Minor in French Kharkiv National University, Ukraine Specialization in English Language and Literature, Theory of Translation Thesis: “Temporal Asymmetry of the Noun and the Verb in a Sentence”
Teaching and Administrative Experience 9/2005 - present
Lecturer Department of European Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Stony Brook University Courses Taught (courses marked * were created and designed by me): • Elementary Russian I, II (RUS 111, 112) • Intermediate Russian I, II (RUS 211, 212) • Advanced Russian Composition and Conversation I, II (RUS 311, 312) • *Russian for Students of Russian Speaking Background (RUS 213) • *Contemporary Russian Literacy (An online course) (RUS 331)
12/2009 - present
Academic Co-Director and Admissions Coordinator Advanced Critical Language Institute for Russian Immersion, A Stony Brook University International Academic Program Hosted by Astrakhan State University • Development and supervision of the curricula for the intensive advanced Russian language programs • Development of application for admission materials • Reviewing applications for admission • Testing development and grading (Placement Test, Pre- and Post-Program Tests) • Compiling of statistic for test results
1/2008 – 8/2009
Pedagogical Coordinator Russian Language Institutes under the State Department’s Critical Languages Scholarship Program • Development and supervision of the curricula for the intensive intermediate Russian language programs in Nizhny Novgorod, Astrakhan, Kazan, Kaliningrad and Tomsk.
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Testing development and grading (Placement Test, Pre- and Post-Program Tests). Compiling of statistic for test results. Site visits to Nizhny Novgorod (2008), Astrakhan and Kazan (2009). Student and teacher meetings, class visits and evaluations. Reviewing applications (2007)
9/1997 - 6/2005
Graduate Teaching Assistant Department of European Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Stony Brook University Courses Taught: • Intermediate Russian I, II (RUS 211, 212) • Russian for Students of Russian Speaking Background (RUS 213) • Advanced Russian Composition and Conversation I, II (RUS 311, 312)
1/1995 - 6/1997
Graduate Teaching Assistant Department of Russian, University of Cincinnati Courses Taught: Elementary Russian I, II
Publications 2008
Aspects of Teaching Literacy to Heritage Learners of Russian. Publisher: VDM Verlag, Germany
2004
“The Role of Motivation among Heritage and Non-Heritage Learners of Russian” Canadian Slavonic Papers, Vol. XLVI, Nos. 1-2, March-June 2004, pp. 9-22.
1996
Review of The Heinle & Heinle TOEFL Test Assistant: Grammar by M. Broukal Ohio TESOL Newsletter, October, 1996.
1991
Translation of S. Freud’s Reflection upon War and Death (English to Russian) Published in “Psychoanalysis and Cultural Studies”, Bondarenko L. (Ed.), Philosophy department, Kharkov National University, Ukraine, 1991, pp. 5-29.
Presentations 2008
Chair, Panel “Urban Communication”; “Benefits of Online Instruction at an Advanced Level of Russian” Presentation at the Annual AATSEEL Conference, December 2008, San Francisco, CA
2006
Chair, Round Table “Teaching Methods and Materials for Heritage Learners Across Slavic Languages” Annual AATSEEL Conference, December 2006, Philadelphia, PA
2005
“Stages of Awareness in Heritage Language Learning: Pedagogical Strategies and Solutions” Presentation at the Annual AATSEEL Conference, December 2005, Washington, DC.
2005
“Addressing Syntactic Errors in Written Russian of Heritage Learners: Pedagogical Approach” Roundtable Discussion at the Annual AATSEEL Conference, December 2005, Washington, DC.
2004
“Syntactic Errors in Written Russian of Heritage Learners” Presentation at the Annual AATSEEL Conference, December 2004, Philadelphia, PA.
2002
“Attitudes and Motivation of Russian Heritage Learners” Presentation at the Annual AATSEEL Conference, December 2002, New York, NY.
Translation and Interpreting Experience 8/2005 – present
Freelance Translator and Interpreter for the following companies: CP Language Institure www.cpli.com Geneva Worldwide www.genevaworldwide.com Optimal Communicators www.optimalcommunicators.com Performance Research www.performanceresearch.com Legal Language Services www.legallanguage.com Language Services Associates www.lsaweb.com
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Corporate Translations
www.corptransinc.com
10/2008 – present
Russian Interviewer for Corporate Translations, Inc http://corptransinc.com/ Responsibilities: Recruiting and interviewing subjects for Russian language medical protocols. Linguistic validation and cognitive debriefing services.
6/2005 – 6/2007
Consultant, Senior Translator and Senior Research Aide Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University Consulting, Translations and Psychology Scoring (English, Russian, Ukrainian) for the project: “The Long Term Mental Health Consequences of Chernobyl”
Professional Service and Memberships: 01/2007
Refereeing for the Language Learning Journal
09/1997 - 06/1998
Graduate Senator for the Department of Slavic and German Languages Graduate Student Organization. Stony Brook University
1997 - Present
AATSEEL
1996 - 1997
TESOL Organization
Languages Russian English Ukrainian French
(native) (near-native) (advanced) (reading knowledge)
References 1. Christina Y. Bethin, Professor Department of Linguistics Stony Brook University
Tel. (631) 632-7370
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2. John F. Bailyn, Associate Professor Department of Linguistics Stony Brook University
Tel. (631) 632-7364
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3. Timothy C. Westphalen, Associate Professor European Languages Department Stony Brook University
Tel. (631) 632-7387
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4. Evelyn J. Bromet, Ph.D. Department of Psychiatry Stony Brook University
Tel. (631) 632-8853
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