Innovation in Language Learning

PHD, Associate-Professor at Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences
Member of the International Associations: TBLT (International Association for Task-Based Language Learning) and ADTEL (International Association for the Development of Teaching, Education and Learning.
Education
2002-2006 - Postgraduate Studies in Armenian State Pedagogical University after Kh. Abovyan, Chair of Foreign Languages and their Teaching Methodology
1996-2000 - Faculty of Foreign Languages, Yerevan State Linguistic University after V. Brusov.
1978-1983 - Faculty of History, Yerevan State University, RA.

Scientific degree
Ph.D (Pedagogy), Associate-Professor.

Professional fields, Directions
 English Teaching Methodology for Basic School
 English Teaching Methodology for Elementary School
 English Teaching Methodology for High School
 The European Language Portfolio
 English Teaching Methodology for Specific Purposes
 Practical English
 Practical German
 Intercultural learning
 Teaching History
 Teaching human rights.

Scope of professional interests
 European plurilingual education policy
 General and regional descriptors for the learners language proficiency
 New approaches for teaching English
 European language portfolio
 English for specific purposes
 System of principles for selection and teaching of English terminology
 Intercultural learning
 Effective organization of the procedure for teaching communicative English
 Mechanisms for the formation and development of the learners' language-communicative competence
 Organization of integrated teaching of language knowledge and communicative skills
 Testing language knowledge and skills
 Assessment, different types of assessment
 University students practicum and internship.

Publications
 Dictionary: English-Armenian Dictionary of History
 Monograph: English in the Communicative Language Teaching Context
 More than 60 articles, published in national/international journals, conference proceedings.