Department for Germanic Philology

Yaroslava Kovaleva – the Head of the Department, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor.

TEACHING STAFF:
Yevheniia Izhko – candidate of pedagogical sciences;
Oksana Krainiak – candidate of philological sciences, associate professor;
Nataliia Makhonina – candidate of philological sciences, associate professor;
Ludmila Pastushenko – candidate of philological sciences, associate professor;
Lilia Ponomareva – candidate of philological sciences, associate professor;
Iryna Sakhno – candidate of philological sciences, associate professor;
Tetiana Kremenieva – assistant of German philological department;
Valeriіa Maikovska – lecturer of German philological department;
Maryna Prokopets – assistant of German philological department.

At the Department disciplines are taught: "History of the first foreign language (German)", "Lexicology of the first foreign language (German)", "Current issues of lexicology, grammar, stylistics of the first foreign language (German)", "Theoretical grammar of the German language", "Theory and practice of translation", "Methods of teaching of the first foreign language (German)", "Stylistics of the first foreign language (German)", "Basic of linguistic research", "Methodology of modern research", "German as a professional language".

The Department carry out research within the fundamental theme "German Studies in the Sociocultural Dimension". The topic is related to the integrative study of language and speech units of modern Germanic languages in sociolinguistic discourse. In this connection, the problems of media language, business correspondence, and languagesof subcultures, linguocultural studies, linguosynergetics and text linguistics are of particular importance. The results of scientific research are published in leading professional journals in Ukraine and abroad.

Since 2012, the Department regularly hosts the All-Ukrainian scientific-practical conference "Modern German Studies: Theory and Practice".

Starting in 2018 a scientific conference with the participation of university students and students-members of the Small Academy of Sciences in Dnipropetrovsk region is held based on the Department. Students take part in All-Ukrainian Olympiads, become prizewinners, laureates.

In 1989, the Department received the right to a lecturer of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Since then, certified native speakers have been working at the department. They not only teach German, but also maintain active contacts between students and teachers, on the one hand, and German universities, on the other. The result of such cooperation is the participation of teachers and students of the department in international projects, webinars, seminars, grant programs. Students get the opportunity to study at summer language courses in Germany at the expense of DAAD.

Since 2017 the Department has been participating in the international program "Erasmus +". The students can have a study for a semester at the University of Koblenz-Landau (Germany).

The Department of German Philology strives to comply with modern trends in science, methods of teaching professional disciplines, promotes the development of academic mobility, the internationalization of education.