Education
1952 - 1962: N1 secondary school, Dagestan, Makhachkala
1962 - 1967: Faculty of foreign languages (English dpt.), Dagestan State University, Makhachkala
1972 - 1975: Postgraduate studies, Moscow M. Torez State Pedagogical Institute of foreign languages.

Academic Degree
1977: PhD, Assistant Professor at YSU.

Work Experience
More than thirty five years of teaching experience at school and at Yerevan State University. Three years of translator, Iraq.

Research
Research experience in the field of Foreign Language Teaching, Applied Linguistics and general problems of Philology. More than fourty publications including dictionaries and textbooks for school and University students.

Scientific Interests
Methods of foreign language teaching, Lexicology, English phraseology.

Administration
1987 - 2000: Head of the English Language dpt. at Yerevan State University
1991 - 2009: Dean of the Faculty of Romance and Germanic Philology of Yerevan State University
2009 - present: Head of Translation Studies department of Yerevan State University.

Professional Experience
1964 - 1967: Teacher of English, school N37, Dagestan, Makhachkala
1968 - 1982: Teacher of English, Yerevan State University
1982 - present: Assistant Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages, Lecturer of the Department of English Philology, Supervisor of term papers, diplomas and dissertations.

Conference Participation
Participation in many international, All-Union, republican and many other scientific conferences on the problems of Philology and Methods of Foreign Language Teaching, ,
1985: Great Britain, Leeds University.
1991: USA, Georgetown University.
1999: Salzburg Seminar.

Languages
Armenian (native), English (fluent), Russian (fluent), German (intermediate).

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