ABOUT US
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Authors

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Academic Books
Mara A. Baghdasaryan
Education
2005 - 2009 - Postgraduate Course, Chair of English Philology, Yerevan State University (YSU)
2003 - 2005 - Master`s Studies, Faculty of Romance and Germanic Philology, YSU
1999 - 2003 - Bachelor’s Studies, Faculty of Romance and Germanic Philology, YSU

Professional Experience
2005 - 2009 - Senior Lab Assistant, English Chair N2, Faculty of Romance and Germanic Philology, YSU
2005 - 2008 - Teacher, Chair of Foreign Languages, Chair of Language Theory and Cross-cultural Communication, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Regional Studies, Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University (RAU)
2008 - present - Teacher, English Chair N2, Faculty of Romance and Germanic Philology, YSU

Academic Courses
English for Special Purposes, English as Major, Sociolinguistics

Professional Activities
Conferences
2009 - “Foreign Languages in Armenia: New Challenges, New Approaches” conference of young researchers, YSU, Yerevan
2008 - “Romance-Germanic Philology and Foreign Language Teaching” II international conference, RAU, Yerevan
2007 - Annual Conference, RAU, Yerevan
2007 - “Language and Literature in the Contemporary Paradigm of Scientific Knowledge” AASE 2nd international conference, Yerevan
2007 - “Translation in the Context of Cross-cultural Communication”, YSU, Yerevan
2006 - “The Topical Issues in Romance and Germanic Philology and the Methods of Foreign Language Teaching”, YSU, Yerevan
2006 - “Romance-Germanic Philology and Foreign Language Teaching” international conference, RAU, Yerevan
2004 - “Language, Culture, Civilisation” student conference, YSU, Yerevan

Seminars
2011 - “New ELT Courses and Teaching Methodology in Armenia” master class / teacher training session (organized by Manmar CJSC PH and conducted by Mr. Robert Dean, Longman Pearson PH)
2010 - “Language, Cross-cultural Communication and Education in a Globalising World” interactive seminar (AASE Youth Wing)
2010 - “Language Assessment Workshop” (Department of English Programs, American University of Armenia)
2010 - “Technology-mediated Language Teaching & Learning Workshop” (Department of English Programs, American University of Armenia)

Round Tables
2007 - “Language Policy in Armenia” round table in the framework of “Language and Literature in the Contemporary Paradigm of Scientific Knowledge” AASE 2nd international conference, AASE Youth Wing, Yerevan
2009 - Round table on the International Day of Mother Tongue

Professional Membership
2006-present - Coordinator of the Youth Wing of the Armenian Association for the Study of English (AASE - Member Association of the European Society for the Study of English)
2003-2005 - Head of the Student Scientific Society (SSS) of the Faculty of Romance and Germanic Philology, YSU

Awards
2003 - YSU Best Student Award

Languages
Armenian (native), English, Russian, French (fluent)
Books published by the YSU