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Viktoriia Kostenko, PhD (Candidate of Philological Sciences - Germanic Languages), Associate Professor

Viktoriia Kostenko, PhD (Candidate of Philological Sciences - Germanic Languages), Associate Professor

Linguistics
Philology

 

Highlights

Languages
  • Ukrainian, English
Gender
  • Female
PSMU Affiliations:
  • Department of Foreign Languages, Latin,  and Medical Terminology
Location:

 

About Viktoriia Kostenko

Primary Academic Title
  • Candidate  of  Philological  Sciences (PhD, V.  N.  Karazin  Kharkiv  National  University,Kharkiv, 2000)
  • Associate Professor (Foreign Languages, Latin, and Medical Terminology, 2007)
Professional Titles
  • Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages, Latin, and Medical Terminology since 2007.

 

Background

Viktoriia Kostenko is a Ukrainian linguist, Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages,Latin, and Medical Terminology at Poltava State Medical University.

She  possesses  extensive  expertise  in  professional  communication  within  the  healthcare  field,including  medical  and  dental  discourse,  discourse  and  genre  analysis,  and  academic  writing pedagogy. She also brings a wealth of experience in teaching General English, English for Specific and Academic Purposes, and in designing curricula for Medical and Dental English as well as EAP.

Her instructional approach integrates contemporary methodologies, tools, and resources to enhance content  learning  in  context,  while  fostering  the  knowledge,  skills,  and  attitudes  outlined  in  course and  program  learning  outcomes. She  maintains  active  collaborations  with  other  universities  and contributes  to  the  assessment  and  accreditation  of  undergraduate  and  graduate  programs  in Philology (Germanic Lnaguages), including final graduation assessments.

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Research Interests
  • Professional Communication
  • Professional Discourse
  • Discourse Analysis; Genre Analysis
  • Academic Writing Pedagogy
  • Academic Culture

Researcher unique identifier: 0000-0001-9077-2191

Scopus Author ID 7005666848

 

Expertise

Education

1996 – Teacher  of Russian  Language  and  Literature,  and English  Language,  V.  G.
Korolento Poltava State Pedagogical Institute, Poltava, Ukraine.

2000 – Candidate of Philological Sciences (corresponding to PhD), V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National  University,  Kharkiv,  Ukraine.  Title  of PhD thesis:  “Word-formation  potencial  of Germanic root words (on the material of English Biological Terminology)”.

2007 – Associate  Professor  (Foreign  Languages,  Latin,  and  Medical  Terminology),  Higher Attestation Commission

Selected Publications
  • Kostenko  V.,  Solohor  I.  How  to  incorporate  academic  writing  pedagogy  in  undergraduate  and postgraduate medical education. Wiad Lek. 2018;71(2 pt 2):261-265. PMID: 29786567.
  • Sheshukova O, Polishchuk T, Kostenko V, Trufanova V, Bauman S, Davydenko V. Consideration of childhood psychological factors at dental appointment. Wiad Lek. 2018;71(7):1305-1309. PMID:30448801.
  • Kostenko   V.,  Bieliaieva  O.,  Solohor  I.  Interactional  metadiscourse  markers  in  dentistry  case reports. Germanic  Philology  of  Yuriy  Fedkovych  Chernivtsi  National  University.  2023.  DOI: 10.31861/gph2023.843.138-147
  • Kostenko  V. Metadiscourse  resources  used  to  manage  doctor-patient  interaction  in  informed consent templates for dental treatment. Transcarpathian Philological Studies 1(25):118-123, DOI:
    10.32782/tps2663-4880/2022.25.1.22.
Memberships
  • TESOL-Ukraine
  • IATEFL-Ukraine
  • Ukrainian Association for Language Testing and Assessment
  • European Association of Language Teachers for Healthcare.
  • Lithuanian Scientific Society

 

Professional Activities

  • Chair of the Examination Board on assessment and accreditation of undergraduate and graduate programs in Philology (Germanic Lnaguages) at National University «Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic» and Poltava University of Economics and Trade over 10 years.
  • Jury Member of the Regional Stage of the Junior Academy of Sciences (MAN) in Poltava Region over 5 years.
Additional Training
  • Scientific  Internship:  “Advanced  Practices  and  Innovations  in  Higher  Education:
    International  Experience  of  Lithuania”  by Mokslininkų Sąjungos  institutas  (MSI)  та
    Lietuvos Mokslininkų Sąjunga  (LMS),  Vilnius,  Lithuania,  November,  2024 – February  ,2025.
  • AWMEx:  Academic  Writing  Made  Easy,  Technical  University  of  Munich, April  2022 —
    July 2022
  • Teaching Mobility under ERASMUS+ International Credit Mobility Program (KA107), The University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, April 2021-April 2021
  • Writing in the Sciences, Stanford University, USA. August 2015 — November 2015