The Department of English Philology was founded in 1953. The first head of the department was Polina Samoilovna Rabinovich (1953–1955). In 1955, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor Semyon Lazarevich Sheinzon was elected to this position. From 1958 to 1968 The department was headed by a candidate of philological sciences, associate professor Fedor Petrovich Markov, and in 1969 Yuri Pavlovich Zotov, who defended his Ph.D. thesis in 1975, was elected head. From 1969 to 1994 Irina Borisovna Khlebnikova, a world-famous philologist, worked at the department. She trained 56 candidates of philological sciences. In 1995, Doctor of Philology, Professor Yulia Mikhailovna Trofimova was elected to the position of head of the department. Since 2010, the department has been headed by Doctor of Philology, Associate Professor Konstantin Bertoldovich Svoykin.

Department of English Philology:

• has high scientific potential (2 professors - doctors of philological sciences, 12 associate professors, candidates of philological sciences, cultural scientists and philosophies)
• conducts scientific research in various areas: intercultural communication - language-culture-mentality (theoretical and applied problems); linguoculturology, linguodidactics; optimization of speech communication; text linguistics. linguistic genderology;
• supervises graduate students in the specialty 10.02.04 “Germanic languages” (Doctor of Philology, Professor Trofimova Yu.M., Doctor of Philology, Associate Professor K.B. Svoykin)
• actively participates in the publication of scientific and educational works of the faculty
• collaborates with the Faculty of Pre-University Training on the issue of teaching Russian to foreign students
• receives grants on a competitive basis for participation in scientific and methodological seminars and conferences: grant from the Government of the Republic of Moldova “Internet and multimedia in teaching foreign languages” (together with other departments); grant from the Jean Monnet program (together with the Faculty of Economics) for holding an international conference on the Bologna process; TEMPUS program grant to modernize the training of English language teachers; 3 Fulbright grants to invite American teachers to the faculty to teach theoretical and practical courses in English and other types of academic activities
• takes an active part in international, regional, city and intra-university scientific and scientific-practical conferences
• actively develops cooperation with foreign specialists: the department employed teachers from the USA, Great Britain, New Zealand, who conducted practical classes in modern English and participated in the preparation and conduct of subject Olympiads for students of the faculty (Matthew Stewart Barkley, Robin Schroeder, students of Oxford and Cambridge universities Ready Mark Dolby, Marta Tomashevskaya, Claire O'Brien, Oliver Ready), and also gave courses of lectures for teachers and students on linguodidactics (Robin Schroeder), modern US literature (Professor Fuller), methodology for testing language competencies (Professor Anthony Green)
• is the organizer of regional, Russian and international scientific and practical conferences, in which both Russian and foreign scientists take part
• actively cooperates with the publishing houses “Longman”, “Heinemann”, “MacMillan”, “Cambridge University Press” (Russian representative office) in order to modernize the educational and methodological support of the educational process
• facilitates the completion of advanced training courses and internships for teachers and students under Russian and international programs
• prepares students to participate in Regional competitions in English, in the All-Russian open competition of scientific works of students in the section “Philological Sciences”
• contributes to students receiving various scholarships, in particular named after M.M. Bakhtin, Head of the Republic of Moldova, President of the Russian Federation, international academic mobility programs
• since 2001 it has been the headquarters of the regional branch of the All-Russian Association of Teachers of English (NATE)

The Department of English Philology was established as an independent structural unit in 1994. Its first head was Dr. Philol. Sciences, Professor V.V. Kabakchi, from 1997 to 2014 the department was headed by Dr. Philol. Sciences, Professor N.L. Shadrin, from 2014 to 2017 - Doctor of Philology. Assoc. HE. Morozova, the Department of English Philology is currently headed by Dr. Philol. Sciences, Professor Svetlana Viktorovna Ivanova,.

The main activities of the department are:

• teaching English as a first and second foreign language for students studying in the direction of preparation 44.03.01 Pedagogical education, profile Foreign language (bachelor's degree) and direction 44.04.01 Pedagogical education, training program "Language education" (master's degree);
• teaching theoretical disciplines of linguistic and methodological cycles;
• teaching English to postgraduate students in non-linguistic areas of training;
• training of postgraduate students in the field of study 06/45/01 LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY STUDIES, profile Germanic languages.

Training at the department is carried out in accordance with the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education. Targeted training allows graduates of the department to successfully carry out professional activities in the pedagogical, scientific-methodological, research, and educational fields. Our graduates work as foreign language teachers, researchers, scientists, heads of educational institutions, methodologists-consultants, and experts in the field of education.

Teachers of the department constantly improve the content of theoretical courses (“Introduction to Linguistics”, “Lexicology”, “Stylists”, “Theoretical Phonetics”, “Theoretical Grammar”, etc.), elective courses, special courses, seminars and practical classes, using in their development of the achievements of modern science and the results of our own methodological and research activities. All teachers of the department are constantly working to improve their qualifications, attend courses, take part in conferences and scientific and methodological seminars.

Teachers of the department annually hold a university Olympiad in English among graduates of schools in the Leningrad region and St. Petersburg.

The department maintains and develops previously established connections with scientific and educational institutions of St. Petersburg and other regions and countries, participating in joint scientific and methodological seminars and conferences (St. Petersburg State University, Russian State Pedagogical University named after A.I. Herzen, St. Petersburg State Agrarian University, Novgorod State University named after Yaroslav the Wise , Tula Pedagogical University, etc.).

Teachers of the department, as well as students of the English department, are members of the St. Petersburg Association of Teachers of English (SPELTA) and the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL).

List of directions and levels of training

higher education - bachelor's degree

higher education - master's degree

higher education - training of highly qualified personnel

Teaching staff

Ivanova Svetlana Viktorovna		Head department
Morozova Olga Nikolaevna	Doctor of Philology, Professor	Professor
Serova Irina Georgievna	Doctor of Philology, Professor	Professor
Abazovik Ekaterina Viktorovna	Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences	Assistant professor

Department of English Philology originates in 1993, when the Department of Romance-Germanic Philology was formed on the basis of the Faculty of Philology and Journalism of Rostov State University, which included the areas of English, German and French philology. In 2004, the Department of English Philology gained independence as a structural unit, the staff of which has always been distinguished by a high level of qualifications, activity in the scientific field, a desire to introduce innovative methods into the educational process and a responsible attitude to their professional responsibilities.

Head of the department throughout its history remains Doctor of Philology, Professor Nikolaev Sergey Georgievich.

Teachers of the department play a key role in the preparation of bachelors in the “Foreign Philology” program. English Language and Literature" (direction "Philology"), where 26 specialized disciplines are taught, and masters in the program "Western European Philology" (16 special courses). Also, members of the department take part in the preparation of bachelors in the International Journalism program (7 disciplines aimed at mastering English language skills) and masters in a number of programs in the Journalism direction.

The main directions of scientific work of the department:

Linguistic research: comparative linguistics (Germanic and Slavic languages); theory of linguistic and speech expressive means, linguistics of poetic text; problems of translation studies at the present stage of development of linguistics; cognitive linguistics, frame theory; lexicology; linguoculturology; medialinguistics; gender linguistics.

Literary studies: history of English and American literature of the 19th-20th centuries, the phenomenon of intertextuality, mythopoetic analysis, study of film adaptations.

Research in Pedagogy and Education: modern models of the educational process; modern technologies for testing and assessing proficiency in practical skills of a foreign (English) language.

Prof. Nikolaev S.G. is a member of the Council for the Defense of Doctoral and Candidate's Dissertations D 212.208.17 at the Southern Federal University and a member of the Council for the Defense of Doctoral and Candidate's Dissertations D 212.208.09

Prof. Kolesina K.Yu. is a member of the Council for the Defense of Doctoral and Candidate's Dissertations D 212.208.27 at the Southern Federal University.

IN2011. The department received the EU grant TEMPUS IV ProSET “Formation of competencies and practical skills in assessing the language knowledge of English language teachers” (“Promoting Sustainable Excellence in Testing and Assessment”). During the implementation of planned project activities in 2012, employees of the department created Professional Development Center IFZhiMKK (www. prof - devcentre. com) as an educational information center and as a community of fellow teachers. The primary objectives of the Center are: creating an environment favorable for the introduction of advanced techniques in the field of teaching foreign languages, testing and assessing language knowledge; ensuring productive interaction and cooperation with other professional organizations in Russia and educational and research centers.

On the basis of the Center for Educational Development, training is provided in the following programs of additional professional education: “Academic English”, “Green Rhetoric”, or the Mastery of Public Speaking” and “Pedagogical Technologies and Monitoring of the Educational Process”; master classes and methodological seminars are organized according to the Center’s programs for teachers, students, graduate students of SFU, as well as English teachers of secondary schools in Rostov-on-Don and the Rostov region.

In 2013, with the active participation of the Center’s staff, the international conference “Academic Writing and Effective Bilingual Communication in the Sciences” was organized (November 13-16, 2013, SFJ SFU).

IN 2008. within the framework of the National project for the development program of the Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education "Southern Federal University", the staff of the department prepared 5 semester courses of lectures, 18 teaching aids, 4 packages of test tasks, 6 educational and methodological complexes.

Since 2007 the department has been collaborating with Foundation "Oxford - Russia""and participates in annual seminars held at the Perm State University (Perm).

Active cooperation is also maintained with the following organizations:

· State budgetary educational institution for additional education of children of the Rostov region "Regional Center for Additional Education of Children";

·Centre for Language and International Relations, Solent University Southampton, Southampton (UK);

· Center "Global Language Services";

· Magazine International Journal of Cognitive Research in Science, Engineering and Education (IJCRSEE), Serbia;

· Regional organizational and methodological center for distance education of gifted children;

· Publishing house "Old Russians";

· Publishing house "Prof-Press";

· Translation agency "Intourist";

· OJSC "Tenth Bearing Plant";

· language center "Pilot"

Basic areas of graduate employment departments under the program “Foreign Philology. English language and literature":teaching foreign languages ​​and literature: secondary schools in Rostov-on-Don and the Rostov region; language centers and schools, such as “Pilot”, “Context”, “Ella’s School” in Alicante, Spain; other departments of foreign languages ​​of SFU; other universities in Rostov-on-Don; foreign schools and universities;translation activities: Chinese Information Agency (TV), Moscow, Biokond company, GPZ-10 plant, Rostselmash plant, Rostov-on-Don City Hall, Department of International Relations of SFU, etc.

Teachers of the department regularly take advanced training courses, including foreign internships.