Херсонський державний університет
Kherson State University · Sapere aude! · засновано 1917
Херсонський державний університет
Kherson State University · Sapere aude! · засновано 1917
Staff of the Department
Olena Stavenko — Doctor of Philosophy in Philology, Acting Head of the Department of Romance-Germanic Languages and Intercultural Communication, Senior Specialist in the Foreign Language Education Sector of the Department of International Relations.
Academic degrees and qualifications:
In June 2015, O.Stavenko graduated from Kherson State University and received a Bachelor's degree, qualification as a teacher of English language and foreign literature.
In 2016 - received a Master's degree in "Language and Literature (English)", qualification as a philologist, teacher of language (English) and foreign literature, and teacher of German language.
In 2024, she received the scientific degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the field of knowledge 03 Humanities in the specialty 035 Philology. The defence took place on 07.02.24 in the one-time specialised academic council of KSU DF 9887. PhD thesis topic: "Australian artistic ethno-narratives for children: a linguo-cultural aspect".
Research interests: English-language literary texts for children, narratology, linguo-cultural specifics of English-language literary texts for children, ethno-narratives, intercultural communication, internationalisation of education.
Iryna Hoshtanar, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Scientific and Methodological Council of the Faculty of Philology, Journalism and Arts, and Member of the International Scientific and Pedagogical Society. JF Herbart (Germany).
Academic degrees and qualifications:
In 1996, I. Hoshtanar graduated from Kherson State Pedagogical Institute named after N.K. Krupskaya, Faculty of Foreign Languages, German-English Department.
From 1996 to 1998, she worked as a German language teacher at Kherson Academic Lyceum named after O.V. Mishukova, KCC at KSU.
Since 1998, she has been a lecturer at the Department of German Language at the Faculty of Foreign Philology of KSU.
In 2000, she graduated from Kherson State Pedagogical University and received her Master's Degree in German and Foreign Literature.
In 2011, she completed her postgraduate studies at Kherson State University in 13.00.01 - General Pedagogy and History of Pedagogy, and defended her PhD thesis, Herbart in the Context of the Development of the World Educational Space.
In 2014, she was appointed Associate Professor in the German Language Department.
The range of scientific interests includes current trends in foreign language teaching methods, phraseology of the German language in contemporary coverage, and linguoconceptology from an artistic perspective.
Larysa Kovbasyuk, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, Deputy Head of the Department.
Academic degrees and qualifications:
In 1997, she graduated from Kherson State Pedagogical Institute, Faculty of Foreign Languages, German-English Department.
Since 1997, she has been a lecturer at the Department of German Language at the Faculty of Foreign Philology of Kherson State University.
From 1998 to 2001 she was a postgraduate student in 10.02.04 German languages (German). In 2004, L. Kovbasyuk defended her PhD thesis at Kyiv National Linguistic University on the topic Semantic and Functional Aspects of Secondary Nomination of Units with the Component ' Colour Name' in Modern German.
In 2006, she was awarded the title of "Associate Professor".
Lаrysa Kovbasyuk is the author of 70 scientific articles and 12 textbooks, including a textbook on German grammar, Deutsche Übungsgrammatik: Lehrwerk. Kherson: KSU, 2013. 202 p. (the Ministry of Education and Science, Letter №1 / 11-11124 dated 09.07.13), textbook on the general theory of the second foreign language, Grundzüge des Gegenwartsdeutschen: Theorie und Praxis. Kherson: Timex, 2017. 196 p.
Associate Professor Larysa Kovbasyuk has been a DAAD Scholar since 2000, and takes an active part in International seminars and academies, in particular:
Scientific interests include onomastics, phraseology, cognitive linguistics, the newest means of communication, intercultural communication, corpus linguistics, and linguoculturology.
Olena Golotyuk, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department.
Academic degrees and qualifications:
In 1983, she graduated from the Faculty of Romanic-Germanic Philology at Kalinin State University, majoring in French language and literature, with qualifications as a philologist, French teacher, and translator.
Since 2001, she has been working at Kherson State University as a Lecturer in the Department of Romance-Germanic Languages at the Faculty of Foreign Philology.
In 2007, she defended her dissertation for the Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences Degree at KD Ushynskyi South Ukrainian State Pedagogical University on the topic Preparation of Foreign Language Teachers at the Universities of France, speciality 13.00.04 - Theory and Methodology of Vocational Education.
Since 2008, she has been working as an Associate Professor in the Romano-Germanic Languages Department and later in the Department of German and Romance Philology and Intercultural Communication.
Scientific interests include foreign language teaching methods, the theory and practice of translation, French-language literature, lexicology, stylistics, and the phraseology of the French language.
Liudmyla Tkachenko, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department.
Academic degrees and qualifications:
She graduated from Odesa State University and did postgraduate studies at the Department of Experimental Phonetics of Odesa State University.
In 1994, she defended her dissertation titled The Nature and Functions of Sound Dependence in Binary Complex Words: an Experimental Phonetic Study. She received the title of Candidate of Philological Sciences on 10.02.04. Germanic languages.
In 2003, she received the academic title of Associate Professor. Associate Professor L. Tkachenko has more than 80 publications, including textbooks on the lexicology and stylistics of the Spanish language with the MES label, textbooks on the literature of England and the United States, and textbooks on oral and written communication practices. Associate Professor L. Tkachenko completed internships abroad in 2000 at the Complutense University of Madrid and in 2003 at the University of Salamanca (Spain).
Scientific interests include current problems in the stylistics and lexicology of the English language.
Oksana Popkova, PhD in Philology (Field of Study 03 Humanities, Specialty 035 Philology), Lecturer at the Department of Romance and Germanic Languages and Intercultural Communication, Kherson State University; Assistant to the Dean for International Affairs.
Academic degrees and qualifications:
2006 - Bachelor’s degree from Kherson State University, with the qualification of Teacher of Ukrainian Language and Literature; specialization: Ukrainian Studies and Editing of Educational Publications.
2007 - Specialist Diploma, with the qualification of Teacher of Ukrainian Language and Literature and World Literature; Editor of Educational Publications; specialization: Editing of Educational Publications.
2008 - Master’s degree, with the qualification of Lecturer in Ukrainian Language and Literature.
2025 - Master’s degree in Philology, specialization: Germanic Languages and Literatures (including Translation), with German as the First Foreign Language.
2025 - PhD in Philology (Field of Study 03 Humanities, Specialty 035 Philology). The doctoral dissertation was successfully defended on 4 September 2025 before the Ad Hoc Specialized Academic Council PhD 10245 at Kherson State University.
PhD dissertation: “The Communicative and Pragmatic Potential of Occasional Compound Words in Newspaper Discourse of the Early Twenty-First Century.”
2026 - Completed a one-year Master’s programme at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Berlin, Germany), Faculty of Language Sciences, Institute of German Language and Linguistics.
Research interests: cognitive linguistics; multilingualism; media linguistics; pragmalinguistics; word formation and morphology; development of AI-based language systems for digital platforms.