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Irina Belodedova

Senior Language Lecturer, Language Coordinator

Education

1984-88 Graduate Courses in Ph.D. program, NYU , Dept. of Comparative Literature 

1983 M.A. in Russian Literature, NYU

1973 Diplom (equivalent to B.S.), Kiev State University, Dept. of Cybernetics, Division of Mathematical Linguistics; completed program “with distinction”

1974 Certificate in French Language, State Courses, Kiev

Areas of Research/Interest

Ms. Belodedova's interests include contemporary Russian literature and culture, teaching methodology, linguistics, and computer-assisted language instruction.

Awards

  • May 2010 Golden Dozen Award, NYU
  • May 2004 Golden Dozen Award, NYU
  • May 1999 Outstanding Teaching Award, NYU
  • Spring 1989 Baker’s Dozen Award, given by NYU students to 13 best part-time teachers
  • Spring 1983 Celia Siegel Award, for teaching while a graduate student at NYU

Publications and Projects

  • Course packs and supplementary video materials for Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced Russian
  • Course Packages for Russian Literature in the Original with texts, vocabulary, exercises
  • Course package for Russian heritage speakers (own materials)
  • “Tolstoy’s Stories for Children: Russian Verbal Aspects”
    in Teaching Language Through Literature, Spring 1983
  • “Tolstoy’s Stories for Children: Teaching Russian Verbs of Motion”
    in Teaching Language Through Literature, December 1980

Languages

Russian, Ukrainian - native speaker

French - fair fluency

Polish - reading knowledge