Elena V. Velikaya
- Expert: Faculty of Creative Industries / HSE Art and Design School
- Professor: International College of Economics and Finance
- Elena V. Velikaya has been at HSE University since 2001.
Education, Degrees and Academic Titles
Lenin Moscow State Teacher Training Institute
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.
A post-doctoral degree called Doctor of Sciences is given to reflect second advanced research qualifications or higher doctorates in ISCED 2011.
Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience
Attendance of IATEFL webinar "Teaching English in a University Context" , 2.02.2020, Sheffield, Great Britain. Certificate.
HSE Smart LMS: basic course. Certificate N 205257, January 2022.
NRU HSE. Modern approaches to teaching and studying. Certificate N 6.47-24-04-00022, 2024.
Awards and Accomplishments
- Best Teacher — 2013
Courses (2026/2027)
- English Language (Bachelor’s programme; International College of Economics and Finance field of study Economics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- English: Extended Essay Writing and Making Presentations (Bachelor’s programme; International College of Economics and Finance field of study Economics; 2 year, 1, 2 semester)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2025/2026)
- English Language (Bachelor’s programme; International College of Economics and Finance field of study Economics; 1 year, 1, 2 semester)Eng
- English: Extended Essay Writing and Making Presentations (Bachelor’s programme; International College of Economics and Finance field of study Economics; 2 year, 1, 2 semester)Eng
Courses (2023/2024)
- Academic English Writing (Optional course; 1-3 module)Eng
- English Language (Bachelor’s programme; International College of Economics and Finance field of study Economics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- English: Extended Essay Writing and Making Presentations (Bachelor’s programme; International College of Economics and Finance field of study Economics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Courses (2022/2023)
- Academic English Writing (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Fine Art, field of study Design, field of study Design; 4 year, 1-3 module)Eng
- English Language (Bachelor’s programme; International College of Economics and Finance field of study Economics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- English: Extended Essay Writing and Making Presentations (Bachelor’s programme; International College of Economics and Finance field of study Economics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Courses (2021/2022)
- Academic English Writing (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Creative Industries field of study Fine Art, field of study Journalism, field of study Advertising and Public Relations, field of study Media Communications, field of study Design, field of study Design; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Academic English Writing (Bachelor’s programme; HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (HSE MIEM) field of study Information Science and Computation Technology, field of study Applied Mathematics, field of study Infocommunication Technologies and Systems; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Academic English Writing (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Economics, field of study International Relations; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Academic English Writing (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs field of study Asian and African Studies; 5 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Academic English Writing (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, field of study Software Engineering; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Academic English Writing (Bachelor’s programme; HSE Graduate School of Business field of study Management, field of study Management, field of study Management, field of study Business Informatics; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Academic English Writing (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences field of study Public Administration, field of study Psychology, field of study Political Science; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Academic English Writing (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Physics field of study Physics; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Academic English Writing (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Law field of study Law, field of study Law; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Academic English Writing (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities field of study Philology, field of study History of Art, field of study History; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Academic English Writing (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics, field of study Economics; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- Academic English Writing (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages field of study Linguistics; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- English Language (Bachelor’s programme; International College of Economics and Finance field of study Economics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- English: Extended Essay Writing and Making Presentations (Bachelor’s programme; International College of Economics and Finance field of study Economics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
IATEFL ESPSIG online webinar presentation "Experience of teaching English to Bachelor and post-graduate students". Great Britain, June 27, 2020.
Employment history
Information institute – 1978-1089
Moscow Open Social University – Associate Professor – 1994-1996
Moscow State Pedagogical University –Teacher, Senior teacher, Associate Professor – 1989-2000
The Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia – Associate Professor – 2000-2001
National Research University Higher School of Economics – Associate Professor, Professor – 2001-now
International College of Economics and Finance - Teacher, English Coordinator - 1997-now
Continuing Professional Education
- MSTTU Aspirantura programme
- The British Counsil Summer School, Cambridge, 1991
- The University of Cambridge Local Examination Syndicate series of seminars on The First Certificate in English Methodology, 2000
- Eastbourne School of English. Latest developments in English language teaching methodology, 2003
- HSE. Use of the library e-resources, 2009
- MSTTU Doctoral programme
Professional Interests
- English for economists
- Academic skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
- Student preparation for CAE, FCE tests
- English phonetics and phonology
- Text analysis
Research Projects
- ‘Teaching of theoretical basics of economic policies, state and company', World Bank, 2003-2004.
- Winner of the Contest organised by the Fund of Innovative Technologies for the course: 'English for Economists: Extended Essay Writing in English. Making presentations' (Dec 2010).
- Winner of the Contest organised by the Fund of Innovative Technologies for methods of 'Essay Writing in English' (june 2011).
- Winner of the Contest organised by the Fund of Innovative Technologies for the course 'English for Academic World'(june 2012).
Presentations at Conferences
- International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) 40th Conference, "Academic skills development in a Russian context"(a talk). - Harrogate, Great Britain, 11 April, 2006.
- IATEFL 41st Conference. - Aberdeen, Great Britain, 20 April, 2007.
- IATEFL 43rd Conference, "Pronunciation errors and feedback in an ESP classroom"(a talk). - Cardiff, Great Britain, 3 April, 2009.
- IATEFL 44th Conference, "Practical tips for academic writing in diverse contexts" (the first Interactive Language Fair). - Harrogate, Great Britain, 11 Apr. 2010.
- IATEFL 45th Conference, 'How to be successful in writing extended essays' (SIG talk). - Brighton, Great Britain, 15 April, 2011.
- IATEFL 45th Conference, 'Assessment and effective feedbsck in making presentations' (ILF talk). - Brighton, Great Britain, 17 April, 2011.
- IATEFL 46th Conference, Assessment of extended essays in an ESP/EAP classroom' (SIG talk) - Glasgow, Great Britain, 19 March, 2012.
- IATEFL 46th Conference, 'English for Academic World' (ILF talk). - Glasgow, Great Britain, 21 March, 2012.
- IATEFL 47th Conference, 'Teacher training seminars: challenging experience' (ILF talk). Liverpool, Great Britain, 10 April, 2013.
- IATEFL 49th Conference, 'Teaching ESP at an economic univeristy: looking for new perspectives' (ILF talk). Manchester, Great Britain, 13 April, 2015.
- IATEFL 50th Conference 'Errors in academic speech: how relevant are they?' (ILF talk). Birmingham, Great Britain, 13 April, 2016.
- IATEFL 51st Conference 'An academic presentation as a text (analysis of textual features)' (ILF talk). Glasgow, Great Britain, 6 April, 2017.
- IATEFL 52nd Conference 'An academic presentation as an oral text (prosodic analysis)'. Brighton, Great Britain, 10 April, 2018.
Additional Information
- Member of the ICEF Methodological Committee
- Member of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL, Great Britain) since 2004
Awards
Commendation Letter from the Ministry of Education and Science (Russian Federation) (Nov 2012).
Commendation Letter from the Higher School of Economics (Nov 2007).
Commendation Letter from the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (Russian Federation)(May 2007).
Elena Velikaya at the 49th Annual IATEFL Conference
From April 10-14, 2015, Manchester (UK) hosted the 49 th annual IATEFL conference. About 3,000 delegates attended the conference, and over 400 presentations were given. English-language coordinator at the HSE’s International College of Economics and Finance (ICEF) Elena Velikaya gave a talk entitled Teaching English at an Economic University: Looking for New Perspectives.