Elena Petrova
- Senior Lecturer:School of Foreign Languages
- Elena Petrova has been at HSE University since 2006.
Responsibilities
a Member of the Academic Council with the Department of Humanities (until 2020)
Coordinator for the Staff Advancement Program at the School of Foreign Languages
a Member of the Educational Council at the School of Foreign Languages
Education and Degrees
- 2008
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Language Theory
Maurice Thorez Moscow State Linguistic University - 2000
Degree in Foreign Languages
Tsiolkovskiy Kaluga State Teacher Training University, faculty of foreignn languages
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.
Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience
Professional Development:
1. November 2008 - March 2009; Modern Technologies in Teaching English: Longman Teacher Development Programme
2. November-December 2009; ICT in Teaching Foreign Languages; Moscow, Higher School of Economics (HSE)
3. December 2010; E-library in Teaching Foreign Languages for Students Majoring in World Economy and International Affairs; Moscow; Higher School of Economics (HSE)
4. July 2012; TEASE 2012 (Teaching, Examining and Assessing Spoken English); NILE (Norwish Institute for Language Education; Norwich, UK)
5. October 30 - November 1, 2012; Using LMS eFront Effectively in Teaching Foreign Languages; Moscow; Higher School of Economics (HSE)
6. May 12 - June 20 2014; Shaping The Way We Teach English, 2: Paths To Success in ELT; Coursera
7. July 6-30, 2015: CELTA; Bournemouth, UK
8. October 18 - December 20, 2017; Burning Issues in Teaching in Universities. Module 1: Teaching Techniques; Moscow; Higher School of Economics (HSE) (38 academic hours)
9. March 5 - April 2, 2018; Introduction into Academic Writing; Moscow; Academic Writing Center in Higher School of Economics (24 academic hours)
10. June 18-24, 2018; Summer School for Techers - 2018; Moscow; Publishing House 'Юрайт' (20 academic hours)
Seminars
November 2010; Cambridge Digital Classroom
April 13, 2011; Higher School of Economics (HSE); James Banner; Inter-Cultural Issues. Working in an International Environment
April 13, 2011; British Council, James Banner; What's In nd What's Out in English Usage
April 19, 2011; British Council; Jane Whyatt; The Role of Broadcasters in the UK Media
April 19, 2011; British Council; Anastasia Nesvetaylova; Lessons of the Global Credit Crunch
May 12, 2011; Higher School of Economics (HSE); Neil McClean; EAP. Assessment and Feedback
May 13, 2011; Higher School of Economics (HSE); Neil McClean; Making EAP Classes Subject Specific: Syllabus Design for a Paticular Course
May 31, 2011; British Council; Barry Tomalin; Teaching Culture in Olympic Britain
2011; IELTS and Beyond: Paving the Way to Academic Study; Learning to Speak, Speaking to Learn; Longman Spring School
March 29-31, 2012; E-merging Forum; British Council Moscow
November 12, 2012; Tony Prince (NILE); Intergrating Academic Skills
November 14, 2012; Tony Prince (NILE); Reading Academic Skills
November 14, 2012; Tony Prince (NILE); Writing Academic Skills
December 12; 2012; Martin Hewings; Writing in EAP: Chllenges for Students and Teachersw (and How to Overcome Them)
December 11, 2013; A.Yu. Malafeev (HSE, Nizhniy Novgorod); Computer Software Exercise Maker - Improving Vocabulary and Grammar Skills in English
June 9, 2014; Fast Track to Pearson Digital World; Moscow; Pearson Summer School 2014
June 11, 2014; Intercionnection of Teaching and Control in the Educational Process; Moscow
June 15 - July 5; 2015; Teacher's Way of Working in Distance Courses; Moscow
September 7 - November 15, 2015; Modern Educational Technologies in Theory and Practice of Developing A Foreign Language Course; Moscow; HIgher School of Economics (18 academic hours)

Young Faculty Support Program (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "Future Professoriate" (2010-2011)
Courses (2023/2024)
- English for Asian Studies (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 3 year, 1-4 module)Eng
English for International Affairs & Business (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; field of study "38.03.01. Экономика", field of study "41.03.05. Международные отношения"; 3 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- English for special purposes (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Foreign Language (English) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2022/2023)
English for International Affairs & Business (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; field of study "38.03.01. Экономика", field of study "41.03.05. Международные отношения"; 3 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- English for special purposes (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
- Foreign Language (English) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Courses (2021/2022)
Foreign Language (English) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; field of study "41.03.01. Зарубежное регионоведение", field of study "41.03.06. Публичная политика и социальные науки", field of study "41.03.05. Международные отношения"; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Foreign Language (English for Professional Purposes) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; field of study "38.03.01. Экономика", field of study "41.03.05. Международные отношения"; 3 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Courses (2020/2021)
Foreign Language (English) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; field of study "41.03.06. Публичная политика и социальные науки", field of study "41.03.05. Международные отношения", field of study "41.03.01. Зарубежное регионоведение"; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Foreign Language (English for Professional Purposes) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; field of study "38.03.01. Экономика", field of study "58.03.01. Востоковедение и африканистика", field of study "41.03.05. Международные отношения"; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2019/2020)
Foreign Language (English) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; field of study "41.03.06. Публичная политика и социальные науки", field of study "41.03.05. Международные отношения"; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Foreign Language (English for Professional Purposes) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; field of study "38.03.01. Экономика", field of study "58.03.01. Востоковедение и африканистика", field of study "58.03.01. Востоковедение и африканистика", field of study "41.03.05. Международные отношения"; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2018/2019)
- Foreign Language (English) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Foreign Language (English for Professional Purposes) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; field of study "38.03.01. Экономика", field of study "41.03.05. Международные отношения", field of study "58.03.01. Востоковедение и африканистика", field of study "58.03.01. Востоковедение и африканистика"; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2017/2018)
Conferences
- 202210th European Conference on Language Learning (Великобритания, Лондон). Presentation: Reporting Verbs as Hidden Means of Signposting
- 2021Supporting Faculty in Writing for Publication: Best Practices. Presentation: Raising Learners' Awareness of Signposting Intricacies
- 202013th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation. Presentation: Checklists and Rubrics: Do They Really Promote Learning?
- 201954th Linguistics Colloquium 'Linguistic Encoding / Decoding in Global Contexts' (Москва). Presentation: Translating Proper Nouns Used as Other Parts of Speech
- 2018IV Международная научно-практическая конференция "Стратегии межкультурной коммуникации в современном мире: язык, образование, культура" (Москва). Presentation: "Исследовательские умения" в сознании студентов / 'Research Skills' as Seen by Students
- 2017III Международная научно-практическая конференция "Стратегии межкультурной коммуникации в современном мире: культура, образование, политика" (Москва). Presentation: Развитие академических навыков в рамках курса RS (Research skills) / Developing Academic Skills in Research Skills Course
- 2016Translation and the Creative Industries International Conference (Лондон). Presentation: Analysing the Ways to Translate Intertextual Elements in Films: Case Study of Series "Suits"
- II Международная научно-практическая конференция «Стратегии межкультурной коммуникации в современном мире: культура, образование, политика» (Москва). Presentation: Мы не умеем писать или мы не умеем думать?
- Translation and the Creative Industries International Conference (Лондон). Presentation: Analysing the Ways to Translate Intertextual Elements in Films: Case Study of Series "Suits"
- II Международная научно-практическая конференция «Стратегии межкультурной коммуникации в современном мире: культура, образование, политика» (Москва). Presentation: Мы не умеем писать или мы не умеем думать? / We Can't Write or We Can't Reflect?
- 2015International Journal Of Arts and Sciences Conference (Вена). Presentation: Integrating Academic Skills Into General English Classes
- I международная научно-практическая конференция «Иностранные языки в науке и образовании: проблемы и перспективы» (Москва). Presentation: Влияние процесса изучения иностранного языка на уровень владения родным языком / The Influence of Learning Foreign Languages onto the Level of the Native Language
- 2013European Conference on Language Learning (ECLL 2013) (Брайтон). Presentation: Integrating Presentation Skills Into Business English Classes
1. 2006; Moscow; XV International Symposium in Psycholinguistics and Theory of Communication "Communication. Language Consciousness. Communicating People"; paper "Colored Language Consciousness"
2. 2006; Moscow; International Conference Dedicated to 150-year Anniversary of S. Freud "S. Freud's Legacy and Now"; paper "Color Perception in Different Cultures"
3. 2007; Moscow; seminar "Individual's Language: psycholinguistic and cognitive aspects"; paper "Color in Russian and French Institutions"
4. 2007; Moscow; Conference "Burning Issues in Teaching Translation Studies in Universities"; paper "Dictionary Definition vs. Associative Definition"
5. 2009; Moscow; Conference "Burning Issues in Teaching Translation Studies in Universities"; paper "Is it Difficult to Translate Words with Color Semantics?"
6. 2009; Tver; International Conference Dedicted to 80-year Anniversary of Professor A.A. Zalevskaya "Psycholinguistics Horizons"; paper "Color Perception Changes (comparative analysis of associative experiment results of 1997 and 2007)"
7. 2010; Moscow; Conference "Burning Issues inTeqaching Foreign Languages in Non-linguistic Universities"; paper "ICT in Teaching Foreign Languages (exemplified by concordancers and Vocabgrabber)"
8. 2010, Moscow; Conference "Burning Issues in Teaching Translation Studies in Universities"; paper "Ways to Acquire New Knowledge (analysis of Russian and Americam Students' Posts in Global Modules Project)"
9. 2010, Moscow; Conference "Professional Development of a Teacher of Foreign Languages"; paper "Research into Developing a Secondary Linguistic Personality"
10. 2011, Moscow; International Conference "Motivation in Modern World"; paper ICT in Motivating Students to Conduct Independent Research"
11. September 5-7, 2011; London; Sixth International Conference in Developments in Economics Education (DEE); доклад: Setting the Oil Market Right
12. September 12-16, 2011; Berlin; European Conference on Educational Research (ECER 2011); доклад: PromotingCultural Diversity in Higher Education
13. July 2-4, 2012; Barcelona; EDULearn 12: International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies; доклад: Are Today's Young People Politically Aware? (The Analysis of Two International Academic Online Forums)
20102
- Chapter Петрова Е. Ю. Исследование формирования вторичной языковой личности // В кн.: Проблемы профессиональной подготовки современного учителя иностранного языка / Под общ. ред.: Т. Макарова. Ч. 1. М. : АПК и ППРО, 2010. С. 102-107.
- Chapter Петрова Е. Ю. Сложно ли переводить слова с цветовой семантикой? // В кн.: Актуальные проблемы преподавания курса перевода в вузе. Материалы межвузовской научно-практической конференции (21 мая 2009 года). М. : Войсковая часть 33965, 2010. С. 213-223.
20112
- Chapter Петрова Е. Ю. Использование интернет-технологий для мотивации проведения студентами самостоятельных исследований // В кн.: Мотивация в современном мире. Материалы Международной научно-практической конференции (24-25 мая 2011 года). Щелково : ОнтоПринт, 2011. С. 208-216.
- Chapter Петрова Е. Ю. Способы приобретения нового знания (анализ сообщений российских и американских студентов в рамках проекта Global Modules) // В кн.: Современные теории и методы обучения иностранным языкам в вузе: Материалы юбилейной, посвященной 20-летию образования факультета, межвузовской научно-практической конференции (20 мая 2010 года). М. : Войсковая часть 33965, 2011. С. 246-254.
20125
- Chapter Petrova E. Are today's young people politically aware? (The analysis of two international academic online forums), in: EDULEARN12 4th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies Publications / Ed. by L. Gómez Chova, I. Candel Torres, A. López Martínez. Barcelona : International Association of Technology, Education and Development , 2012. P. 223-231.
- Article Petrova E. Promoting Cultural Diversity in Higher Education // Sino-US English Teaching. 2012. Vol. 9. No. 4. P. 1091-1099.
- Book Актуальные проблемы преподавания иностранных языков в неязыковых вузах (материалы Межфакультетской научно-методической конференции) / Рук.: И. В. Якушева; отв. ред.: Е. Ю. Петрова; науч. ред.: Т. В. Соколова. М. : Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2012.
- Chapter Петрова Е. Ю. Использование компьютерных технологий при обучении иностранному языку (на примере конкордансеров и программы «vocabgrabber») // В кн.: Актуальные проблемы преподавания иностранных языков в неязыковых вузах (материалы Межфакультетской научно-методической конференции) / Рук.: И. В. Якушева; отв. ред.: Е. Ю. Петрова; науч. ред.: Т. В. Соколова. М. : Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2012. С. 391-397.
20133
- Chapter Elena Petrova. Integrating Presentation Skills into Business English Classes, in: The European Conference on Language Learning 2013 Official Conference Proceedings. , 2013. P. 262-269.
- Article Петрова Е. Ю. Использование подкастов в образовательном процессе // Вестник Московского городского педагогического университета. Серия: Филология. Теория языка. Языковое образование. 2013. № 2 (12). С. 96-101.
- Chapter Петрова Е. Ю. Цветообозначение как ключ к интерпретации сюжета // В кн.: Актуальные проблемы лингвистики, литературоведения и лингводидактики. М. : Научно-информационный издательский центр МГПУ, 2013. С. 129-140.
20142
- Article Петрова Е. Ю. Влияние процесса изучения иностранного языка на уровень владения родным языком // Наука и мир. 2014. Т. 2. № 10 (14). С. 22-26.
- Book Э.Б. Темяникова, Е.Ю. Петрова, Л.Ю. Рокотянская Учебное пособие по деловому английскому языку для студентов II-III курсов (Приложение к учебнику "English for Business Studies" by Ian MacKenzie, 3rd edition). Тверь : Полипресс, 2014.
20152
- Article Elena Petrova. Integrating Academic Writing Skills Into General English Classes // International Review of Education and Science. 2015. No. 1 (8). P. 326-335.
- Book Э.Б. Темяникова, Л.Ю. Рокотянская, Е.Ю. Петрова Учебное пособие по деловому английскому языку для студентов II курса с заданиями формата Academic IELTS (Приложение к учебнику "English for Business Studies" by Ian MacKenzie, 3rd edition) / Рук.: Э.Б. Темяникова; сост.: Л.Ю. Рокотянская. Тверь : Полипресс, 2015.
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20184
- Article Петрова Е. Ю. "Исследовательские умения" в сознании студентов // Вопросы психолингвистики. 2018. № 3(37). С. 64-81.
- Chapter Petrova E.Y. Analysing the Ways to Translate Intertexual Elements in Films: Case Study of Series "Suits, in: Лингвистический Вестник (Межвузовский сборник научных трудов) Вып. 11. Брянск : РИО БГУ, 2018. P. 72-87.
- Book Воробьева Е. В., Сафонова Н. В., Дурина О. А., Авдонина Л. Н., Усяев А. Н., Иевлева И. Ю., Кирьянов В. А., Корытко И. В., Митина О. А., Nikolaenko E. M., Овчинникова Н. Д., Petrova E.Y., Романченко Ю. В. Лингвистический Вестник (Межвузовский сборник научных трудов) Вып. 11. Брянск : РИО БГУ, 2018.
- Article Петрова Е. Ю. Обучение академическому письму: проблемы и решения // Научные ведомости Белгородского государственного университета. Серия: Гуманитарные науки. 2018. Т. 37. № 1. С. 114-123. doi
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Employment history
2000-2004 Department of English, Faculty of Foreign Languages in Kaluga State Teacher-Training University named after Konstantin Tsiolkovskiy (changed its name for Kaluga State University named after Konstantin Tsiolkovskiy)
2006- present School of Foreign Languages (earlier - Department of Foreign Langagues, Faculty of World Economy and International Relations) in National Research University "Higher School of Economics" (earlier - State University "Higher School of Economics")