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The FENU Institute of Foreign Languages, established on March 1, 1999, is
the only institute of this kind in the Russian Far East. While the Institute
itself is very young by any standard, it is rooted to the FENU's English
Department, the region's oldest foreign language school rich in tradition
and teaching know-how.
The Institute trains professional linguists
specializing in Language Studies and Intercultural Contacts with a focus
on the English, French, German, Spanish and Italian languages.
Besides a regular five-year BA degree in these languages, the Institute
offers a condensed BA course to college and university graduates. The
Institute also has a postgraduate school in Germanic Language Studies.
The Institute centers its research projects primarily around contacts of
cultures and languages. The Institute's chairs and departments conduct
research in the various aspects of these issues.
FIELD OF RESEARCH
CHAIR OF PHONETICS:
Pronunciation Differences in National Varieties and Regional Dialects of the English Language
East Asian Regional Varieties of English o Pragmatics in Language
Language Interference
Experimental Study of Speech
CHAIR OF TRANSLATION
Translation Theory
Translation and Interpretation from English into Russian and Russianinto English
Special Translation (Fishery Texts)
Lexicography
East Asian Regional Varieties of English
Intermediary Translation and Interpretation
CHAIR OF LEXICOLOGY, STYLISTICS, AND TEACHING METHODS
Contacts of Cultures and Languageso Issues in Lexicology and Lexicography
English Stylistics
Onomastics Studies
Wordbuilding in English
Methods of Teaching English at Different Levels of Proficiency
CHAIR OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR
Theory of Grammar (including Syntax and Discourse Theory)
Speech Acts Theory
Contemporary American Science Fiction.
CHAIR OF ROMANCE LANGUAGES
Issues of Romance and Classical Language Studies
CHAIR OF GERMAN LANGUAGE
Issues of the German Language
CHAIR OF ENGLISH HISTORY
Contacts of Cultures and Languages
Diachronic Study of Culture and Language
Variantology
Cognitive Linguistics
CHAIR OF HISTORY OF FOREIGN LITERATURES
Links between Russian and Foreign literature;
Genre and Style in English-Language Literature;
Methods for Teaching Foreign Literature
CHAIR OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Issues of Foreign Languages
The Institute's research programs are financed through the Russian
Foundation for Fundamental Research, the University budget and a
variety of grants. They are coordinated mostly by the Laboratory
for Humanities Issues on the Pacific Rim. The Laboratory has been
active since 1997, it is now involved in a joint project with the
Far Eastern Research Institute for History, Archaeology and Ethnography
which studies the role of the English language in international
communication and integration in Eastern Asia.
The Institute has become the core for the Far Eastern Association of
Teachers of English (FEELTA), a public organization which embraces a number
of English teachers throughout the Russian Far East and has offices
in major regional cities.
The Institute's professors are active participants in international
teachers' organizations: the US-based TESOL (Teachers of English
to Speakers in Other Languages) and Britain's IATEFL (International
Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language). Leading
professors of the Institute have published their articles in local,
domestic and international journals, as well as monographs and books
through academic and other publishing houses.
The Institute publishes a periodical collection of articles and
research findings under the title Contacts between Cultures and
Languages. The Institute also holds regular conferences and seminars
and uses other channels to establish cooperation with think-tanks and
research groups in Russia and overseas.
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