Sorokina Nataliia, dr.phil.
Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences / candidate nauk, comparable to the academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy
Ukrainian language training
Tel.:+43 512 507-42222| Room 40410b |E-mail: natalia.sorokina@uibk.ac.at
Consultation hours by appointment
ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3997-2205
Scopus Author ID: 57282759300
Web of Science ResearcherID: JAO-0516-2023
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nataliia-Sorokina-2?ev=hdr_xprf
Nataliia Sorokina is a linguist and educator specializing in the methods of teaching Ukrainian and foreign languages. She holds a PhD in pedagogical sciences, the didactics of foreign languages, with her research focusing on the development of professional foreign language competence with multimedia technologies.
Before joining the University of Innsbruck in 2022, she served as an Associate Professor at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, where she also earned her academic title of Associate Professor in 2021. Throughout her career, Sorokina has authored over 80 academic publications, including contributions to collective volumes, textbooks, manuals, and methodological guidelines.
She actively participates in national and international conferences and has organized and conducted numerous professional workshops and academic events. Sorokina is a member of several scholarly associations, including UALTA, Verbal, and AASTEEL. For more than a decade, she has contributed to the Ukrainian Competition of Young Researchers, serving as a long-standing jury member and, more recently, as Head of the Jury for the Kyiv region (Ukraine).
Her current work combines teaching, research, and curriculum development in Ukrainian language and Slavic studies.
Research Projects and Scholarships
Blended learning: creating learning environments for pre-service language teachers | The Austrian Academy of Sciences' Joint Excellence in Science and Humanities (JESH) program 'Ukrainian Scholars at Risk' fellowship | October 2022 – November 2022
Comparing Russian foreign language textbooks for Czech and German-speaking learners (A1–B1): a critical discourse analysis (OeAD Project No. CZ 10/2024) | 1 January 2024–31 December 2025 with Wolfgang Stadler, Magdalena Kaltseis, Anna Moravskaya & Nataliia Sorokina
COST Action CA24137 LITERARY MULTILINGUALISM AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN SUPERDIVERSE SOCIETIES (MultiLiLiTrans) 2025-2028|https://www.ucc.ie/en/multililitrans/
Scientific Interests
- Ukrainian (applied) linguistics
- Foreign Language Didactics | Ukrainian Didactics
- Competence acquisition | Competence measurement
- Testing and Assessment
- Training and further education of foreign language teachers
Training
- 2022 Blended and Online Learning Design | University College London | Great Britain
- 2019-2020 National Agency of Quality of Higher Education | Training Course | Kyiv | Ukraine
- 2021 Associate Professor (Dozent) in Didactics of Ukrainian and Foreign languages and literatures | Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
- 2010-2016 Doctorate in philosophy under Prof. Dr. Valerii Red’ko (Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) | Dissertation “Developing professional foreign language competence of prospective philologists by the means of multimedia technologies”
- 1990-1995 Teaching qualification in Ukrainian, Russian and English with honour | Mykola Drahomanov National Pedagogical University | Kyiv | Ukraine
Career
2022–present – Senior Lecturer with PhD | Ukrainian language | IInstitute of Slavic Studies | University of Innsbruck
2016-2023 – Associate Professor |Department of methods of teaching Ukrainian and foreign languages and literatures | Scientific Educational Institute of Philology | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv | Ukraine
2002- 2016 – University Assistant | Department of methods of teaching foreign languages and applied linguistics |Scientific Educational Institute of Philology | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv | Ukraine
1995-2002 – Language Instructor | Kyiv State courses of Foreign languages | Kyiv | Ukraine
Memberships
- American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL)
- Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies (ASEEES)
- Verband für angewandte linguistic (Verbal)
- Interdisziplinäres wissenschftliches Nezwerk: Vision Ukraine: Bildung, Sprache, Migration
- Forschungsschwerpunkt “Kulturelle Begegnungen – Kulturelle Konflikte” (FSP)
- Ukrainian Association of Language Testing and Assessment (UALTA)
- Editorial Boards Didactics of Slavic Languages (DiSlaw) | International Journal of Language and Linguistics
- Editorial Boards Ars Linguadidacticae
Academic activities
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Conference "Developing Multilingualism and Fostering Reflective Skills, Intercultural and Transcultural Learning in Language Education” |February 26-27 | 2026 |University of Innsbruck| https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/congress/multilingualism-conference-2026/|
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Winter school "Developing Ukrainian Studies at European Universities"| February 23-27 | 2026 |University of Innsbruck|https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/international/aurora/newsarchive/call-for-applications-developing-ukranian-studies-at-european-un/|
Publications
(selected publications between 2021 and 2025)
“Discover Ukraine in the Ukrainian language”: Developing Didactic Input to Enhance Language learning. Slavica Wratislaviensia, 182, 195-204. | 2025 | doi: https://doi.org/10.19195/0137-1150.182.14
Academic foreign language communication environment in school textbooks. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies , Vol. 9 (22)| 2021| DOI: 10.52462/jlls.84
Innovative forms of teaching Ukrainian literature to 7th-grade students of secondary school. Ars linguodidacticae Vol.8 | 2021| DOI: 10.17721/2663-0303.2021.8.04 In Ukrainian.
Overcoming communication barriers with 6th-graders in a foreign language classroom. Ars linguodidacticae Vol. 7 | 2021| DOI: 10.17721/2663-0303.2021.7.01 In Ukrainian
Blended learning: essence, perspectives, challenges | Технологія змішаного навчання: сутність, перспективи, виклики | DiSlaw - Didactics of Slavic Languages . No.1 (1), i–vii | 2022 | DOI: 10.48789 | 2022 in Ukraine
Online crash course “Discover Ukraine with the Ukrainian language”: the content and methodological background. Modern engineering and innovative technologies | Issue 23 / Part 2| 2022 | DOI: 10.30890/2567-5273.2022-23-02-023
Situational Foreign Language Instruction in Competency-Based Learning Framework: Ukrainian Experience. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research Vol. 22, No. 5 | 2023 | pp. 637-657 | doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.22.5.33
Authentic fiction texts in a language classroom: rethinking the tradition традицію. DiSlaw: Didactics of Slavic Languages. No. 2. pp. 98-113 |
Mobile applications in developing phonetic competence of the Chinese language. Global Chinese 10(1):21-36 | 2024 | DOI: 10.1515/glochi-2023-0027
Monographs, edited volumes, educational methodological works
- with Shovkoviy, V., Lubashenko, O., Smovzhenko, L., Kavytska, T. Sorokina, N. Methodical guidelines on conducting Master’s research and writing Master Thesis in Ukrainian language and literature [Методичні рекомендації до проведення магістерського дослідження та написання кваліфікаційної роботи з методики навчання української мови і літератури] Kyiv: KNU | 2024
- Discover Ukraine in Ukrainian. Online manual. University of Innsbruck | 2022 | https://padlet.com/nsorokina/ukrainisch-f-r-angf-nger-jto212c3kbxq0wje
- with Red’ko, V., Smovzhenko, L. Didactic essence of competence-based content for foreign language school coursebooks in Theoretical foundations of pedagogy and education: collective monograph | Kazachiner O., Boychuk Y., Halii A. – etc.| Іnternational Science Group |Boston: Primedia eLaunch. | 2022| DOI 10.46299/ISG.2022.MONO.PED.2
- Modern methods of teaching foreign languages in a higher school | in Methods of teaching foreign languages in higher educational institutions | (Shovkoviy Eds.) |Сучасні методи навчання іноземних мов у вищій школі в Методика навчання іноземних мову закладах вищої освіти за ред. В. Шовкового) | Kyiv | Livprint | 2021.
- with Shovkoviy, V., Naumenko, L., Lubashenko, O., Smovzhenko, L. & Kolod’ko, T. Methodical guidelines on conducting, formating and public presenting Master’s Thesis in methodology of teaching Ukrainian and foreign languages and literatures |Методичні рекомендації до проведення, оформлення та захисту магістерських досліджень з методики навчання української та іноземних мов і літератур | Kyiv | “Kyivskiy universitet”| 2018.
- with Murashevych, K. Chenese language (for Ukrainian-speaking beginners): a manual | Китайська мова (для україномовних початківців): навчальний посібник| Kyiv |Publishing house “LOGOS” | 2017
- with Smovzhenko, L. Methodical guidelines for third-year students-synologigts in the topic “Arts”| Методичні рекомендації (з мультимедійним додатком) для студентів-сходознавців третього року навчання в межах теми «Мистецтво» | Kyiv |Publishing house “Poligraph”| 2017.
- with Osidak, V. & Smovzhenko, L. Test tasks for the discipline "Foreign Language. Operational Level (B1)“ for first-year part-time students majoring in 014 ”Secondary Education - Ukrainian Language and Literature, Foreign Language: Theory and Methods of Teaching" (Bachelor) |Тестові завдання з навчальної дисципліни «Іноземна мова. Оперативний рівень (В1)» для студентів І року заочної форми навчання напряму підготовки 014 «Середня освіта - Українська мова і література, іноземна мова: теорія і методика навчання» (Бакалавр)| Kyiv | Publishing centre “Oleksandrina” |2016.
- Developing professional foreign language communication with prospective philologists: manual | Навчання майбутніх філологів професійного іншомовного спілкування: навчальний посібник| Kyiv | Publishing centre “Oleksandrina” | 2015.
Conferences and abstracts
Between Languages and Cultures: Does Multilingual Learning Foster Reflective Thinking? (The Case of Teaching Ukrainian as a Foreign Language) | Conference of Ukrainian Studies | Lviv| 6-8 July | https://ui.org.ua/en/sectors-en/en-projects/en-academic-projects/conference-of-ukrainian-studies-ukraine-in-the-world/|
Ukrainian language bridges universities in blended mobility projects XIII Olomouc Symposium of Ukrainianists of middle and eastern Europe | 25-26 June | 2026| Olomouc
Ukrainian Studies at the University of Innsbruck (BIP With faith in the future of Ukraine: horizons of modern Ukrainian studies | 22-26 Juni|Olomouc
Автентичні художні тексти як простір діалогу культур у навчанні української мови як іноземної (Authentic texts as space for dialogue of cultures in teaching Ukrainian as a foreign language) XIII Волошинські читання Шкільна літературна освіта: традиції і новаторство |19 Mai 2026 | Kyiv, Academy of Science of Ukraine, Institute of Pedagogy | https://undip.org.ua/100years/xiii-voloshynski-chytannia-shkilna-literaturna-osvita-tradytsii-i-novatorstvo/
Building Ukrainian through Constructions: A Construction Grammar Approach to Teaching Ukrainian as a Foreign Language Constructionist Approaches to Language Pedagogy (CALP-5) 4-6 March |The University of Trømso - Artic University of Norway | https://en.uit.no/tavla/artikkel/880727/biennial_international_conference_constructionis
From Words to Awareness: Multilingual Strategies for Reflective Reading in Ukrainian with Barvysta Ukraina: A collection of 14 Best Practice Examples mit Sonja Bacher. Developing Multilingualism and Fostering Reflective Skills, Intercultural and Transcultural Learning in Language Education |Innsbruck | February 26-27| 2026
Assessment for more effective Foreign Language Learning | UALTA | Kyiv, Ukraine | April 25-27|2018
Perspective of science and education | the 5th International youth conference, SLOVO/WORD | New York, USA | 19 October |2018
Fundamentals of reading test development: good practices and useful tips |UALTA | Kyiv, Ukraine | 2 October |2019
Topical issues of the development of modern science | XI International Scientific and Practical Conference | Sofia, Bulgaria | July 1-3, 2020
with Smovzhenko L. Multimedia support of special course “Foreign language for professional purposes” for pre-service teachers of profiled schools of the III level | Modern science: problems and innovation | Abstracts of the Ist International scientific and practical conference| Stockholm, Sweden | 2020 | pp. 455-462
with Smovzhenko L. Academic course “Methodological principles and modern concepts of teaching foreign languages in a secondary school” for future teachers-philologists: the content and methodology of teaching | Global science and education in the modern realities | «ISE&E» & SWorld inconjunction with KindleDPSeattle | Washington, USA | 2020 | pp.300-303.
Testing and Assessment for Effective Foreign Language Learning | UALTA | Kyiv, Ukraine | 28-28 May 2021
“Discover Ukraine in Ukrainian”: developing didactic input for Ukrainian as a foreign language classroom | Wroclaw, Poland | 27-28 May | 2024
Doing literary translation with the Master | Is International conference of Ukrainian Studies named after R. Trostynska | Zagreb, Croatia | 6-7 September | 2024
Ukrainian language in Tyrol: didactic context| Heritage Language Week 2025 in Frankfurt am Main | 19-21 February| 2025
Bringing content-based instruction to Ukrainian as a foreign language classroom | AASTEEL 2025 Virtual Conference | 18-21 February | 2025
From a word to a meaning: the role of mediation in teaching foreign languages | Granaslavic 6th International Slavic Conference | Granada, Spain | 2-4 June | 2025
Workshops and Public reports
Pause, Don’t Fill: Turning Silence into a Teaching Strategy |Webinar for FL teachers | Centre of Professional Development for educators | May 05 | 2026 | Kyiv Region
Reflect, Adapt, Improve: Practical Reflective Strategies for EFL Teachers Webinar for FL teachers | Centre of Professional Development for educators | March 23 | 2026 | Kyiv Region
When Writing Is the Task: A TBL Approach to Literacy in Secondary EFL Classrooms Webinar for FL teachers | Centre of Professional Development for educators |February 16 | 2026 | Kyiv Region
From TikTok to Textbooks: Using Students’ Digital Worlds to Boost English Skills | Webinar for FL teachers |Centre of Professional Development for educators | January 19 | 2026 | Kyiv Region
The treasure of Slavic family – the Ukrainian language. Interaktive Vorlesung | Lange Nacht der Forschung Innsbruck University| 24 April|2026|
Smart Formative Assessment in Language Learning: Tools, Strategies, and Impact | Online webinar for teachers of foreign languages | Centre of professional development of educators | Kyiv region, Ukraine | 19 May |2025
Bringing translation back into the language class: a project overview | Online public report | Interdisziplinäres wissenschftliches Nezwerk: Vision Ukraine: Bildung, Sprache, Migration | 7 April | 2025
CLIL matters: bringing a subject content to a FL classroom in a profession-oriented school | Online webinar for teachers of foreign languages | Centre of professional development of educators | Kyiv region, Ukraine | 14 April |2025
Lexical approach in action: benefits and drawbacks | Online webinar for teachers of foreign languages | Centre of professional development of educators | Kyiv region, Ukraine | 17 March| 2025
Differentiated Instruction: managing learning effective in traditional language skills activities | Online webinar for teachers of foreign languages | Centre of professional development of educators | Kyiv region, Ukraine | 20 January| 2025
Storytelling: a trendy fun or useful pedagogical instrument | ERGO | 25 November 2024
The power of storytelling in language learning | Online webinar for teachers of foreign languages | Online webinar for teachers of foreign languages | Centre of professional development of educators | Kyiv region, Ukraine | 18 November| 2024
Mediation in a foreign language classroom: teaching and assessing | Online webinar for teachers of foreign languages | Centre of professional development of educators | Kyiv region, Ukraine | 14 October 2024