Iryna Bilianska

Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University · Department of Foreign Languages

This study aims to elucidate the metaphorical representations of the concept PARENT within American media discourse. By analyzing the conceptual metaphors employed in newspaper discourse, we seek to reconstruct the metaphorically derived understanding of parenthood within English-speaking community. These conceptual metaphors, crafted by media pres...

The article examines the peculiarities of acquiring pronunciation skills by secondary and upper secondary school students in the process of developing their English phonetic competence. Based on the analysis of the new requirements of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (2020), it was concluded that the main criterion for corre...

This article provides arguments for incorporating bottom-up practice activities into listening instruction at university EFL classroom. It begins with a brief overview of the current research into listening, followed by a review of main processing components involved in speech comprehension. Also, the paper discusses Ukrainian pre-service teachers’...

This manual contains 12 sets of activities aimed at the listening skills development of pre-service EFL teachers. The activities are devised according to the specific methodological procedure which includes 3 stages and 8 sub-stages, in-class and out-of-class work of students, formal and informal listening. The activities are based on contemporary...

Listening competence is a significant component of foreign language teachers’ professional competence. Thus, its sufficient development is one of the major concerns of higher pedagogical education in Ukraine. The article presents a methodological procedure for teaching listening skills on the basis of fiction audiobooks, encompassing current princi...

The quality of the professional training of foreign language teachers presupposes high level of their listening competence. However, in non-authentic language environment developing proficiency in listening is recognized as a difficult task. Therefore, Ukrainian methodologists are in search of new ways to improve listening skills of pre-service tea...

The purpose of this article is to explore recent research into audiobooks focusing on their linguodidactic potential for listening skills development of pre-service teachers. Also, it argues that contemporary fiction in audio format may be used to introduce ELF in EFL classes, not only raising students’ awareness of different varieties of English b...