Education

1984–1989 – Yerevan State Pedagogical Universoty of Russian and Foreign Languages named after V. Brusov, Faculty of French-German Languages, French Department

2010 – Defense of PhD dissertation titled «Ածականների խոսքիմասային փոխանցումով պայմանավորված մակբայացումը և համանունության խնդիրը ժամանակակից ֆրանսերենում» / “Adverbialization due to Part-of-Speech Transfer of Adjectives and the Issue of Homonymy in Contemporary French”

2012 – Awarded the academic title of Associate Professor in Linguistics

Professional Development

As a Trainer

Participation in teaching activities within the Erasmus+ program aimed at enhancing cooperation and credit mobility in higher education:

1. Intercultural Communication – University of Ruse “Angel Kanchev”, Bulgaria, 2017

2. French Lexicology – Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 2018

October–November 2021 – Conducted the “French Language: Planning” module within the “Subject Teaching Methodology” course as part of teacher training organized by the Tatev Educational Complex

As a Trainee

· 1996 – Tourism Studies, Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Angers, France

· 1998 – Teaching French as a Foreign Language, Faculty of Philosophy and Philology, Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

· 2010 – Professional qualification training for faculty, Brusov State Linguistic University

· 2011–2013 – French teaching courses organized by Teachers Without Borders (GREF)

· 2018 – Training on integrating TV5MONDE audiovisual resources in FLE classes, organized by the Francophonie Digital Center in Yerevan

· 2019 – Training on teaching French as a second foreign language (Séminaire de formation de didactique du FLE), organized by the French Embassy in Armenia

· 2021 – “Training of Trainers” program on university governance and digital transformation in education, Central and Eastern Europe Regional Center of La Francophonie

· 2022 – Professional qualification and retraining course for academic staff, Brusov State University

Professional Experience

· April 2025–present – Acting Head of the Chair of French and Romance Philology, Brusov State University

· 2018–2021 – Head of the Inter-University Academic Excellence Center for Francophone Studies, Brusov State University

· 2019–2025 – Member of the Faculty Council of Linguistics and Pedagogy, Brusov State University; since 2023, Secretary of the Council

· Since 1993 – Lecturer at the Chair of French and Romance Philology, Brusov State University; Associate Professor since 2012

· 1989–1993 – French language teacher at Secondary School No. 168, Yerevan

Membership in Professional Associations

· 2014–2017 – Member of the Sub-Committee on Languages under the Specialized Pedagogical Council 065 at Yerevan State University

· Since 2014 – Member of the international research group “Grammaire et contextualisation” at DILTEC Laboratory, Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 University

Research Interests

Functional linguistics, discourse and text analysis, contextual grammar, semantic syntax, intercultural communicatio

Academic and Methodological Publications

Author of 29 publications in national and international scientific journals, including one academic textbook.

Conference Participation

· 2012 – “Intercultural Communication Through Foreign Language Teaching”, Yerevan

· 2014 – “Contemporary Issues in Pedagogy”, Tsaghkadzor

· 2016 – “Languages for Specific Purposes: Cross-Perspectives Between Linguistics and Didactics”, Grenoble, France

· 2017 – “Grammaire et contextualisation”, DILTEC International Laboratory, Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3, France

· 2019 – “Technology and Linguistics: From Theory to Practice”, Russian-Armenian University, Yerevan

· 2024 – “Problems of Romance and Germanic Philology: Theory and Methodology of Foreign Language Teaching”, Yerevan