SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Direction:Philology (Russian Language and Literature)
Position:Associate Professor





Irina Lortkipanidze graduated from Ivane Javakhishvili State University Faculty of Philology (Russian Language and Literature) in 1986. Worked at Georgian Polytechnic University during 1986-1999 and at Tbilisi Ilia Chavchavadze State University of Languages and Culture during 1999-2006. Defended her PhD dissertation on “Linguistic Representation of Concepts of Good and Evil in Russian Phraseology” in 2006. Has been an Associate Professor at Ilia State University since 2011. Worked at the Ilia State University Language Centre and as an assistant to the Director of the Ilia State University English Centre.  Irina Lortkipanidze is the author of several books focusing on Russian language lingvoculturology and teaching Russian as a foreign language.

Scientific interests / research interests

Lingvoculturological Research of Russian Language

Comparative Analysis of Russian and Georgian Languages in the context of Lingvoculturology.

Methodology  of  teaching Russian  language as  a  foreign language.

Books

  • Sing  and  Study Russian Language (textbook in Russian language)(coauthor): Tbilisi; Petiti; 2014
  • Russian Language Student’s Book  XII  grade (coauthor,  head  of  the group of authors); Tbilisi; “Diogene”; 2008.
  • Teacher’s Book (for  the teachers of  Russian language, XII grade) coauthor, head  of  the group of authors; Tbilisi; “Diogene”; 2008.
  • Student’s  Book for XI grade (coauthor, head of  the group of authors) Tbilisi; “Sakartvelos Matsne” 2007.
  • Teacher’s Book (for  the teachers of  Russian language, XI grade); Tbilisi; “Sakartvelos Matsne” 2007
  • Georgian Russian Phrasebook (coauthor); Tbilisi; “Ganatleba” 2006

Articles in magazines

  • Comparative  analysis  of  concept “luck”  in  Russian  and  Georgian  Languages
  • HOMOLOQUENS#7.  2015
  • Factors Interfering with  Development  of  Speaking  Skills whilst  Teaching Russian as a foreign Language from  the  Point  of  View  of  the  Problem of  Raising  Motivation.(on  the  model of  “predicting  the plot”  of  the  task)
  • Tbilisi; GTY; “Ganatleba”. International Science-Pedagogical Journal№ 1 (12) 2015.
  • Concerning  the Issue  of  Teaching Reading (from  teaching experience  and experience of  collecting teaching  resources   in Russian as foreign language)HOMOLOQUENS #6  2014
  •  “ Classification of the Components of Phraseological Units  in Pragmatic Aspect (based on the material  of Russian  phraseological units,  reflecting  concepts  kind and evil)”  in the collection of scientific articles  of international scientific conference  “МАПРЯЛ”. “Comparison as  a Method of Teaching Languages”. Part II; Tbilisi; 2005
  • “ Problem of  Classification of  Semantic  Items  Creating Figurativeness  in Phraseological Units   with  Nomination  of  Concepts “Kind”  and “Evil” (based on Russian phraseological items ) “Language and Culture” philological part N2; Tbilisi: Tbilisi Ilia Chavchavadze State University of Language and Culture; 2005.
  •  “Perspectives of Research  of Linguistic Representation of Concepts “Kind” and “Evil”  in Phraseological Units of Russian Language” in the collection of scientific articles  of international scientific conference  “МАПРЯЛ”. “Comparison as  a Method of Teaching Languages”. Part I; Tbilisi; 2005

An extensive list of publications

Current Courses

Course Catalog

Concepts of  Russian Culture  (Bachelor )

Introduction to  Slavic Studies  (Bachelor )

Phonetics of Russian Language  (in Russian language) (BA)

Morphology of Russian Language  (in Russian language ) (Bachelor )

Syntax of Russian Language  (In Russian language) (Bachelor)

Lexicology of Russian Language (In Russian language)  (Bachelor)

Stylistics of Contemporary Russian Language (in Russian language) (Bachelor/Master)

Russian Georgian Technical Translation (Bachelor/Master)

Academic Reading  (in Russian language) (Bachelor/Master)

Concepts of  Russian Culture  (since 2011 till present)

Academic Reading  (in Russian language) (since 2011 till present)

Introduction to  Slavic Studies  (since 2010 till present)

Russian Georgian Technical Translation  (since 2010 till present)

Phonetics of Russian Language  (in Russian language)  (since 2009 till present)

Morphology of Russian Language  (in Russian language )  (since 2009  till present)

Lexicology of Russian Language (in Russian language )  (since 2009 till present)

Stylistics of Contemporary Russian Language (in Russian language)  (since 2009 till present)

Syntax of Russian Language  (In Russian language)  (since 2009 till present)

Russian Language Grammar   (1999-2006)

Practical Course of Russian Language  (1986-2014)

National Centre for Teachers’ Professional Development

2012 – long term course  training –module “Reading” – author

2012-2014 – course training-modules “Listening” and “reading” , trainer of trainers and school  teachers.

She is preparing the following courses within the Master’s program of translation studies:

Country Studies. Russia

Russian-Georgian Technical Translation – Politics. Economics. Law

Translation of  Russian- Georgian  scientific -popular literature (1)- Ecology. Psychology.

Translation of  Russian- Georgian  scientific -popular literature (2) -Philosophy. Culture.