PhD in Education (Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language); - Author of educational courses “URA! Russian for English-speaking students”, “Russian Grammar through Songs” and "Bukovkiny istorii" (The Letters" Stories); - Teaching methodology expert and educator with 15 years of experience in teaching foreign languages to students of all levels of language competence; - Currently co-ordinator of Russian language studies at Queen Mary University of London; - Research interest: concept of motivation in foreign language learning and the ways of enhancing it in the classroom through various creative educational tools including communicative games, songs and use of drama techniques.