Structure

History

In 2002, April, having evaluated the traditions and experience of different scientific fields developed in the Faculty as well as the demand of complex scientific research in the Lithuanian market and the necessity to lean towards the unified European Research Area priorities in the European Union, Vilnius University Kaunas Faculty established a Socio-cultural Research Institute. The head at that time was Assoc. Prof. Dr. Danutė Balšaitytė.

In 2003, Prof. Dr. (HP) Remigijus Čiegis overtook the position of the head of the Institute; Business Ethics Centre joined the Institute.

In 2004, January, the Institute was reorganised into the Centree of Socio-cultural Research.

Nuo 2010 m. rugsėjo mėn. Centrui vadovauja prof. dr. Gabija Bankauskaitė-Sereikienė.

The Centre carries out scientific research which satisfies the Faculty’s scientific and study directions and the science priorities of the State of Lithuania and European Union; moreover, the Centre carries out scientific research at the interface of several scientific fields or directions, carries out methodical work, provides educational services. The members of the Centre participate in the organisation of the University’s and the Faculty’s scientific publications, science, methodical, teaching and other literature, organise  scientific conferences, seminars, other scientific and scientific-methodical articles and reports for conferences, consult students and lecturers in terms of annual essays, final theses (both BA and MA level), PhD theses; the Centre provides the students of the Faculty with theoretical and methodical consultations, creates conditions for them to get involved into the scientific activity.

Personnel

History

In 1995 the Department of Russian Language and Literature was reorganised into the Department of Foreign Languages, Žana Lečickaja became the head of the office. There were lecturers who taught English and German to non-professionals. In 1996 the bachelor study programme of German and Russian Languages was established due to the rise of the demand of translators and reporters. At that time the Department was headed by the assoc. prof. Danutė Balšaitytė. In 2001 a new study programme English and Russian Languages was developed. In 2007 assoc. prof. Daiva Deltuvienė became the head of the department. In 2013 assoc. prof. dr. Jurgita Kerevičienė became the head of the department. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Danguolė Satkauskaitė is the Head of the Department

Study programme

English and Another Foreign Language (Swedish) is an interdisciplinary study of modern linguistics, aimed at preparation of professionals who are able to speak fluent English and Swedish languages, analyse and stylistically evaluate, translate and edit texts of various styles and genres, understand peculiarities of history, culture and literature of the English and Swedish speaking countries, evaluate and summarise the research data. The graduates of this study programme will become highly qualified specialists with the fundamental linguistic, intercultural, culture-historical knowledge, translation competences and the English and Swedish communication skills required for enterprises and institutions to guarantee their effective international communication with foreign business partners, to collect and analyse information in both the languages, to work with official documents in Lithuanian, English and Swedish, to translate documents and interpret, to participate in formal meetings, international events, projects, to represent the companies abroad, etc.

English and Russian language programme is a new study programme in Vilnius University and Lithuania in general. The geopolitical situation of Lithuania, the integration of Western European structures, historically formed and rapidly developing economic and cultural ties with neighbouring Russia had a great impact on the demand of educated specialists, speaking both English and Russian. Studies of English and Russian languages are interdisciplinary studies of modern linguistics. The programme aims to prepare specialists that are capable of speaking fluent English and Russian. Moreover, graduates are capable of analysis, stylistic assessment, and editing texts of various styles and genres. Graduates are able to select and apply appropriate translation strategies, to translate texts from English to Russian and vice versa, to classify, analyse, construe and summarise the research data. The programme focuses on practical activity of future graduates in relation to further career options. The programme is developed to satisfy the needs of modern students to integrate successfully into the labour market after bachelor studies. In the course of time several generations of teachers, translators and lecturers have been prepared. A number of students continue their studies to acquire master’s degree in English linguistics.

Personnel

Science

ACADEMIC RESEARCH

Research areas conducted by the Department are Language and Thought (language structures and its functional characteristics) and Information Systems (Information Technologies) in business and learning process.

Researchers of the Department of Foreign Languages investigate rhetorical features in Russian, British and Lithuanian political discourse. They also take interest in cognitive text semantics. In scientific reports and articles etymological and semantic features of Russian and English texts are commented, and glottodidactic aspects of speech are analysed.

Since 2001, the Department has been organising international scientific conference “Man in the Space of Language”, and publishing a continuous collection of reviewed scientific articles. In 2006 international student conference “Languages and Cultures of the Baltic Region” was organised.

DISSERTATIONS

In 2004 and 2005 dissertations by Lidija Kaukėnienė and Robertas Kudirka were defended. In 2009 Algis Prekeris Braun and Živilė Nemickienė defended their dissertations. In 2010-2012 dissertations by Jūratė Radavičiūtė, Vilma Linkevičiūtė and Dovilė Vengalienė were defended. 

SCIENTISTS

The department is proud of prominent scientists that worked or have been working in the department, such as prof. dr. (HP) Olegas Poliakovas, assoc. prof. Danutė Balšaitytė, assoc. prof. Žana Lečicka, assoc. prof. Daiva Deltuvienė, assoc. prof. Jurgita Kerevičienė, assoc. prof. Ala Diomidova, assoc. prof. Olegas Perovas, dr. Jūratė Radavičiūtė, dr. Vilma Linkevičiūtė, dr. Dovilė Vengalienė.

CONFERENCES

Scientific conferences organised by the Department of Foreign Languages:

• International scientific conference “Pragmatics, Syntagmatics and Language Functions” in 2000 (72 participants from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland and Russia);
• International scientific conference “Man in the Space of Language“ No. 1 in 2001 (54 participants from Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Russia);
• International scientific conference “Man in the Space of Language“ No. 2 in 2002 (61 participant from Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Belorus);
• International scientific conference “Man in the Space of Language“ No. 3 in 2003 (63 participants from Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Russia);
• International scientific conference “Man in the Space of Language“ No. 4 in 2005 (64 participants from Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Belorus, Czech Republic);
• International scientific conference “Man in the Space of Language“ No. 5 in 2008 (138 participants form Lithuania, Russia, Belorus, Latvia, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine);
• International scientific conference “Man in the Space of Language“ No. 6 in 2010 (134 participants form Lithuania, Russia, Belorus, Latvia, Poland, Ukraine);
• International scientific conference “Man in the Space of Language“ No. 7 in 2012 (136 participants form Lithuania, Russia, Belorus, Latvia, Poland, Ukraine, Georgia, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan).

The Department also organises student conferences:

• International student conference “Culture and Languages of the Baltic States”, first organized in 2006 (32 participants from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia);
• International students conference “Culture and Languages of the Baltic States” in 2009 (55 participants from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia).

STUDENT INTERNSHIP

Students of English and Russian language programme can carry out internships in various Lithuanian translation agencies.

ALUMNI

The Department is proud of its graduates’ achievements. Lina Inčiūraitė is a lecturer at Lithuanian University of Agriculture, Asta Kondratavičienė is a translator in Balsan, Italy, Lasytė Diana works in Prosecutor‘s Office and translation agency „Sėkmės varpas“ as a translator, Cibulskaja Natalija and Saulytė Rasa work in JSC „Industry Service Center“ as translators-administrators, Ana Jepeikina (Jusel) is a translator in AB „Šiaulių bankas“, Jelna Mokejeva Šinajeva works in JSC „Specialus montažas – NTP“ as translation manager, Marina Treščenkina is a translator in JSC „Vertimo namai, Raminta Mikalauskaitė is a translator in JSC „Softneta“. Vilma Linkevičiūtė,  Giedrė Dubauskienė, Loreta Kamičaitytė, Dovilė Vengalienė, Živilė Nemickienė work in the Department of Foreign Languages.

Publications

Monographs

• Deltuvienė, Daiva,  Baltiški Mažosios Lietuvos XVI-XVIII a. oikonimai : monografija. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2006. 442 p. ISBN 9986198402.
• Poliakovas, Olegas,  Pasaulis ir lietuvių kalba : indoeuropiečių ir lietuvių kalbų giminystė. Vilnius : Enciklopedija, 2008. 360 p. : iliustr. ISBN 9789986433484.
• Vengalienė, Dovilė, Ironic Conceptual Blend: Lithuanian and American On-Line New Headlines, Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012, ISBN: 978-3-8473-7998-0

Textbooks

• Braun, Algis Prekeris,  Crosslinguistic blending : an interdisciplinary study of language production. Saarbrücken : Lambert Academic Publishing, 2010. 184 p. ISBN 9783838344201.

Schoolbooks

• Deltuvienė, Daiva,  Grundlagen der übersetzungstheorie. Lehrmaterial für Germanistikstudenten[Elektroninis išteklius]. Kaunas, 2008. 66 p. ISBN 9789955333517.
• Linkevičiūtė, Vilma, Introduction to Linguistics, Kaunas, 2013. 40p. isbn 978-609-170-9.
• Linkevičiūtė, Vilma, Political Discourse and Conflict Communication, Kaunas, 2013. 40p. ISBN 978-609-459-179.
• Perov, Oleg, Особенности делового русского языка, Kaunas: Kauno humenitarinis fakultetas 2013. 108p. ISBN 978-609-159-203-4
• Vengalienė, D. Vereikienė, R., 2013. Metodinė knyga "Topics and Tests for Intermediate Business English", Kaunas, ISBN 978-609-459-177-8
• Vengalienė, D., 2013. Metodinė knyga "Irony: an Overview of Concept Dvelopment and Specific Features", Kaunas,  ISBN 978-609-459-176-1

Teaching and methodical literature

• Deltuvienė, Daiva,  Katinienė, Nijolė Ona,  Mačiulskienė, Rita,  Metodiniai nurodymai studentų akademiniams darbams. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2008. 52 p. ISBN 9789955333302.
• Diomidova, Ala  Пособие по переводу с литовского языка на русский : сборник упражнений. Часть 1. Каунас, 2010. 45 с. ISBN 9789955335535.
• Perov, Oleg, Cовременный русский язык лексика, Kaunas 2011. 78p. ISBN 978-9955-33-663-1.
• Nemickienė, Živilė, Modern Business Correspondence. Metodinė priemonė aukštųjų mokyklų studentams. Kaunas 2012, 114 psl.  ISBN 978-609-459-038-2
• Diomidova, Ala, Radavičiūtė, Jūratė, Studentų bakalauro darbai.  Metodiniai nurodymai. Kaunas, 2013. 17 pusl. ISBN 978-609-459-249-2

Books (translation)

• Girdzijauskas, Stasys Albinas,  Braun, Algis Prekeris,  Krūminienė, Jadvyga,  The logistic theory of capital management: deterministic methods : monograph No 1. // Transformations in business and economics. ISSN 1648-4460. 2008, vol. 7, no. 2, suppl. A, p. 22-90; 91-163.
• Girdzijauskas, Stasys Albinas,  Braun, Algis Prekeris,  Krūminienė, Jadvyga,  The logistic theory of capital management: deterministic methods : monograph No 1. // Transformations in business and economics. ISSN 1648-4460. 2008, vol. 7, no. 2, suppl. A, p. 9-163.

Conference proceedings zke 2013 multiple

Žmogus erdveje 2010

Žmogus erdveje 2008

Žmogus erdveje 2005

Partnership

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

International collaboration is carried out by  participating in international student and academic staff’s exchange progammes. The Department signed three student and lecturers’ ERASMUS SOCRATES treaties with the University of Bologna (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Italy) in 2005, Holy Cross Academy, Kielce (Poland) and University of Warsaw (Uniwersytet Warszawski, Poland) in 2006. Following the regulations of the treaties, assoc. professor D. Balšaitytė visited Holy Cross Academy in 2006 and the University of Bologna in 2007. During her visits assoc. professor D. Balšaitytė delivered lectures, coordinated exchange studying programmes with corresponding departments’ supervisors, discussed upon perspectives of further cooperation. In 2008 assoc. prof. D. Deltuvienė went to Germany on Erasmus teaching visit, in 2011 assoc. prof. O. Perov went to Germany on the teaching visit, in 2013 dr. D. Vengalienė went to Spain on the Erasmus teaching visit.

In 2006 a student from the University of Bologna took a course in English and Russian Philology at Kaunas Faculty of Humanities. 2006-2013 students of English and Russian Philology programme studied at the University of Bologna, Saint Cross Academy, Kielce, at universities in Moscow, Bergen, Almeria, Jaen.

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP

• Minsk State Linguistic University (Belarus);
• University of Bologna (Italy);
• Saint Cross Academy, Kielce (Poland);
• Warsaw University (Poland);
• University of Latvia (Latvia);
• Saint-Petersburg State University (Russia);
• Bergen University (Norway);
• Belarus State Linguistic University (Belarus);
• Coruna University (Spain);
• Darmstadt Technical University (Germany);
• Greifswald University (Germany);
• Moscow University (Russia);
• Almeria University (Spain);
• Jaen University, (Spain);
• Athen University (Greece).