Department of Languages

 



Head of the Department
Nelli Aram Mkrtchyan, Ph.D., Assoc. Prof.
Tel: (3741) 583-304


105 Teryan Str.,
Tel: (3741) 580-433
 

 

The Chairs, Courses and Skills Developed

Head of the Department
Nelli Aram Mkrtchyan,
Ph. D, Assoc. Prof.

The Department has 3 Chairs:


Chair of Armenian
Chair of Russian
Chair of Foreign Languages (with English, French and German Sections)


Chair of Armenian

The Chair conducts courses on Armenian for the students involved in the Junior Engineer, Bachelor of Engineering Degree Programs as well as foreign students at the SEUA division of FS.

The theoretical and practical course in Armenian is aimed at:

• favouring the humanization of the engineering education;
• expanding and deepening of knowledge and the outlook of the students on Armenian literature and culture and the development of their contemporary directions;
• developing of skills in editing, business correspondence, technical writing.
• developing certain communicative skills of foreign students of SEUA.

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Chair of Russian

The Chair conducts courses in the Bachelor and Junior Engineer programs as well as at the preparatory department of the SEUA Divisions of Foreign Students and Humanities. The students are trained in the spheres of science, engineering and technical writing. The training at this Chair has a communication-oriented and professionally-directed nature determined by communication and cognition requirements of the engineering personnel.

The goal of the training is to give the students an opportunity to acquire communicative competency so as to use Russian both in professional (production and business) and scientific activities.

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Chair of Foreign Languages

The Chair carries out training of the students at all levels of University Education. It conducts courses: in the Junior Engineer, Bachelor, Graduate, Post-graduate programs as well as at the SEUA Divisions of Humanities and Economics and Management.

The Chair carries out training courses on English for the Faculty of the specialized Chairs of the University at the Faculty Development Center of SEUA using both classical and up-to-date computer-aided methods of teaching.

The courses conducted at the Chair give the students an opportunity to acquire knowledge of English, French and German. They also acquire certain linguistic skills of reading, writing, speaking and communicating, translating, written and oral reproduction, technical writing and business correspondence. The mentioned skills help the students to use the foreign language both in professional and scientific activities.

The Faculty of the Chair conduct English courses at the Faculty Development Center of SEUA for the teachers specialized in different spheres, in particular for those who are to teach at the Division of Foreign Students of SEUA. The courses are carried out at three levels: pre-intermediate, lower-intermediate and upper-intermediate. The first course is based on classical method while the second and the third ones are computer-aided courses combined with classical methods of instruction (to develop the skills of communication). The selection of the Faculty is carried out by a test given by the Instructors of the Chair of Foreign Languages. The Faculty who complete the above mentioned courses are awarded Certificates which is a sort of permission to conduct lectures at FSD of SEUA.


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