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Students and teachers of the Department of Foreign Languages of Ƶ presented scientific research at a conference in Serbia
28 May

Anna Mokrousova, Assistant of the Department of Foreign Languages in Professional sphere at Ƶ and Head of the university conversation club FLIPS Talks, spoke at the international conference Quality Festival 2025 at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Kragujevac (Serbia).

The report "Improving the Quality of EFL Skill Development through Statistical Methods", prepared in collaboration with the head of the department, Ksenia Kaisheva, was the result of a large-scale study conducted as part of the scientific work of the department. The article presents statistical analysis methods used to improve the quality of foreign language teaching, as well as describes the test results of about 1,900 students. Based on the data obtained, the department is developing a chatbot and a neural network to determine the level of proficiency in a foreign language and choose an educational trajectory. Currently, Artyom Mukkel, a specialist in the Laboratory of Digital Solutions of the Office of Technological Leadership of Ƶ, is engaged in its development at the university together with Yulia Yundunova, a laboratory assistant at the Department of Foreign Languages in Professional Activity, a university student. The full version of the article can be found at the .

The conference was also attended by International Management students Evgenia Vygodskaya and Elena Lipnyagova. Both participants were trained under the professional retraining program implemented by the Department of Foreign Languages of Ƶ. The program allows you to obtain additional qualifications — a specialist with knowledge of a foreign language to work in a professional field.

Evgenia Vygodskaya presented the study . The work includes a bibliometric and thematic analysis of publications for 2020-2024 devoted to issues of foreign economic activity in logistics. The author identified five key areas of research: sustainable logistics management, the introduction of breakthrough technologies, risk management, improving supply chain efficiency, and reverse logistics. The review article was published as part of the testing of the WRC "Analysis of foreign economic activity using the example of Alfa-Trans Logistics LLC, the head of the WRC is Associate Professor of the Department of Management Olga Zhikina.

"English has always been an integral part of my life since high school, so when I finished my 4th year, I decided without hesitation to defend my final thesis in English. My supervisor, Ksenia Vladimirovna Kaisheva, offered to participate in the international conference, presenting the results of the analysis done. It was my first experience, and there were many difficulties, because I am responsible not only for myself, but also for defending the honor of my native university. Thanks to the great support of the teacher, I successfully carried out my research."

Elena Lipnyagova presented the study . The article is devoted to the analysis of academic publications that consider photography as an entrepreneurial activity. The focus is on business models, marketing, legal aspects and the impact of digital technologies. Special attention is paid to digital branding, monetization through social networks and the use of artificial intelligence in the creative industry.

"It will be much easier for me to defend my final thesis in English, because its provisions have been tested at a high international level. I would like to note separately that the organizing committee of the conference suggested publishing it in a highly rated publication after revision."

The main disciplines of the program are available to everyone and include blocks on machine translation post-editing, information technology and professional analytics in a foreign language. The discipline "Information Technology and professional analytics in a foreign language" makes data analysis gamified and engaging, facilitates the perception of scientific approaches and promotes the inclusion of students in project and publication activities. The opportunity to participate in international conferences creates a stable motivation for research work. Writing a review article as the first stage of any research work: a master's thesis, a PhD thesis, or a scientific publication allows students to explore the subject field, identify knowledge gaps, and build a structure for future research. More than 40 teachers, graduate students and undergraduates have already completed advanced training courses. The program will be available for free recording in the near future.

It is important to note that applications for the scholarship program of the Government of the Republic of Serbia for study and advanced training at Serbian universities as part of the admission campaign for the 2025/2026 academic year are open until June 11. For more information, please contact the Department of International and Educational Projects.

The Department of Foreign Languages in Professional activity builds a modern model of training specialists who speak the language, digital tools and analytical thinking, which are in demand in the international professional environment. This is an important contribution to the strategic development of the university and the formation of new generations of internationally competitive graduates.