Associate Professor Tatiana Hristakieva, Ph.D.

Education and Career

  • 1989 – Graduated from the English Philology Department of the Faculty of Classical and Modern Languages of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” with a B.A. and M. A. Degree in teaching English language and literature, and a second specialization in teaching Bulgarian language and literature.
  • 1993 - 1994 – Completed methodological qualification courses for English language teachers, organized by Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” and the British Council in Bulgaria.
  • 2010 – Completed a methodological qualification course on methods of teaching English language and culture in Barnstaple, Devon, England.

Teaching Activities

  • 1989-1996 – Full time teacher in English at ICO – Intellect Language Centre to ICO Business Joint Stock Company, Sofia.
  • 1996 – Full time lecturer in English language at the NSA “V. Levski”, Sofia.
  • 1998 – Senior lecturer in English language at the Foreign Language Section of NSA “V. Levski”, Sofia.
  • 2018 – Successfully defended a dissertation thesis for the educational and scientific degree “Doctor” at the NSA “V. Levski”, Sofia.
  • 2024ă. – Acquired the academic position “Associate Professor” at the NSA “V. Levski”, Sofia.

Scientific Interests

  • Linguistics
  • Methodology of education.

Publications, Textbooks and Manuals

 

  1. Kondova,V., Marinova, N., Hristakieva, T., : English for the Sporting World. Ready, Go! (Textbook), NSA PRESS, Sofia 2003.
  2. Kondova,V., Marinova, N., Hristakieva, T., : English for the Sporting World. High Sport Performance! (Textbook), NSA PRESS, Sofia 2005.
  3. Bachev,V., Hristakieva, T., Zgurovski, K., Yankov, P., Snowboard. Bulgarian and English terms in snowboarding (manual) Sofia, 2009.
  4. Hristakieva, T., Interactive Foreign Language Learning and Group Work: Sport & Science ISSN 1310-3393, pp. 141-147, issue 1-2, 2019.
  5. Hristakieva, T., Task - Based Language Learning Models in the Field of Sport, Activities in Physical Education and Sport, Struga, N. Macedonia, 2020, Vol. 10 No. 1-2, pp. 10-12.
  6. Hristakieva, T., Kinezitherapy Students’ Attitude to Foreign Language Learning in Pandemic Conditions, Pedagogy, vol.92. No7s, special issue, pp. 252-259, Sofia, 2020.
  7. Hristakieva, T., Communicative Techniques in Foreign Language Learning in the Field of Sport, CBU International Conference of Innovations in Science and Education 2020 (Social Sciences), March 18-20 2020, Prague, Czech Republic, pp.93-97, Vol. 1 (2020): Proceedings of CBU in Social Sciences, https://doi.org/10.12955/pss.v1.53.
  8. Hristakieva, T., The Attitude of Students from the National Sports Academy “V. Levski” to Specialized English Language Learning Online, Sixth International Scientific Conference “Business and Regional Development”- June 2021, Trakia Journal of Science, pp. 825-829, 19, Suppl. 1, 2021.