Мельнова Катерина Васильевна

Position: Senior Lecturer

Academic Degree: Master of Humanities

Academic Rank: Senior Lecturer

Place of Work: A.K. Kusayinov Eurasian Humanities Institute, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Foreign Languages and Translation Studies

Education:

• 2014-2017– Eurasian Humanities Institute. Major: «Foreign Language: Two Foreign Languages».
• 2017-2019– L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University. Major: «Foreign Philology». Defended Master’s thesis in 2019.
• 2020-2023– L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University. Major: «Literary Studies», PhD.

Courses Taught:

Basic Foreign Language (B1-B2), Practical Grammar (B1-B2), Professionally Oriented Foreign Language (ESP), Lexicology and Theoretical Grammar, Intercultural Communication.

List of Scientific and Methodological Works:

Total number – 14:

1. FOREIGN RECEPTION OF FANTASY GENRE // INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL “GLOBAL SCIENCE AND INNOVATION 2021: CENTRAL ASIA”, 2021, 4 (15) p. 20-21, ISSN 2664-2271
2. «The connection of fantasy with the concepts of genre and subgenre» // Collection of articles of the International Scientific and Practical Conference of Young Scientists «Nurgali Readings-XI». pp. 153-158. ISBN 989-702-326-410-5
3. «The birth of a new fantasy hero in Neil Gaiman’s ‘American Gods'» // A.P. Chekhov Taganrog Institute (branch) of RSUE (RINH), Russia, Taganrog (2022)
4. «From ancient myths to modernity. History of fantasy development» // Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Faculty of Letters, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, «Petru Caraman» Slavistics Department (2022)
5. «Fantasy genre in Russia: history and current state» // XV International Scientific Conference «Russian Studies and Modernity», organized under the auspices of MAPRYAL (October 2022), China, Changsha.
6. «Diversity and multiplicity of fantasy genre in modern literary criticism» // Bulletin of the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Philology Series, No. 4(145), Astana, 2023. – pp. 143-152. ISSN: 2663-1288
7. «Analysis of hero types in fantasy literature» // Scientific journal «Keruen», M.O. Auezov Institute of Literature and Art, No. 4, Vol. 81, Almaty, 2023. – pp. 142-152. ISSN: 2078-8134
8. «Fundamentals of world-building in fantasy genre works» // Bulletin of the Eurasian Humanities Institute, No. 1, Astana, 2024. – pp. 188-199. ISSN: 2957-5095
9. «The friend/foe opposition in ‘Yarila’s Manuscript’ by M. Kozinaki and S. Avdyukhina» // Collection of articles of the International Scientific and Practical Conference «Nurgali Readings-XII: Scientific Community of Young Scientists of the 21st Century. Philological Sciences», Vol. 1, Astana, 2023. — pp. 393-397. ISBN: 978-601-337-834-3
10. «From reluctant heroes to tricksters: revealing the diversity of heroic archetypes» // COLLECTION OF MATERIALS of the XIX International Scientific Conference of Students and Young Scientists «ǴYLYM JÁNE BILIM — 2024», Kazakhstan, Astana — ISBN 978-601-7697-07-5, pp. 3238 — 3242.
11. «The role of magic systems in fantasy storytelling» // «Nurgali Readings-XIII: Scientific Community of Young Scientists of the 21st Century. Philological Sciences»: collection of articles based on the materials of the International Scientific and Practical Conference (March 14-15, 2024, Astana). 2. ISBN 978-601-326-774-6 pp. 130-136
12. TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE HERO ARCHETYPE IN POSTMODERN FANTASY LITERATURE // Materials of the international scientific and practical conference Kusayinov Readings: «Science and Education in the 21st Century: Trends and Perspectives» — Astana: A.K. Kusayinov Eurasian Humanities Institute, 2024, ISBN 978-601-08-4672-2 pp. 453-454
13. THE IMPACT OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS // Materials of the international scientific and practical conference Kusayinov Readings: «Science and Education in the 21st Century: Trends and Perspectives» — Astana: A.K. Kusayinov Eurasian Humanities Institute, 2024, ISBN 978-601-08-4672-2 pp. 454-456
14. THE ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ENHANCING ENGLISH SPEAKING AND LISTENING SKILLS IN HIGHER EDUCATION Proceeding of International Conference on Social Science and Humanity Vol. 2 No. 3 (2025) Online ISSN: 3063-9611 pp. 870-879
15. DECOLONIZATION AND IDENTITY IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE POETRY OF KAZAKHSTAN (2019–2024) Proceeding of International Conference on Social Science and Humanity Vol. 2 No. 3 (2025) Online ISSN: 3063-9611 pp. 835-845

Professional Achievements:

• 2023— Certificate of completion of the course «Formation of communicative competence in teaching a foreign language using information technologies», Astana.
• 2025— «Winter School for Teachers and Students — 2025», A.K. Kusayinov Eurasian Humanities Institute, 72 hours.
• 2025— «Inclusive Education in Higher Education Institutions» — Alkey Margulan Pavlodar Pedagogical University, 72 hours.
• 2025— «Artificial Intelligence in Education: Real Opportunities and Potential» — LLP «Innovation Academy and Management», 80 hours.
• 2025— «Current Approaches to the Theory and Practice of Translation from English into Kazakh/Russian» — NJSC Alkey Margulan Pavlodar Pedagogical University, 72 hours. communication.

List of scientific and scientific-methodical works: Total number – 14:

1. Functions of Internet Slang and Its Usage // Youth and science: issues of foreign philology, linguodidactics and intercultural communication: materials of an international scientific and practical conference. – Astana, 2018.-P.64-67
2. Prospects of Internet Study for Modern Linguistics // Science and Life of Kazakhstan International popular science journal, №2 / 3 (58) 2018. Astana 2018. 136-138 (co-author Bekzhanova Zh.E.)
3. The Nature and Types of Internet Socio-Culture Slang // XIII International Scientific Conference of Students and Young Scientists “Science and Education – 2018” Eurasian National University. L.N. Gumilyov – 2018.S. 2946-2948
4. An overview on Gender and Language Sudies // Science and education in the modern world: challenges of the XXI century: materials of an international scientific conference. – Nur-Sultan, 2020 .– P. 7-9
5. Internet Slang of Socio-Cultural Groups in Everyday Speech of Bachelor and Master Students// Modern problems of humanitarian and social problems: materials of an international scientific conference, EAGI. – Nur-Sultan, 2020 .– p. 329-331.
6. FOREIGN RECEPTION OF FANTASY GENRE// INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL “GLOBAL SCIENCE AND INNOVATION 2021: CENTRAL ASIA”, 2021, 4 (15) p. 20-21, ISSN 2664-2271
7. “The connection of fantasy with the concepts of genre and subgenre”// Collection of articles of the International Scientific and Practical Conference of Young scientists “Nurgaliev readings-XI”. 2022. pp. 153-158 ISSN 989-702-326-410-5
8. “The birth of a new fantasy hero in “American Gods” by Neil Gaiman”// A.P. Chekhov Taganrog Institute (branch) of the Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Education “RSEU (RINH)”, Russian Federation, Taganrog (2022)
9. “From ancient myths to modernity. History of Fantasy Development”// Iasi University “Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Faculty of Literature, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Department of Slavistics “Petru Karaman” (2022)
10. “Fantasy genre in Russia history and current state”// XV International Scientific Conference “Russian Studies and modernity”, organized under the auspices of MAPRYAL (October 2022), China, Changsha
11. «Diversity and multiplicity of fantasy genre in modern literary criticism»//Bulletin of the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Philology Series, No.4(145), Astana, 2023. – pp.143-152 ISSN: 2663-1288
12. “Analysis of types of heroes in fantasy literature”// Keruen Scientific Journal, M.O. Auezov Institute of Literature and Art Bulletin, No. 4, Volume 81, Almaty, 2023. – pp.142-152 ISSN: 2078-8134
13. “Fundamentals of world building in the works of the fantasy genre” //Bulletin of the Eurasian Humanitarian Institute, No. 1, Astana, 2024. – pp.188-199 ISSN: 2957-5095
14. “The opposition of one’s own/another’s in the Yarilina Manuscript by M. Kozinaki and S. Avdyukhina” //Collection of articles of the International scientific and practical conference “Nurgaliev readings-XII: scientific community of young scientists of the XXI century. Philological Sciences”, Volume 1, Astana, 2023. — pp. 393-397. ISBN: 978-601-337-834-3

Professional achievements:

• 2018 – certificate of passing a scientific internship at the University of Opolsk in the framework of master’s studies, Poland.
• 2020 – a certificate for passing refresher courses at the “Winter School-2020” M. Narikbaeva, Nur-Sultan.
• 2020- certificate for participation in the seminar “Modern technologies, forms and methods of prevention of deviant behavior”, Almaty. Nur-Sultan.
• 2021 – certificate for passing the courses “Digital competence of a teacher”, Russia.
• 2021 – Certificate for passing TESOL Part 1, Arizona State University, Coursera
• 2021 – certificate for passing the Media Literacy MOOC courses, RELO office, Nur-Sultan
• 2023 — Certificate for completing the courses Formation of communicative competence in teaching a foreign language using information technology, Astana