Hi and thank you for checking out my webpage! My name is Tetiana Tytko. I am a fourth-year Ph.D. student in Second Language Acquisition and a Graduate Research Assistant in the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Maryland.

I received my Bachelor’s degree in Philology and Master’s in English Language and Literature from Chernivtsi State University in Ukraine. For the past 10 years, I have been teaching English as an ESL/EFL, Ukrainian, and Russian to students of different age groups, various language proficiency levels, and cultural backgrounds. I have also been working as a tutor for standardized tests and a writing tutor online and face-to-face.

During my MA program in Ukraine, I worked as a Teaching Assistant and Group Supervisor. My thesis examined methods of reinforcing L2 learners’ critical and creative thinking skills in English conversation classes. Additionally, I have experience working as an ESL/EFL teacher at an English summer camp, a secondary school, and an international medical company. 

I obtained my second Master’s in the Department of Linguistics at Ohio University where I also worked as a Teaching Assistant and Assistant Coordinator of the ELIP Academic & Global Communication Program. This experience transformed me from a teaching educator into an applied linguist and SLA researcher willing to explore existing issues related to language learning which I observed in an English teaching context.

While pursuing my PhD,  I have taught two beginner Ukrainian courses and an advanced Russian course at the National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) at the University of Maryland. Teaching Ukrainian and Russian challenged me to look at my instruction through the lens of the SLA theories and guidelines for L2 instruction. This enabled me to grow as a teaching professional as well as an SLA specialist by observing first-hand the integration between theory and practice in the language classroom.

My primary research interests lie in instructed second language acquisition (ISLA), computer-assisted language learning (CALL), and their intersection. Specifically, I am interested in how language learners process multimodal input while developing their vocabulary and reading fluency.

I look forward to sharing my experiences with you. I will be happy to answer your questions through the email provided below!           

Email: ttytko@umd.edu