Maria Smolova

• intercultural approach in teaching foreign languages
• sinological linguistic didactics
• Chinese song discourse
• modern pop culture of China
• Russian and Chinese sign languages

Fundamentals of Summarizing and Annotating
Analytical Reading
Practical Course of Speaking and Writing
Practical Course of Chinese
Chinese Idioms in Everyday Life
Academic Writing
Traditional Musical Instruments: History and Modernity
Chinese Vocal Art
Songs in China in 1949–1980s
Songs in China and Taiwan at the Turn of the XX–XX Centuries

• Laureate of the XXVIII Moscow Songwriting Contest in the nomination “Author of Songs for Poems by other Poets” (2016)
• Diploma winner of the author’s song festival “Topos” (2016)
• Diploma winner of the VI All-Russian Festival of Author’s Song, Poetry and Prose “Mr. Wind” (2016)
• Laureate of the XXV Moscow Songwriting Contest in the nomination “Author of Music” (2010)
• Winner (1st prize) of the project competition among graduate students and applicants studying in Theory and Methods of Teaching and Upbringing (Foreign Languages) (13.00.02) “Educational Startups as a Form of Implementing Scientific Results”
• Winner of the International Grushinsky Internet Contest (2019)
• Diploma winner of the Grushinsky festival of author’s song (2019)
• Laureate of the Moscow competition of author’s song (2008, 2010, 2016)
• Diploma winner of the festivals of the competitions of author’s song “Mr. Wind” and “Topos” (2016)
• Winner of the special prize of the international festival-competition of author’s song “Petersburg Accord” (2008, 2010)

Higher education, specialist’s degree (historian, history teacher)

Professional development programs:

• “Fundamentals of English Scientific Speech”  (24 hours, 2021)
• “Technologies of Professional Self-Presentation of Teachers. Communicative Style in Pedagogical Communication” (28 hours, 2020)
• “Evaluation Tools in the Activities of a University Teacher” (36 hours, 2019)
• “Features of the Infrastructure and Educational Resources of the Moscow Electronic School” (24 hours, 2018)
• “New Dimensions in Linguistics and Linguistic Didactics” (36 hours, 2017)
• “Methods of Integrated Teaching Foreign Language and Professional Disciplines (CLIL) at the University” (40 hours, 2017)
• “Technology of Teacher Work in the Distance Learning System” (24 hours, 2015)
•  “2015 Summer Workshop for Russian Chinese Teacher”, Beijing Metropolitan University (78 hours, 2015)
•  “Teachers Of Chinese as a Foreign Language Training Program”, Peking University (102 hours, 2013)
• “2010 Hanban / Confucius Institute Headquarters Professional Training on Chinese Language Teaching & Teaching Materials”,  Changchun Pedagogical University (2010)

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• a member of the Association for the Advancement of Sinology
• a head of the project “Linguopolis: Tourist Routes in Moscow in Different Languages”
• a member of the organizing committee of the Olympiad of school students in foreign languages “Teacher for the Future” (responsible for the Chinese language competition)

In 2021, she defended her dissertation on the topic “Teaching to Summarize Texts in Chinese to Students of a Language University” in Theory and Methods of Teaching and Upbringing (Foreign Languages) (13.00.02).

She conducts research and teaching activities within the framework of the scientific school “Intercultural Multilingual Education as a Factor of Social Transformations”.