My interests in Second Language Acquisition have been evolving throughout the years. I received my initial educational training from Chernivtsi Pedagogical College and Chernivtsi National University, Department of Pedagogy in Ukraine. Then, I earned my master’s degree in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan, and am currently a Ph.D. candidate in Second Language Studies at Michigan State University.
My main research interests are centered at the introspection of the theoretical and practical aspects of second language learning. I’m primarily interested in (a) how second language learners’ moment- by-moment experiences of a new language translate into their novel communicative capacities, (b) what challenges they face in the course of learning, and (c) how these challenges can be addressed by L2 instruction. I conduct both theoretical and empirical investigations integrating insights from linguistics, psychology of memory and learning, and psycholinguistics, employing a range of experimental techniques such as eye-tracking, self-paced reading, and priming.
Besides intellectual curiosity into the nature of multilingual development (aka human mind), my research is firmly grounded in the experiences of teaching English as a second/foreign in the variety of contexts across the globe (Ukraine Taiwan, and the U.S). I’ve taught numerous L2 classes of all proficiency levels, and worked with L2 learners of virtually all age groups.

At Michigan State University, I have taught both theoretically (Second Language Learning and Teaching) and practically (Methodology of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) oriented teacher-training courses for pre/ in-service K-12 teachers seeking TESOL certification.