Ilya Aleksandrovich Shifrin

Ilya Shifrin (b. July 5, 1985 in Ryazan, Russia) is a Russian philologist, linguist, and translator. He studies various aspects of languages, psycholinguistics, psychopedagogy, ESL teaching methodology, glossology, sociolinguistics, etc. He has published a number of scientific works including theoretico-practical studies of global electronic network language system tiers, qualitative study of global electronic network language systems, theoretico-practical research study of psychological features forming language learning susceptibility, and many others.
At Specialist Language (English) State School, the city of Ryazan, he got his General Certificate of Education with honours. Two years later Ilya Shifrin was conferred a General Intermediate (Full) Education Degree and got a Silver Medal of Recognition for extraordinary academic achievement from Russian Federation Ministry for General and Professional Education, Ryazan City Administration.
Since 2002 Ilya Shifrin has earned majors in Linguistics, British and US Literature, Education Science, Philology, and Japanese as a Second Language at Ryazan State University, City of Ryazan, Russia. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistics and Education Science, English, Russian and US Literature and a master’s degree in linguistics, education science, and Japanese as a second language. For his Master’s degree Ilya Shifrin presented his Master’s thesis titled “Psychological Type of the ESL Student as a Relevant Factor Affecting Foreign Language Acquisition” (A theoretico-practical academic research study of psychological features forming language learning susceptibility. Analysis of age-grade distribution factors and neuropsychological criteria from the point of view of foreign language teaching methodology (Psycholinguistics / ESL Teaching Methodology). For his Pre-doctoral /Postgraduate degree he wrote and published “Religious and Philosophic Aspects in Iris Murdoch’s Novels” (A comprehensive linguistic analysis of the diachronic dialectical connection between the personality of the author, philosopho-historical and philosopho-psychological societal background and selected motific elements, ideas and protagonists’ features in their development on the basis of the studied novels. on the basis of the novels “The Sea, the Sea”, “The Black Prince”, “The Flight from the Enchanter”, and “The Sandcastle” (British modernist Literature, Philology / Sociolinguistics / Gender Studies), both works are readily available at the Library of Ryazan State University. Ilya Shifrin is presently completing his Doctoral Thesis titled “Linguocognitive Structure of Bilingual Consciousness”.
Academic publications
As a Linguist, University level Instructor and Researcher, Ilya Shifrin has produced other academic works which are presently under institutional property at Ryazan State University, Russia. These works are as follows, “Pupils’ Psychological Checklist: Empirical Psychopedagogical Research Inventory” (Formulation of a diagnostic psychopedagogical research study methodology for a valid and effective assessment of foreign language learning motivation and an overall cognitive psychodynamic study in the process of educational interaction); “Evolution of Language Systems on the Internet: Functionality, Interdependence and Applicability Regulation”(A qualitative study of global electronic network language systems. Comprehensive analysis of interlinguistic and intralinguistic correlation dependence. General trends of development. Global electronic network language genre classification.); “The English Language and Electronic Communication Tools” (A theoretico-practical study of global electronic network language system tiers. Linguistic and sociological electronic network language aspects.); “Utilization of Internet Communication Tools and Resources during the ESL Class” (A theoretico-practical research study of the communicative language teaching (CLT) methodology principles as applied to the use of various Internet communication means during the ESL Class. Objectives-setting, language leaning performance and assessment techniques.)
Journal publications
Shifrin has also produced other academic publications which are under the property of and Russian Independent Historical and Human Rights Defending Journal "Karta" which is supported directly and indirectly by several regional and international non-governmental organizations, funds, and state authorities, such as the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Organization, State government of the Netherlands, the Ford Foundation, Open Society Institute, Soros Foundation, International Historic and Educational Human Rights Defending "Memorial" Society, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe (IDEE), the Eurasia Foundation, and many others. Among such works are “Those Who Kept Speaking” (“Te, Kotoriye Ne Molchaly”), “Dare to Think Different” (“Jsmelivatsya Dumat Ne Tak Kak Drugie”), “Truth Antidote” (“Protivoyadie Pravdy”), “Vietnam: Democracy Globalization” (“Vietnam: Globalizatciya Demokratii”), “Human Rights in Vietnam” (“Prava Cheloveka Vo Vyetname”), “Brief Political History of Cuba: from Columbus to Castro” (“Kratkaya Politicheskaya Isotriya Kuby Ot Kolumba do Kastro”), “The 13th of March Towboat Tragedy” (“Tragediya Buksira «13 Marta»”), “Cuban Gulag” (“Kubinskiy Gulag”), “The year of 1945. Executioners and the Righteous” (“1945. Palachi i Pravedniki”), etc.

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