Olga Klymenko, PhD
Professional Experience
Having joined Lethbridge Polytechnic in January 2024, I have delivered 6 sections of ENG1159-Writing for the Workplace and 5 sections of ENG1150-Composition. I have also taught 24WNEAP-0096-C01&ESL-0097-C02 Academic Writing, Level 7-8 and 24WNESL-0096-C01&ESL-0086-C03 Reading and Communication, Level 7-8.
As Instructor at the University of Lethbridge in 2023, I taught 5 sections of Writing 1000: Introduction to Academic Writing and LING2300: Phonetics and Phonology.
During my 9 years at the University of Seychelles from 2014 to 2023, I taught Cross-Faculty Academic English, English for Master`s Theses, and a range of courses for multiple cohorts of BA English, Diploma in Journalism and BEd English programmes (EN 3118 Language and the Media, EN3117 Language and Gender, EN1023 Introduction to English Language, EN2001 Varieties of English, USJRN505 English in the context of Journalism, USENA1204 Language and Society, EN1010 Approaches to Text, EN1021 Explorations in Literature, EN3116 American Literature, EN3100 Postcolonial Literatures in English, EN2040 Victorians).
As a Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Languages, School of Education, Umeå University, Sweden in April 2017, I taught 3 sections of Academic Writing and 1 section of English Literature for Year 1 students.
As a professor at the University of Donetsk in 1996-2014, I taught undergraduate (Introduction to Language, English Stylistics, Analytical Reading, Text Interpretation, Academic Writing, English Studies Upper-Intermediate and Advanced (Speaking and Writing Practice, Grammar, Listening and Comprehension)) and Master`s courses (Foundations of Linguistic Research).
Education
Doctoral course 10.02.17- Comparative and Typological Linguistics (September 2000 - December 2003)
PhD Thesis: Indefinite Doer Types in English and Ukrainian
netsk State University, Donetsk, Ukraine
Bachelor + Master of Arts: Teacher of Second Language English and German (September 1989 - June 1994)
Horlivka Teacher Training Institute of Foreign Languages, Horlivka, Ukraine
Journals:
Klymenko, O. “Gender Asymmetries in Seychelles Creole Human Nouns.” Seychelles Research Journal, 6(1), February 2024, pp 57-76. Gender_Asymmetries_in_Seychelles_Creole_Human_Nouns-Olga_Klymenko-Seychelles_Research_Journal-6-(1)
Klymenko, O., Pejakovic, C. “Syntactic Variation in Conversational Seychelles Creole.” Seychelles Research Journal, 5(2), August 2023, pp 22-36. https://seychellesresearchjournalcom.files.wordpress.com/2023/07/syntactic_variation_in_conversational_seychelles_creole-olga_klymenko_and_-christine_pejakovic-seychelles_research_journal-5-2.pdf
Deutschmann, M. and Klymenko, O. (2023). “Understanding ‘understanding’: Towards supporting understanding in the classroom through the understanding of curricula studies – an upcoming project.” Seychelles Research Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, 2023, pp. 19-31. https://seychellesresearchjournalcom.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/understanding_understanding-towards_supporting_understanding_in_the_classroom_through_the_understanding_of_curricula_structures-m_deutschmann_and_o_klymenko-srj-5-1.pdf
Klymenko, O. “The Stories Told by Dictionaries: Representation of women and men in lexicographic illustrations in Seychelles Creole.” Seychelles Research Journal, vol. 4, no. 2, 2022, pp. 50-64, https://the_stories_told_by_dictionaries-representation_of_women_and_men_in_lexicographic_illustrations_in_seychelles_creole-olga_klymenko-srj-4-2.pdf (wordpress.com).
Klymenko, O. “Scaling language competition in a small island state: Graphic verbs in Seychellois Creole and English.” Small States & Territories Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, 2020, pp. 5-116, https://OAR@UM: Scaling language competition in a small island state : graphic verbs in Seychellois Creole and English
Klymenko, O. “Descriptivity of Graphic Verbs in Seychellois Creole.” Seychelles Research Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, 2020, pp. 98-108, https://https://seychellesresearchjournalcom.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/descriptivity_of_graphic_verbs_in_seychellois_creole_seychelles-olga_klymenko-srj-2-1.pdf
Book Chapters:
Klymenko, Olga, Laurette, Annie and Vel, Aneesa. "The impact of family and media on L2 development in early childhood in a multilingual society: The case of the Seychelles". Learning Languages, Being Social: Informal Language Learning and Socialization in Additional Languages, edited by Susanne Mohr and Lindsay Ferrara, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, 2024, pp. 19-50. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110794670-002
Klymenko, O. “Resource Encoding in English and Spanish Graphic Verbs.” Language. Culture. Translation. ed. by Demyankov, V., 2016, pp. 512-515, Moscow: Tezaurus.
Klymenko, O. “Semantic Subject of English Physical Activity Verbs. Semantik und Pragmatik im Spannungsfeld der germanistishen und kontrastiven Linguistik, edited by Larysa Iagupova, Vladimir Kaliuscenko, Andrzej Katny, Hieke Roll, 2013, pp. 127-135, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
Klymenko, O. “English and Spanish Graphic verbs: Variations of Action Components Encoding.” Broadening Linguistic Boundaries: [collection of scientific papers} edited by Larisa Yagupova, 2016, pp.109-122, Rostov-na-Donu.
Deutschmann, M., Klymenko, O. and Zelime, J. (2022) “Introduction: Understanding Education in the Seychelles.” Understanding Education in the Seychelles: Digest of Research from Master’s in Education Leadership Cohort 1 (2018-2021), edited by Deutschmann, M. Klymenko, O. & Zelime, J., pp 11-16. Seychelles: University of Seychelles. https://unisey.ac.sc/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ESERI-UniSey-Press.pdf
Deutschmann, M., Klymenko, O. and Zelime, J. (2022) “Conclusion: A Bird’s Eye View of Current and Future Issues in Education in the Seychelles.” Understanding Education in the Seychelles: Digest of Research from Master’s in Education Leadership Cohort 1 (2018-2021), edited by Deutschmann, M. Klymenko, O. & Zelime, J., pp 95-97. Seychelles: University of Seychelles. https://unisey.ac.sc/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ESERI-UniSey-Press.pdf
Conference proceedings:
Klymenko, O. “Realization of CREATED OBJECT of English and Seychellois Creole Graphic Verbs.” Créoles: enjeux éducatifs et culturels, Seychelles, 29 octobre-2 novembre 2018, edited by Penda T. Choppy and Aneesa J. Vel, UniSey Press, Seychelles, 2021, pp. 396-408. https://unisey.ac.sc/wp-content/uploads/UniSey-Press_2021-Actes-du-XVIeme-colloque-international-des-etudes-creoles.pdf
Klymenko, O. “Corpus Engagement in Graphic Verbs Semantic Analysis.” Island Studies, vol. 4, 2016, pp. 66-70.
Conference presentations:
Redefining Post-Secondary Academic Writing in the Age of AI. Interdisciplinary Research Seminar, University of Seychelles, May 2025. Syntactic variation in conversational Seychelles Creole. Symposium on Seychelles Creole, 11/2023, Seychelles.
The stories told by dictionaries: Representation of women and men in lexicographic illustrations in Seychelles Creole. International Seminar on Recent Research Trends in Language and Literature, May 2022, School of Social Sciences and Languages, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India.
Verbs Descriptivity and Gender in Seychellois Creole. Open Landscapes Research Forum, 04/2021, Department of Language and Literature, Norway University of Science and Technology, Trondheim Ålesund Gjøvik, Norway.
Scaling global in small and vice versa: Graphic verbs in Seychellois Creole and English. International Conference: Blessing or curse? Small-scale societies in a globalized world. Lessons from the Seychelles, March 2019, Mahe, Seychelles.
Understanding and respecting standards in artistic productions: The literary angle. National Arts Festival, October 2018, Mahe, Seychelles.
Realization of Semantic Arguments in English and Seychellois Creole. XVIème Colloque International des Etudes Créoles “Mondes reoles, Langues reoles, Développement: enjeux éducatifs, culturels et économiques”, October 2018, Mahé, Seychelles.
Graphic Verbs in Different Languages: Semantic Perspective. Research Seminar of the School of Education, April 2017, Umea University, Sweden.
Corpus Engagement in Linguistic Research. International Education Conference on SIDS, June 2015, University of Seychelles, Mahe, Seychelles.
English and Spanish Graphic Verbs: Variations of Action Components Encoding. II International Meeting on Syntax & Semantics & their Interfaces, August 2015, The School of Continuous Education Brazil, Porto Allegres.
Semantic Types of English Physical Activity Verbs. Diachronie. Linguistische Typologie. Kontrastive Linguistik: Empirische Untersuchungen zu germanischen, romanischen und slawischen Sprachen, October 2013, Donetsk National University, Donetsk, Ukraine.