Svetlana Titkova

Svetlana is a specialist in the field of foreign language teaching methods and Russian as a foreign language. She graduated from Moscow State University and has been teaching Russian to foreigners all her life. She has worked (and continues to work) at Moscow State University with undergraduate and graduate students, taught adult expats - heads of high-level international organizations such as the World Bank, IFIs and IMF, directors of well-known companies - Chevron, BP, Shell and others. 

Svetlana has extensive experience working in foreign universities, such as China, and especially the USA. She has been working with Middlebury College for over 20 years: she worked (and still works) in the annual program of the college and the Institute of International Relations in Monterey, taught classes in the winter semester, and for 17 years was the lead instructor of the Middlebury Summer School and then taught a graduate course.  She co-authored with Anna Vasilieva a new project: Russian Political Mindset, an audio course for foreigners based on interviews with prominent members of the contemporary Russian opposition. 

Svetlana’s professional research interests lie in the field of foreign language teaching methodology: she knows a wide variety of teaching methods and techniques, speaks at numerous conferences, writes scientific articles and organizes seminars and workshops for young teachers and mature experienced colleagues.

Svetlana establishes informal friendships with her students and enjoys their constant respect.