Alla Nedashkivska

  • Professor, University of Alberta

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Education & Training

  • PhD, Slavic Linguistics, University of Pittsburgh,1998
  • MA, Slavic Linguistics, University of Pittsburgh, 1994
  • BA (equivalent), Ivan Franko National University (Lviv, Ukraine), 1990

Courses Taught

Ukrainian and Russian language courses: all levels

Ukrainian: Business, Media, Film

Summer Travel course in L'viv, Ukraine

Applied Linguistics (graduate)

Discourse Analysis (graduate)

Representative Publications

“Language Ideologies in Ukraine following the Maidan Revolution.” In: Knoblock, N. ed. Discourses of the Ukrainian Crisis. Bloomsbury Academic Press, 2020 [forthcoming].

“Student Perceptions of Progress and Engagement in Language Learning: The Blended-Learning Model (the Case of Ukrainian).” Journal of the National Council of LCTL 2019, 25: 21-66.

“Identity in Interaction: Language Practices and Attitudes of the Newest Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada”. Language, Identity and Ideology in Ukrainian Media. Special Issues of East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies 2018, 5(2): 111-147. 

Ukrainian for Professional Communication: Advanced Level Language Textbook.  Edmonton, Alberta: The University of Alberta Press/Pica Pica Press.  2018.

Guest co-editor with V. Kulyk, Language, Identity and Ideology in Ukrainian Media. Special Issues of East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies 2018, 5(2).

Guest editor, Less Commonly Taught Slavic Languages: The Learner, the Instructor and the Learning Experience in the Second Language Classroom (The North American Context). Special Issues of East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies 2017, 4(1).

Co-authored with O. Sivachenko “Student Motivation Profiles: Ukrainian Studies at the Post-Secondary Level.” Less Commonly Taught Slavic Languages: The Learner, the Instructor and the Learning Experience in the Second Language Classroom (The North American Context). Special Issues of East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies 2017, 4(1): 63-94. 

“‘Ukraine is United’ Campaign: Public Discourse on Languages in Ukraine at a Time of Political Turmoil.” Zeitschrift fur Slawistik 2015, 60(2): 294-311. 

“The Language Situation of Cyber Ukraine.” Zeitschrift für Slavische Philologie 2011, 67.2. 

Ukrainian Through Its Living Culture [a textbook for advanced levels of Ukrainian]. University of Alberta Press, Edmonton, 2010.

The Pragmatic Bases of the ‘Variation’ Between –a and –zero in the Accusative in Contemporary Ukrainian, the Carl Becks Papers, Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Pittsburgh, 2004, 80 mspp.

Alla Nedashkivska, Waclaw Osadnik, Natalia Pylypiuk, editors. Theory and Practice of Teaching Slavic Languages and Cultures, a special section of Canadian Slavonic Papers. Vol. XLVI: 1-2 (March-June 2004)

Research Interests

  • Slavic linguistics
  • Ukrainian and Russian applied linguistics and language pedagogy
  • Gender linguistics
  • Discourse and Pragmatics

Representative Conference Presentations

2019 “Language Ideologies in Ukraine Today” international conference “Language, Culture, and Society in Ukraine and its Diaspora” organized by the Shevchenko Scientific Society of Canada, Western Canadian Branch and Alberta Association for the Advancement of Ukrainian Studies; https://ukr-culture.artsrn.ualberta.ca/ (24 August, Edmonton, AB)

2019 “Language as a Tool of Demarcation or Negotiation Practices: the Case of Today’s Ukraine.” ASEEES Summer convention, Zagreb, Croatia (14-16 June)

2019 “Language Ideologies in post Maidan Ukraine : Diversity in the Linguistic Terrain.” CAS National Conference, UBC, Vancouver, BC (01 June -03 June)

2019 “Language(s) of the Newest, Sixth Wave, of Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada.” Multilingual Theories and Practices International conference, Corfu, Greece (09-10 May)

2019 with O. Bilash “Global connections and local opportunities today and tomorrow: Ukrainian education in the digital age.” National Ukrainian Teachers Conference in Winnipeg (24-25 May)

2018 “Acquisition of Pragmalinguistic Competence in the Study Abroad Context: The Case of Ukrainian.” The Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies International Convention (ASEEES), Boston, MA (6-9 December)

2018 “Discursive Practices in Social Media: Language Innovations and Ideologies in Ukrainian following the Maidan Revolution.”  Conference on Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines (CADAAD-2018). Aalberg, Denmark (5 July).

2018 “‘Folk’ Language Planning in Contemporary Ukraine: Social Challenges, Transformations and Language Ideologies.” International Conference of the Spanish Society for Applied Linguistics. Cadiz, Spain (20 April)

2017 “Language Transformations and Attitudes in the Newest Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada: Identity in Interaction.” Finding a Way Forward in Ukraine: Reform Vs Inertia in Democratizing Government and Society conference. [http://ridru.artsrn.ualberta.ca/2017/11/07/finding-a-way-forward-in-ukraine-reform-vs-inertia-in-democratizing-government-and-society/] (15-16 November)

2017 “Student Engagement in Languages Learning: In Class and Online.” The Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES).

2017 “Digital Innovation in the Ukrainian Language Classroom: Online Resources and New Methods.” International Workshop on Practical Issues in the University-Level Teaching of Ukrainian. Victoria, BC (17 May)

2017 “Student Perceptions of Progress in Language Learning.” Canadian Congress for Humanities and Social Sciences, CAS National Conference, Toronto, ON (27 May -30 June)

2017 “Who is the Language Planner in Contemporary Ukraine?” Crisis and Identity—Cultural and Linguistics Perspectives on Ukraine and its Diaspora symposium, RIDRU project. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB [http://ridru.artsrn.ualberta.ca/2017/02/28/crisis-and-identity-cultural-and-linguistic-perspectives-on-ukraine-and-its-diaspora/] (March 21)

2017 “Student Perceptions of a Blended-Learning Model in Beginners’ Ukrainian as L2: Following the Pilot.” The American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Studies (AATSEEL) International Convention, San Francisco, CA (3-5 February)

2016 “Discursive Practices of the New Ukrainian Diaspora: Identity in Interaction in the Context of Post-Maidan Ukraine.” Language and Culture in Post-Maidan Ukraine: Transformations at Work International Online Conference, RIDRU project, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (27-28 October)

2016 “Today’s Learner: Teaching Ukrainian Studies in Canada.” Ukrainian Studies in Canada: Texts and Contexts CIUS 40th Anniversary Conference, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (14-15 October)

2016 “Ukrainian Language Education Centre and Its Impact on the Development of Ukrainian Language Education and Research.” XXV Triennial Congress of Ukrainian Canadians, Canadian Ukrainian Congress, Regina, SK (29 September-2 October)

2016 “The Self and the Other in Social Networks of the Newest Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada.” ASEEES and MAG International Convention, Lviv, Ukraine (26-28 June)

2016 “Social Media Communities of Post-Maidan Ukraine: Discursive Practices of the Ukrainian Diaspora.” Canadian Congress for Humanities and Social Sciences, CAAL National Conference, Calgary, AB (28 May -1 June)

2016 “E-Resources as a Learner’s Space for Engagement: Ukrainian for Professional Business Communication.” Canadian Congress for Humanities and Social Sciences, CAS National Conference, Calgary, AB (28 May -1 June)

2016 “Ukrainian Language Education in Canada. Fortieth Anniversary of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies: Past, Present, and Future.” Canadian Congress for Humanities and Social Sciences, CAS National Conference, Calgary, AB (28 May -1 June)

2016 “Implementing New Digital Technologies: Ukrainian at the Post-Secondary Level.” National Ukrainian Teachers’ Conference, Toronto, ON (13-15 May)

2016 with O. Bilash “New Technologies in a Classroom: Ukrainian Educational Sites in Secondary Schools in Ukrainian Diaspora.” National Ukrainian Teachers’ Conference, Toronto, ON (13-15 May)

2016 with O. Bilash “Ukrainian Language Education Centre: Mandate, History, Vision and Future Challenges.” National Ukrainian Teachers’ Conference, Toronto, ON (13-15 May)

2016 “Language and Public Discourse on ‘Ukrainianess’: Discursive Study of Social Media in the Ukrainian Diaspora.” Languaging Diversity International Conference, Macerata, Italy (4 March)

2015 “L2 for Professional Business Communication: a Model for Learning Resources Development.” The Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies International Convention (ASEEES), Philadelphia, PA (22 November)

2015 “Digital Technologies in Language Learning: The Blended-Learning Model for Beginners’ Ukrainian.” Canadian Congress for Humanities and Social Sciences, CAS, Ottawa, ON (30 May)

2015 “Teaching and Learning Ukrainian as L2: Piloting a Blended-Learning Model.” The Foreign Languages Teaching and Applied Linguistics International Conference, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (8 May)

2015 “Student Motivation Profiles: Ukrainian at the Post-Secondary Level.” AATSEEL, Vancouver, BC (9 January)

2011 "The Language Situation of Cyber Ukraine." The Russian Internet in a Global Context. Passau, Germany, February 3-5.

2010 "The Discursive Construction of Childhood in Children's Magazines in Contemporary Ukraine", presented at the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasion Studies International Convention, Los Angeles, CA, November 20.

2009 “The Interplay of Ukrainian and Russian in Contemporary Ukrainian Media”, presented at the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Studies (AATSEEL) International Convention, Philadelphia, December 29

2009 “A Visual Analysis of Language in an “Orange Film” and Linguistic Reality in Today’s Ukraine”, presented at the Canadian Association of Slavists conference, May 23-25 

2005 “Presidential Speech and Processes of Language Democratization in Contemporary Ukraine”, presented at the conference “Contemporary Ukrainian Culture: The European and Global Context”, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, November 24-26.

Employment Since Graduation

Professor, Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies: Germanic, Romance and Slavic, University of Alberta, 2016 - present 

Associate Professor, Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies: Germanic, Romance and Slavic, University of Alberta, 2005 - 2016. 

Assistant Professor, Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies: Germanic, Romance and Slavic, University of Alberta, 1999 - 2005 

Visiting Lecturer, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures University of Toronto, 1996 - 1999

Dissertation Title and Year

Discourse, Pragmatics, and Transitivity in the Morphosyntax of Contemporary Ukrainian, 1998