Kaviarnia: Ukrainian Language Cafe

Yelyzaveta Taranukha is a graduate of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA). She is a PhD candidate in Ukrainian-Canadian Comparative Studies and holds MA in Theory, History, and Comparative Literature. Yelyzaveta has been teaching Ukrainian since 2015. Yelyzaveta has previously taught at Ukrainian-Scandinavian Summer School (Chernivtsi, 2017) and she also teaches at NaUKMA. Her teaching method is based on language mentorship - polyglots' techniques of relaxed day-to-day studies through reading Ukrainian fairy-tales and poetry, watching movies and cartoons, and writing a reflective journal. Her publications include articles about the lyrical self in poetry of Vasyl Stus and Margaret Atwood.