In 1980 graduated from the Kemerovo state university, Department of Foreign Languages, Russia. 1980 -1983 - worked as a teacher of English at a secondary school.1983-1992 - an instructor at the department of Foreign Languages, Kuzbass Polytechnic university.1992-1996 - a post-graduate student at the department of Pedagogics, Kemerovo state university.1996 - defended a dissertation on Pedagogics, received a scientific degree of Candidate of Education (PhD).1996 - 2003 - a lecturer at the department of Romance- Germanic Philology, specialization in Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages, Modern technologies in teaching languages.In 2003-2006 - a doctorate at the Institute of Foreign Languages in Herzen state pedagogical university (Saint-Petersburg, Russia).In 2007 - received the scientific degree of Doctor in Education ( Methodology of Teaching English).2007-2012- Professor at the department of Romance- Germanic Philology in Kemerovo state university.2012-2014 - Vice-rector at the Kuzbass Regional institute of professional education development. 2015 - till now- professor at the Institute of Humanities, Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University.