Multimodality, Digitalization and Cognitivity in Communication and Pedagogy / Numanities - Arts and Humanities in Progress Bd.20 (PDF)

Natalya V. Sukhova is Associate Professor at the National University of Science and Technology MISiS (Moscow, Russia). She got her Ph.D. in Philology from the Moscow Linguistic University (2004). She taught ESP courses at Lomonosov Moscow State University (School of Public Administration) and was affiliated with the Institute of Linguistics at Russian Academy of Sciences where she took part in the project on multichannel linguistics and gesture studies. She has published over 50 articles on pedagogy, gesture studies and English Phonetics and 5 textbooks on teaching English for Specific Purposes. She is a member of the editorial board of Numanities series (Springer) and of Association of Public Relations Educators of Russia. The main interests are non-verbal semiotics and gesture studies, English Phonetics and foreign language teaching.
Tatiana Dubrovskaya is Habilitated Doctor, Professor and Head of the English Language Department at Penza State University, Russia. She is also affiliated with Belgorod National Research University, Russia, as a Professor at the Department of Communication Studies, Advertising and Public Relations. She has published extensively in the areas of linguistic pragmatics, political, legal and media discourse, cross-cultural communication in internationally acknowledged journals, such as Discourse and Communication, Critical Discourse Studies, Discourse Studies. She co-edited a few volumes, including Young Scholars' Developments in Linguistics: Tradition and Change (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015). She is a member of the Russian Communication Association and the International Society for the Study of Argumentation.
Yulia A. Lobina is Professor at Ulyanovsk State University of Education (Ulyanovsk, Russia). She got her Ph.D. in Language Theory from Ulyanovsk State University (Russia, 2002). She is Professor at the English language department of Ulyanovsk State University of Education. She teaches courses in introductory linguistics,