Alena N. Shchakatovich Senior Lecturer of the Department of Cross-Cultural Professional Communication Minsk, Gikalo St. 9, building 4, office 404 Phone: +375 17 293-86-22 E-mail: lena0479.79@mail.ru Google Scholar Publications in the repository of BSUIR Professional interests/researches: Methodology of teaching professionally oriented foreign language communication; competence approach. Education: Sept. 1996-June 2001 Belarusian State Pedagogical Maxim Tank University Major - Social Pedagogy and Foreign (English) Language (Minsk, Belarus) Trainings, professional development Advanced training course «Organization of students' independent work in an electronic environment» Minsk State Linguistic University, 2021 Working career: Since Nov. 2014 Senior lecturer, the Department of Cross-cultural professional communication, Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics Sep. 2005-Nov. 2014 Lecturer, Foreign Languages Department №2, Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics Sep. 2000-Sep. 2005 Lecturer, Foreign Languages Department №1, Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics Taught academic subjects: «Foreign language» (English) - 252 academic hours in the syllabus; «Business English». Main publications: Liakh, Y. V. Prospects of distance education development / Y. V. Liakh, T. V. Bulauskaya, E. N. Shchakatovich // Дистанционное обучение - образовательная среда XXI века : материалы XI междунар. науч.-метод. конф., Минск, 12-13 дек. 2019 г. / Белорус. гос. ун-т информатики и радиоэлектроники ; редкол.: В. А. Прытков (гл. ред.) [и др.]. - Минск, 2019. - C. 377.