Oleg Tarnopolsky is Doctor of Pedagogy, Full Professor, PhD. He heads the Department of English Applied Linguistics and Methods in Foreign Language Teaching at Alfred Nobel University in Dnipro, Ukraine and specializes in research and practical teaching in the field of teaching/learning English as a foreign language. He is also the author of more than 400 publications (books, articles, textbooks) published not only in Ukraine and Russia but also in the USA, the UK, Canada, France, Spain, China, Switzerland, Israel, Germany, Serbia, Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and other countries. He has made more than 200 presentations at conferences, seminars, and workshops – not only in Ukraine and all over the former USSR but also abroad (the USA, Spain, Great Britain, France, Finland, Switzerland, Poland, Greece, the Netherlands, Austria, Monaco, the Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, China, Singapore, Thailand, and other countries). Oleg Tarnopolsky holds the Fulbright Awards (USA) for 1994 and 2005, is Merited Educator of Ukraine with distinctions from the Government of his country.