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Mgr. Alexey Tymbay, CSc.

Assistant Professor
Specialization
phonetics, phonology, discourse analysis
Contacts
Phone: +420 48535 4247
P building, 4th floor, office 4018
Office Hours

 

Monday 13:00 - 14:00

Thursday 14:00 - 15:00

 

 

  • Professional Resume

    Assistant Professor at the English Language Department of Technical University in Liberec, CSc., a member of the Czech Association for the Study of English. He teaches SPELB, LNSNE, PUMNE (PRTA), PAU1/2, KON, and other courses. He has authored several papers on English Phonology, Political Discourse Analysis, and Communicative Linguistics.

    Research interests:

    Phonetics (intonation analysis, turn-taking in dialogue), pragmatics (communicative strategies and tactics), political discourse analysis (public speaking, politicians' talker identities), ESP methodology

    Education:

    2012: Course in EU Terminology, College of Europe
    2005: CSc. in Linguistics. Dissertation: "Prosodic Component of Turn-Taking in a Dialogue"
    2002: Degree in Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication. Thesis: "Intonation of a Question"

    Textbooks

    Sounds of English. A practical pronunciation course. (in co-authorship with I. Tymbay). Technical University of Liberec. 2023

    English for International Relations Students. An ESP textbook. B2+/C1 (in co-authorship with T. Alieva, O. Kuzmičova, T. Jablokova). 2021

    Theoretical Phonetics of the English Language. 2020. 

    A Practical Course on English Pronunciation. 2019. 

     

    Recent articles

    Articles in Journals Indexed in the Web of Science

    1. Tymbay, A. (2022). Balancing authentic content and ’hot topic’ discussions in an ESP classroom. ESP Today, 10(2), 310-328. http://doi.fil.bg.ac.rs/pdf/journals/esptoday/2022-2/esptoday-2022-10-2-6.pdf
    2. Tymbay, A. (2022). Manipulative use of political headlines in Western and Russian online sources. Discourse & Communication, 16(3), 346-363.  https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/Y8CNT6HWJYRZWJMZHQX8/full
    3. Tymbay, A. (2022). Prominence and Melody Mistakes in the Spontaneous Speech of Czech Learners of English. SKASE Journal of Theoretical Linguistics, 19(2), 2-17. http://www.skase.sk/Volumes/JTL51/01.pdf
    4. Tymbay, A. (2021). Interruption as a reflection of speaker’s identity in the 2020 US presidential debates. Suvremena Lingvistika, 47(92), 283-306. https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/391308
    5. Tymbay, A. (2024). Reading ‘between the lines’: How implicit language helps liberal media survive in authoritarian regimes. The Kommersant Telegram posts case study. Discourse & Communication, 18(4), 557-591. https://doi.org/10.1177/17504813241236907

    Articles in Journals Indexed in Scopus

     

    1. Tymbay, A. (2022). Effectiveness of Interruption as a Communicative Strategy in the 2020 Presidential Debates in the USA. Brno Studies in English, 48(2), 101-118. https://doi.org/10.5817/BSE2022-2-5
    2. Tymbay, A. (2024). On Non-Native Listeners’ Ability to Identify Prominence and Pitch Accents in English Monologic Speech. ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries, 21(1), 63-88. https://doi.org/10.4312/elope.21.1.63-88
    3. Tymbay, A. (2024). Conducting classroom research: Czech students as English prominence and melody annotators. Discourse & Interaction, 17(2), 115-146. https://doi.org/10.5817/DI2024-2-115

     

    Invited Lectures 
     
    "Political Debate as the Linguist's Goldmine: What We Can Learn from the Same Text Using Different Methods of Linguistic Analysis and Why We Want to Learn it" at University of Ostrava, 17.10.2024. https://ff.osu.cz/kaa/30751/political-debate-as-the-linguists-goldmine-what-we-can-learn-from-the-same-text-using-different-methods-of-linguistic-analysis-and-why-we-want-to-learn-it/
     
    "Visualising Pronunciation" at English Pronunciation Workshop at Palacky University of Olomouc (Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Education). https://anglistika.upol.cz/nc/en/zprava/clanek/invited-talk-by-john-wakefield-hong-kong-baptist-university/

     

    Recent Conferences

    ORCID

    https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2061-0263

    ResearchGate 

    https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alexey-Tymbay

     

     

  • Publications

    Articles in Journals Indexed in the Web of Science
    1. Tymbay, Alexey. 2024. “Reading ‘between the lines’: How implicit language helps liberal media survive in authoritarian regimes. The Kommersant Telegram posts case study.” Discourse & Communication. 18(4), 557-591.
    2. Tymbay, Alexey. 2022. “Balancing authentic content and ’hot topic’ discussions in an ESP classroom.” ESP Today. 10(2), 310-328.
    3. Tymbay, Alexey. 2022. “Manipulative use of political headlines in western and Russian online sources.” DISCOURSE & COMMUNICATION. 16(3), 346-363.
    4. Tymbay, Alexey. 2022. “Prominence and Melody Mistakes in the Spontaneous Speech of Czech Learners of English.” Skase Journal of Theoretical Linguistics. 19(2), 2-17.
    5. Tymbay, Alexey. 2021. “Interruption as a reflection of speaker’s identity in the 2020 US presidential debates.” Suvremena. 47(92), 283-306.
    Articles in Journals Indexed in Scopus
    1. Tymbay, Alexey. 2024. “Conducting classroom research: Czech students as English prominence and melody annotators..” Discourse and Interaction. 17(2), 115-146.
    2. Tymbay, Alexey. 2024. “On Non-Native Listeners’ Ability to Identify Prominence and Pitch Accents in English Monologic Speech.” ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries. 21(1), 63-88.
    3. Tymbay, Alexey. 2022. “Effectiveness of Interruption as a Communicative Strategy in the 2020 Presidential Debates in the USA.” Brno Studies in English. 48(2), 101-118.
    Articles in Other Conference Proceedings
    1. Tymbay, Alexey, 2022. Potential Risks of Bringing Authentic Materials to an ESP Classroom or the Media Manipulative Techniques EFL Students should be Aware of. Filodritto Editore.
  • Bachelor's and Master's Theses

    Successfully defended supervised theses
  • Teaching

    Academic Year: 2024/2025
    Winter Semester
    Monday
    • KAJ/PAU1 (P-P302)
      Cizí jazyk pro učitele 1. st. ZŠ 1 | 14:20 - 15:55
    Thursday
    • KAJ/SPELB (P-P301)
      Hlásky a hláskový systém angl. jazyka | 08:50 - 10:25
    • KAJ/LNSNE (P-P103)
      Lingvistický seminář | 14:20 - 15:55
    Friday
    • KAJ/LNSNE (P-P103)
      Lingvistický seminář | 14:20 - 15:55
    • KAJ/LNSNE (P-P300)
      Lingvistický seminář | 08:50 - 10:25
    • KAJ/PAU1 (P-P302)
      Cizí jazyk pro učitele 1. st. ZŠ 1 | 14:20 - 17:40
    • KAJ/PAU1 (P-P005)
      Cizí jazyk pro učitele 1. st. ZŠ 1 | 14:20 - 15:55
    • KAJ/OAJNE (P-P007)
      Odborný anglický jazyk | 08:50 - 11:25
    Saturday
    • KAJ/SPELB (P-P301)
      Hlásky a hláskový systém angl. jazyka | 12:30 - 14:05
    • KAJ/LNSNE (P-P103)
      Lingvistický seminář | 14:20 - 15:55
    • KAJ/OAJNE (P-P002)
      Odborný anglický jazyk | 10:40 - 12:15
    • KAJ/OAJNE (P-P003)
      Odborný anglický jazyk | 12:30 - 14:05
    • KAJ/PAU1 (P-P005)
      Cizí jazyk pro učitele 1. st. ZŠ 1 | 13:20 - 15:35
    • KAJ/LNSNE (P-P301)
      Lingvistický seminář | 14:20 - 16:55
    Details in IS-STAG
    Summer Semester
    Monday
    • KAJ/PRTA (P-P002)
      Materiály a pomůcky pro výuku AJ | 08:50 - 10:25
    • KAJ/PUMNE (P-P002)
      Příprava učebních materiálů | 08:50 - 10:25
    • KAJ/AJ2 (P-P303)
      Anglický jazyk 2 | 10:40 - 12:15
    • KAJ/JD2BE (P-P005)
      Jazykové dovednosti 2 | 14:20 - 15:55
    Thursday
    • KAJ/PAU2 (P-P201)
      Cizí jazyk pro učitele 1. stupeň ZŠ 2 | 12:30 - 14:05
    • KAJ/PP3BE (P-P301)
      Psaný projev III: Akademické psaní | 16:10 - 17:45
    Friday
    • KAJ/PUMNE (P-P102)
      Příprava učebních materiálů | 10:40 - 12:15
    • KAJ/PUMRS (P-P102)
      Příprava učebních materiálů | 10:40 - 12:15
    • KAJ/PAU2 (P-P006)
      Cizí jazyk pro učitele 1. stupeň ZŠ 2 | 14:20 - 17:45
    • KAJ/PAU2 (P-P004)
      Cizí jazyk pro učitele 1. stupeň ZŠ 2 | 14:20 - 16:40
    • KAJ/PUMNE (P-P001)
      Příprava učebních materiálů | 18:00 - 19:35
    • KAJ/PUMRS (P-P001)
      Příprava učebních materiálů | 18:00 - 19:35
    • KAJ/PUMNE (P-P304)
      Příprava učebních materiálů | 11:30 - 14:05
    • KAJ/PUMRS (P-P304)
      Příprava učebních materiálů | 11:30 - 14:05
    Saturday
    • KAJ/JD2BE (P-P100)
      Jazykové dovednosti 2 | 14:20 - 15:55
    • KAJ/PUMNE (P-P001)
      Příprava učebních materiálů | 16:10 - 17:45
    • KAJ/PUMRS (P-P001)
      Příprava učebních materiálů | 16:10 - 17:45
    • KAJ/JD2BE (P-P003)
      Jazykové dovednosti 2 | 10:40 - 12:15
    • KAJ/JD2BE (P-P001)
      Jazykové dovednosti 2 | 14:20 - 15:55
    • KAJ/JD2BE (P-P001)
      Jazykové dovednosti 2 | 11:30 - 14:05
    Details in IS-STAG