Research
Current Work
Linguistics is a study of the Language (the one which is common for everyone, without regard at minor variations which happen in different parts of the world). Linguistics does not belong in humanities - it is as much a science as physics and chemistry, and it proudly stands among the fields which use scientific method as a main means of inquiry. Language does not evolve, only linguistic capacity does. Specifically, I am interested in how learners acquire third and fourth languages and what are the principles which inform these processes.
As of right now, I also serve as a Curriculum and Assessment Advisor for the ENGin program where I apply my experience on the intersection of linguistics and language teaching to guide designing and developing curriculum as well as review designing, validating, and developing assessment frameworks of the program.
Research Interests
- generative approaches to second and subsequent language acquisition in adulthood
- second and subsequent language teaching
- linguistics and literary theory
Projects
- "Third and fourth language acquisition of inter-Germanic and Germanic-Romance morphosyntax and semantics and its implications on language teaching" (2020-2021, Kamianske, principal investigator with Olha Sierostanova)
Journal and proceedings papers
*- double-blind peer-reviewed journal papers, **- peer-reviewed conference papers, ^=not peer-reviewed papers
2021
*(in progress) Nunc rationem, quo ea me cumque ducet, sequar: landscape on the juncture of generative linguistics and language teaching
*(in progress) Not (enough or too much) models of language acquisition: adjudicating between options for fourth language based on evidence from interaction of disjunction and negation
*(in progress) Third language acquisition and [-inflection] principle: evidence against the initial state paradigm from parameter-setting for interaction of disjunction and negation
*(submitted to Snippets) +PPI/-PPI: a note on disjunctive operators in Ukrainian
**(in press) L1 vs. L2 vs. L3 transfer: evidence contra wholesale transfer models and privileged languages from grammatical gender and definiteness acquisition in sequential quardilinguals in the Proceedings of the 95th Annual Meeting of Linguistics Society of America.
2020
*Ozernyi, Daniil. "In Search for the Lost Connection: Hierarchical Tensions as a Unified Way of Deriving Meaning." International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies 6.2 (2019): 102.
2019
Qualifying paper 2 for section of Pedagogy of Jr. Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Озерний, Д. (2019). Розвиток соціально-активної особистості у середовищі шкільного самоврядування (Developing a socially active personality in the environment of school government). Дніпропетровське відділення Малої академії наук України, Відділення філософії та суспільствознавства, секція “Педагогіка.” Slides for the talk.
2018
Qualifying paper 1 for section of Pedagogy of Jr. Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Озерний, Д. (2018). Розвиток аналітико-синтетичних навичков учнів засобами інтегрованого навчання (Development of students’ analytical-synthetical thinking by means of integrated learning skills). Дніпропетровське відділення Малої академії наук України, Відділення філософії та суспільствознавства, секція “Педагогіка.”
2016
*Ozernyi, D., Nikolenko, L. M..Аналiз стану самоврядування у сучасних загальноосвiтнiх навчальних закладах. Український психолого-педагогiчний науковий збiрник, №7.07 (2016): 90-95.
2015
*Ozerniy, Danil, Inna V. Kurinna, and Yaroslav S. Bondarenko. "Synthesis and alkylation of amide obtained by N-Phthaloylglycine and himic acid hydrazide." Journal of Chemistry and Technologies 23.2 (2015): 10-14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15421/081512
Talks and presentations
*- elicited, **- refereed, ^- outreach
2021
**Ozernyi, Daniil M. (2021, Mar 18). The crossroads of four languages: the complexity of language identity of quardilinguals in central Ukraine [Conference talk]. Multilingualism on My Mind (MoMM): Exploring Multilingualism in Education, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway (online).
**Ozernyi, Daniil M. (2021, Jan 8). L1 vs. L2 vs. L3 transfer: grammatical gender and determiner acquisition in sequential quadrilinguals [Conference talk]. 95th Annual Meeting of Linguistics Society of America, San-Francisco, CA, United States (online). Slides here!
2020
*Daniil Ozernyi. Elements of theater in Français langue étrangère: enhancing pragmatic competence at Northfield Mount Hermon Scholarly Series (Shauffler Library, Fall 2020).
*Daniil Ozernyi. US vs Ukraine: language education in middle and high school, elicited expert session for biggest in Eastern Europe educational conference EdCamp Ukraine
2018
**Daniil Ozernyi. Інтегроване навчання в сучасному освітньому процеці та CLIL-методологія (Integrated learning in modern educational process and CLIL methodology)// Materials of IV conference “Modern tendencies in chemistry teaching”. – 04/14/2018. – Ivan Franko Lviv University, Lviv, Ukraine.
^Daniil Ozernyi. Research prospects for students: development and concerns. Opening remarks for regional competition of research papers of MAS of Ukraine.
2017
**Daniil Ozernyi. Розвиток аналітико-синтетичних навичок учнів засобами інтегрованого навчання (Development of analytical-synthetical skills by means of integrated learning) // Materials of III conference “Modern tendencies in chemistry teaching” – 03/24/2017. – Ivan Franko Lviv University, Lviv, Ukraine.
A series of 20 online outreach articles for teachers of modern languages in Ukraine (2018, free access, 100k+ views)
(most of the names on the list below are links)
Article 1. What is to be modern in teaching a second language?
Article 2. How to motivate students?
Article 3. Language pick up. Can you learn the language without studying grammar?
Article 4. Does every mistake need to be corrected?
Article 5. L1 and L2 - differences in acquisition.
Article 6. What forms students’ attitude to learning a second language?
Article 7. How to understand the needs of students
Article 8. Many approaches to language teaching. Combine them!
Article 9. How to practice the studied material
Article 10. Modern Language Teaching. Assessing everything differently. Part 1.
Article 11. Modern Language Teaching. Assessing everything differently. Part 2.
Article 12. Defining goals as an element of language teaching
Article 13. Modern Language Teaching. Lesson Plan.
Article 14. Modern Language Teaching. What to do with a textbook?
Article 15. Modern Language Teaching. Teacher talking.
Article 16. Modern Language Teaching. How to point out a mistake?
Article 17. Modern Language Teaching. What is feedback and how to give it?
Article 18. Modern Language Teaching. Science in the classroom.
Article 19. Writing part for state assessments - how to get a top score
Article 20. British vs American English and some farewell advice