Prof. DrSc. Svitlana Shekhavtsova is a lecturer at the Slavic Languages Department in Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica in Slovakia from 2023. Before she worked in Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University in Ukraine for about 25 years. Her scientific interests include such Pedagogical aspects, as developing students` critical thinking, self-education and cross-cultural competence as a life-long global skill. In 2023, Prof. Shekhavtsova received a grant from the European Union “Funded by the EU NextGenerationEU through the Recovery and Resilience Plan for Slovakia under the project No. 09I03-03-V01-00148.” for conducting scientific research and presenting its results. Published more than 150 scientific publications including 2 monographs.