Valentin Nikolaevich Stepanov chose philology and became its teacher. The modern world requires a study of the culture of communication. This direction is interesting to him, like his students. Participating in contests both as a reader and a jury, writing on language topics is his element, and he is confidently following this path.
From biography
Valentin Nikolaevich Stepanov was born in 1972 in Rybinsk. In 1989 he graduated from school number 1, in 1994 - Yaroslavl Pedagogical University and received a philological education. The teacher of the Russian language called them "the last reading generation." Once, when it was necessary to read the verses of V. Mayakovsky, Valentine declared that this poet was not interested in him.
In the future, his career was successful:
Teaching activities
V. Stepanov trains specialists in advertising and public relations. To get this specialty, young people need to comprehend a lot: the media market, the media, technology, and write differently for radio, for television, for blogging. In his classes, students study in Western advertising texts. According to the professor, Russian advertisers lack special knowledge, erudition, and speech culture.
V. Stepanov is involved in the professional development of not only students, but also officials, businessmen who study all stages of the negotiation process in order to attract a foreign colleague to mutual understanding. When they start to beat situations, it becomes obvious that Russian business is far from world practice. And until a person learns to understand his inner state during the discussion, he will not be able to come to a culture of dialogue.
V. Stepanov is sure that the ability to clearly communicate your thoughts and communicate with people is a necessary quality of a person.
The best Yaroslavl reader
The owner of one of the bookstores in Novosibirsk drew attention to the fact that he decided to hold a reading championship. After 5 years, this event from the Siberian grew into a federal project, in which many cities of Russia participate. The participants draw out a number, take the book corresponding to it, and within a minute without preparation read aloud a fragment from it. Whoever reads more artistically and eloquently, he won.
When the stage of the reading aloud championship was held in Yaroslavl in 2015, philologist V. Stepanov became the best reader.
The professor admitted that according to the first book he wrote a term paper on barbarism, which just caught in the passage. But even if there was an unfamiliar text, difficulties would not have arisen, because he has rich experience in public speaking. And yet, in one of the universities he teaches speed reading. He admitted that philology is his element and that reading books out loud is a pleasure for him.
Eloquence training
Before the competitions V. Stepanov often holds classes in expressive reading and introduces the participants to the laws of eloquence, and to the manner of performance. He highlights the points that underlie the expressiveness of reading: sound to sound is read, the line must be read as a word, the semantic accent of the read is important, you need to breathe correctly and take a free pose. Readers, together with the audience, analyze each presentation. Students note that they worry before reading unfamiliar words, in the absence of a rhyme in the poem.
V. Stepanov discovered that there are more women among those who want to read aloud. It turns out that men and women have different breaths: a man breathes in the abdominal cavity and a woman breathes superficially, which makes her sound easier.
V. Stepanov is trying to convey the idea that classical literature, old movies, and philosophy are considered to be samples of connected speech. At the end of classes he reads poetry.
According to the teacher, such events not only contribute to familiarization with great literature, but also minimize the generation gap.
Creativity of the scientist-publicist
V. Stepanov is the author of many works. He analyzes legal linguistics, television speech, television advertising, advertising texts. He writes about how preparation for cultural events dedicated to the dates of the city helps to shape the image of the city and its inhabitants.
One of the books, co-written, is devoted to the male image in advertising. Since ancient times, extensive experience has been accumulated in the study of the characteristics of both women and men. This experience is used in advertising. M. Kiryanov and V. Stepanov analyze the social and cultural role of men in advertising in the recent past and now, according to leading research companies abroad, they study the dynamics of changing stereotypes in society and the use of male images in advertising.
About one of his books V. Stepanov says that it is difficult to read. But science exists for that purpose in order to send such impulses to people, so that people would seek strength within themselves and eventually find within themselves the answer to the question - what is the meaning of strength. This monograph is called
