Within the framework of the MultiED project of the Erasmus+ KA2 “Foreign Language Teacher Training Capacity Development as a Way to Ukraine’s Multilingual Education and European Integration” (610427-EE-2019-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP), the Centre for Intercultural Communication and Foreign Language Education was opened at the Faculty of Foreign Languages. The Centre will support research in the field of intercultural communication and foreign language education, promoting the development of new approaches and methods, in particular, the implementation of content and language integrated learning (CLIL). The introduction of content-language integrated learning reflects the strategic efforts of the Faculty’s staff to provide high-quality and innovative language education for our students. Aimed at strengthening international communication and developing foreign language competence, the Centre will cater for the exchange of knowledge and experience by organising foreign language courses and workshops. The high-quality and uninterrupted work of the Centre will be facilitated by the equipment purchased as part of the MultiEd project, including an interactive display, a professional camera set, a server computer with an uninterruptible power supply, a router, a multifunctional device, and a personal computer.
The MultiEd project Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education “Foreign Language Teacher Training Capacity Development as a Way to Ukraine’s Multilingual Education and European Integration” (http://www.multied.com.ua) is implemented by 13 members of the consortium: 3 European universities (the University of Tartu (Estonia), Heidelberg University (Germany) and Aston University (UK); 8 Ukrainian universities: Zaporizhzhia National University, Mykolaiv National University, Cherkasy National University, Poltava National Pedagogical University, Karazin Kharkiv National University, Horlivka Institute of Foreign Languages, Ternopil Volodymur Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University. In addition, the participants of the project are the All-Ukrainian Association of English Teachers “TESOL – Ukraine” (NGO) and Ministry of Education of Ukraine.
As part of the project, the Faculty of Foreign Languages updated 11 courses and introduced 6 new courses, held professional development seminars for secondary school teachers and academic staff with more than 1,000 participants, and developed an online course in content and language integrated CLIL for teachers.
