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A meeting of students and professors who are the participants of advanced training courses with a specialist of the Press, Education and Culture Department of the US Embassy in Ukraine Vira Maksymova was held in the Faculty of Foreign Philology of ZNU on October 29. This meeting took place in the framework of the American-Ukrainian project "Laboratory of American English".

The training "Active citizens" was held in ZNU, which took place over two days. More than ten professors and students from different educational institutions learned how to create grant projects. It is worth noting that for the third year in a row, professors of the Faculty of Foreign Philology as associate professors of the Theory and Practice of Translation from English Svitlana Zapolskykh and Oleksandra Holovko are organizing the training in the framework of the cooperation of ZNU with the British Council in Ukraine according to the international program "Active Citizens Worldwide".

The seminar “Multilingual Education in Ukraine” on the base of the Faculty of Foreign Philology was made due to the support of the US Embassy in Ukraine and the administration of ZNU, in particular, thanks to the rector Mykola Frolov, the vice-rector for scientific work Hennadii Vasylchuk and the dean of the faculty Halyna Moroshkina. The coordinator of the working group of this event was the associate professor of the theory and practice of translation from English Oleksandra Holovko. Among the honorary guests of the international seminar were foreign language professors, native speakers of English such as Luis Perea (Faculty of Foreign Philology of Mykolaiv V.O. Sukhomlynskyi national university) and Francisco Resta (Slavyansk).

The modern education system requires the lecturers to be mobile and constantly develop their skills, share experiences and improve their qualifications. The pedagogical staff of the Faculty of Foreign Philology monitors the tendencies of the newest teaching technologies and take part in various internships.

According to the order of the head of Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration, the fourth-year student of the Faculty of Foreign Philology Anastasia Vapirova became the scholarship holder of Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration in the first semester of educational year 2018/2019. Also, the stipend is provided to 10 students more who study in the higher educational institutions in Zaporizhzhia region. Department of Education and Science of Regional state administration has to provide the payment of the stipends to these students in the September 2018 till January 2019. This information is published on the web-site of Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration.

The projects is performed by German public organization Interlink Academy. This project takes place in Ukraine the third time in a row with the support by the German Federal Foreign Office.

The purpose of delegation's visit was to discuss the prospects of cooperation with representatives of our university administration. Vice-rector for scientific work Gennadiy Vasilchuk chaired the meeting.