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Traditionally, spring break is the time for professional development of Zaporizhzhia in-service teachers. Zaporizhzhia National University organized a professional development workshop “Distance foreign language teaching: online features” within the project Erasmus+ KA2 CBHE MultiEd (“Foreign Language Teacher Training Capacity Development as a Way to Ukraine’s Multilingual Education and European Integration”). The professional seminar-practicum was organized by the Faculty of Foreign Philology in cooperation with Zaporizhzhia City Council’s municipal establishment “Centre of pedagogical professional development” and the Faculty of Journalism.

The autumn semester of this academic year at ZNU marked active work within the framework of the implementation of European of Erasmus + KA2 projects like the MultiEd / "Foreign Language Teacher Training Capacity Development as a Way to Ukraine’s Multilingual Education and European Integration". Within its action plan there has been done considerable amount of work so far, despite the unfavorable circumstances of the global coronavirus pandemic. Thus, in September-October, the interim results of the study of the state of multilingual education in ZNU were processed, which will soon be finalized in the report. The project partnership holds regular zoom meetings, where they discuss important issues of procuring the equipment, organizing study meetings and seminars, planning work for 2021.

Starting from October 2019, the School of Student Self-Government Leaders is running at Zaporizhia National University. More than 40 participants of the School: presidents of Zaporizhia general secondary education institutions, heads of student councils and simply indifferent students of 7-11 grades attended trainings held by scientific and pedagogical staff of Zaporizhia National University. The initiators and organizers of this important career guidance project were the staff of the department of pre-university training, career guidance and employment.

On April 14, Zaporizhzhia National University was visited by future applicants - senior students of Zaporizhzhia and the region, their parents and professors. All of them became participants in a large-scale vocational guidance event - the Open Door Day. The guests of ZNU met with the administration of the university, learned about the faculties of ZNU and Engineering Institute, and received answers to all relevant questions related to the admission campaign-2019. Moreover, there was prepared a festive program for the guests from the Center of Culture, a campus tour and acquaintance with selected faculties, professors and students, who were talking about studying at the university, fascinating student life and successes of graduates of ZNU.

At the Faculty of Social Pedagogy and Psychology, the III (regional) stage of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in Pedagogy and Psychology took place. The event was attended by 44 pupils of schools in Zaporizhzhia and Zaporizhzhia region (Berdiansk, Melitopol, Enerhodar, Huliaipole, Prymorsk, Pryazovie, Yakymivka and others). For many pupils, participation in the Olympiad in pedagogy and psychology has already become a good tradition. Moreover, this Olympiad had been held 4 times before at the Faculty of Social Pedagogy and Psychology of Zaporizhzhia National University.

Presentation of the formation of academic integrity took place in Seeding Academic Integrity in Secondary School - SAISS.  he event was held with the assistance of the vice-rector for scientific work Hennadii Vasylchuk. The coordinator of the event became a master student of the Faculty of Management, an active public activist Anastasiia Dolhopolova.

On the first of February, the next listening training in English for applicants in 2019 was held on the basis of the Faculty of Foreign Philology.

On January 26, a new career guidance project started in ZNU such as conducting free trial training on EIT in the cities of Zaporizhzhia region. For the first time, the representatives of Zaporizhzhia National University visited the city of Vasylivka.

On December 14 the second part of the “MODERN APPROACHES TO TEACHING ENGLISH” seminar was held in ZNU as part of the American English Laboratory project with the support of the US Embassy in Ukraine. The coaches at this event were associate professors of the Theory and Practice Department of Translation from English Svitlana Zapolskykh and Oleksandra Holovko - participants and initiator of Faculty of Foreign Philology participation in an international grant project.

On December 2, the first round (writing tests) of the second (regional) stage of the All-Ukrainian competition-protection of research works of students - members of the Minor Academy of Sciences of Ukraine took place on the basis of Zaporizhzhia National University. About 500 students of 9–grades of secondary education institutions in the city of Zaporizhzhia and Zaporizhzhia region took part in writing examinations. According to the results of this stage of intellectual competitions, the best participants will receive the right to defend their scientific work at meetings of the MAS sections, which will be held in ZNU soon, on February 17.