On February 18, a scheduled meeting of the Erasmus + KA2 project consortium "Development of foreign language teacher training capacity as a way to implement multilingual education and European integration of Ukraine (MultiEd)" took place. The partnership was represented by the University of Tartu (Estonia), Heidelberg Pedagogical University (Germany), Aston University (UK), 8 Ukrainian universities: Zaporizhzhya National University, V.O. Sukhomlynskyi National University of Mykolaiv, Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy, Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, State Higher Educational Institution “Donbas State Pedagogical University”, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, State Higher Educational Establishment "Precarpathian National University named after Vasyl Stefanyk", TESOL All-Ukrainian Association of English Teachers». Oleksandra Golovko, project coordinator and manager from the University of Tartu (Estonia) moderated the event.
MultiEd: Seminar on Study Programmes and Curricula Updating from the National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (NAQA) and the National Erasmus + Office in Ukraine (NEO)
On February 11, the Ukrainian partners of the Erasmus + KA2 project consortium “Development of foreign language teacher training capacity as a way to implement multilingual education and European integration of Ukraine (MultiEd)” met with invited experts: Iryna Zolotaryova (National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) and Zhanna Talanova (National Erasmus + office in Ukraine). Oleksandra Golovko, project coordinator and manager from the University of Tartu (Estonia) moderated the event. The Ukrainian partnership was represented by 58 participants from 8 universities: Zaporizhzhya National University, V.O. Sukhomlynskyi National University of Mykolaiv, Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy, Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, State Higher Educational Institution “Donbas State Pedagogical University”, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, State Higher Educational Establishment "Precarpathian National University named after Vasyl Stefanyk".
Creating an e-course for teachers, developing a strategy for multilingual education, writing and updating study courses: the MultiEd project has planned work for 2021
On February 4, there took place a meeting of the partners of the Erasmus + KA2 project consortium "Foreign Language Teacher Training Capacity Development as a Way to Ukraine’s Multilingual Education and European Integration (MultiEd)". The work plan for 2021 was discussed there.
ZNU teachers improved their pedagogical skills within the Erasmus + MultiEd project
In December, fourteen teachers of the faculties of foreign philology and journalism ZNU (Zaporizhzhia National University) received certificates of successful completion of the advanced course "Content and Language Integrated Learning for Tertiary Education". The course took place from May to December 2020 within the framework of the international Erasmus + KA2 project MultiEd "Foreign Language Teacher Training Capacity Development as a Way to Ukraine’s Multilingual Education and European Integration."
Jean Monnet Erasmus+ project coordinators took part in a webinar for the winners of the 2020 competition
On the third of December, the National Erasmus+ Office in Ukraine hosted a webinar «Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Project Winners' Day: How to successfully implement a project» on the platform of the National Erasmus+ Office in Ukraine. The event was aimed at Jean Monnet project implementers: teams of winning projects in 2020, coordinators of current projects, Erasmus+ coordinators in the international relations departments of higher education institutions, their accountants and financial managers.
MultiEd Online Seminar for Teachers
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.
ZNU teachers study Content and Language Integrated Learning Methodology in the framework of the international project MultiEd
Zaporizhzhia National University continues to implement the international educational project MultiEd “Development of foreign language teacher training potential as a way to implement multilingual education and European integration of Ukraine” under the Erasmus + KA2 program.
ZNU reported on the implementation of the MultiEd project during National Erasmus+ Office preventive monitoring
On June 15, a preventive monitoring was conducted online under the leadership of the National Erasmus + Office in Ukraine team – Svitlana Shytikova, Erasmus Project Coordinator, Zhanna Talanova, Analytical Expert, Ivana Atamanchuk, Project Monitoring Expert and Veronika Tkachenko, Administrative Expert. Ukrainian partners participated in the monitoring mission were representatives Zaporizhzhia National University, Mykolaiiv National University, Cherkasy National University, Poltava National Pedagogical University, Kharkiv National University, Horlivka Institute of Foreign Languages, Ternopil National Pedagogical University, Precarpathian National University, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, and All-Ukrainian Association of English Teachers "TESOL - Ukraine". The purpose of the monitoring was to check the project implementation process, achieved results, and provide recommendations for further cooperation. Given the recommendations and requirements of the ЕАСЕА for the monitoring of NEOs and the need for it to be conducted online, the partners sent their presentations for preliminary study, and during the online session they were discussed.
MultiEd team discussed current issues at the working meeting
Eventually the quarantine is being weakening in Zaporizhzhia National University and international projects activities are going back into active phase. Thus, the MultiEd project team, which is a national coordinator of this Erasmus+ KA2 project, gathered for a working meeting led by Vice-Rector Gennadiy Vasylchuk.
Partners of Erasmus+ КА2 ProjectMultiEdparticipate in online Curriculum Development Seminar during quarantine
Within the international Erasmus+ КА2 CBHE Project «ForeignLanguageTeacherTrainingCapacityDevelopmentasaWaytoUkraine’sMultilingualEducationandEuropeanIntegration» (MultiEd – project number610427-EE-2019-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP) ZNU teachers will study on Moodle platform of Tartu University (Estonia)from May 19 until June 20 2020.
