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On January 22, the first round of the competition for the best review on a work of art in a foreign language “FRESHview” was held on the Faculty of Foreign Philology of ZNU.

For the third consecutive year, master students of the Law Faculty of Zaporizhzhia National University have the opportunity to defend their qualification works in a foreign language. This year, 7 full-time and part-time students of specialties 081 “Law” and 262 “Law Enforcement” were able to demonstrate to the members of the examination commission, as well as to all those present, not only a high level of their professional training, but also English, in particular, professional.

On December 15, the international exam PTE (Pearson Test of English) took place on the basis of the Faculty of Foreign Philology of Zaporizhzhia National University, which is recognized by many countries of the world.  This test confirms the level of English. It is indefinite, that is, having made it once, a person forever testifies to his level of proficiency in a language.

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 November 5, the Faculty of Foreign Philology of ZNU organized a Christmas holiday in German.  Its initiator and organizer was Alla Mamedova, associate professor of the department of teaching a second foreign language. The participants of the holiday are students of the specialty “English language and literature (philology)” (groups 303, 401 and 402) and the specialty “English language and literature (translation)” (group 402). Therefore, for them this event was an excellent opportunity to demonstrate not only their creative abilities and acting talents, but also to confirm the high level of proficiency in the second, German, language.

Coordinator of the European Program Erasmus + in the direction of Jean Monet "European Values in Literary Arts", deputy dean of the Faculty of History for International Affairs, associate professor of the Department of World History and International Relations Stanislav Cherkasov took part in the International Conference of Project Coordinators Erasmus+ held on November 28-29  in the city of Brussels.  The event was organized by the European Commission together with the Executive Agency for Education of the European Union.

Creative evenings dedicated to outstanding cultural events have long become a good tradition on the Faculty of foreign philology. That is why the 3rd year students of the specialties “English Language and Literature” and “Spanish Language and Literature” under the guidance of associate professor of the Department of German Philology and Translation Yana Kravchenko turned the last lecture on foreign literature in this semester into a real literary holiday.

The Faculty of Foreign Philology of Zaporizhzhia National University held celebrations on the occasion of the university joining the Year of the French language in Ukraine. The students of Faculty of Foreign Philology, led by Iryna Sharhai, head of the department of German philology and translation, and Inna Tarasiuk, associate professor at this department, prepared a French-speaking creative program, demonstrating not only their language skills, but also their creative abilities. Halyna Moroshkina, dean of the Faculty of Foreign philology, highly appreciated this educational initiative and encouraged other representatives of the faculty to join in promoting the francophonie.

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".

Last week, Ariel Max Sanchez Romero, Secretary of the Embassy of the Argentine Republic in Ukrainehas visited the Faculty of Foreign Philology. This visit took place within the framework of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Embassy of Argentina in Ukraine. He met with the dean of the Faculty of Foreign Philology Halyna Moroshkina, professors and students of the faculty.