Iryna Lyashenko, Associate Professor of the Department of Foreign Languages, applied for and has been granted funding for a project to create online professional courses from the US Embassy. The application was submitted through the NGO TESOL-Ukraine and will be implemented with the involvement of partner universities of Ukraine, including Sumy State University.
The aim of the project is to assist Ukrainian university teachers in creating and teaching online ESP courses that would provide a smooth and flexible transition between distance, blended and contact learning.
The course, which will take place in July 2022 in Odessa, provides a 5-day training for 50 teachers of Ukrainian universities, assistance in developing and publishing online professional courses, conducting a needs analysis for the professional courses and further implementation of results in professional and academic practice.
The list of course presenters includes American experts and Ukrainian graduates of English language OPEN programs alumni, including Iryna Liashenko.