The 1st degree award was given to Inna Levenok, a lecturer of our Department (Ph.D.) in Nomination 6 "The Scientific Club" of the All-Ukrainian Competition "Young Scientist of the Year-2022" of the Council of Young Scientists under the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. Her author's scientific club "Ukrainian language hub-laboratory Ukr.Lang.Laboratory for foreign students" on the social network Facebook functions within the framework of the ERASMUS+ grant project Jean Monnet Module "European values of intercultural dialogue in the field of education: interdisciplinary and inclusive approaches - EUROVALID".

On June 8, 2023 the VI All-Ukrainian scientific and practical student online conference “SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY OF XXI CENTURY STUDENTS” was held.

Foreign students, participants of the Ukrainian hub laboratory Ukr.Lang.Laboratory for foreign students, take an active part in scientific events and competitions (remind you, that the Ukrainian hub-laboratory Ukr.Lang.Laboratory for foreign students https://www.facebook.com/groups/2580388622284576/?ref=share at Facebook network is functioning within the framework of the Erasmus + Jean Monnet Module, Grant Project “EUROVALID”).

The lecturer of the department Levenok I.S.,PhD in Pedagogy, took part in an international webinar dedicated to the exchange of EU multilingual education policy practices in Ukraine. Moderator: MultiEd project coordinator Oleksandra Golovko (Tartu University).

On May 12, 2023, lecturers from the Department of Language Training Hanna Diadchenko and Liudmyla Kulishenko participated in the International Scientific Conference "Theory and Practice of Teaching Ukrainian Language as a Foreign Language", held by the Department of Ukrainian Applied Linguistics at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv.

As part of the implementation of the tasks of the Jean Monnet grant European values of intercultural dialogue in the field of education: interdisciplinary and inclusive approaches - EUROVALID, an online educational platform "Cross-Cultural Studies" was developed with the aim of informing foreign students about the values, traditions, and customs of the Ukrainian people.

Easter holidays give Ukrainians kindness, love, hope for peace and happiness in the family. On the eve of these days, the language training department traditionally holds events and meetings with foreign students with the aim of popularizing Ukrainian culture, traditions, values, and forming an intercultural dialogue based on the principles of tolerance, equality, and respect.

03/07/2023 Inna Levenok, a lecturer of our Department, used the opportunity to listen to the lecture "How to Write a Great Research Paper and Get it Published", which was held by the most cited researcher Yury Gogotsi. Obtaining new knowledge became possible with the assistance of the Ukraine Global Faculty.

In the process of implementation of the EU Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Project, on February 24, 2023, the lecturer of our Department, Inna Levenok, held an online meeting with the Ukrainian students of the A2BIEM2-22 group and the foreign guest Al Bakhlouz Al Washak Samer Wade' (Jordan), a graduate of the Preparatory Department  (graduation 2022), a member of the Ukrainian-language hub-laboratory “Ukr.Lang.Laboratory for foreign students” on the Facebook network and the “PF.Lang.Laboratory group”, an artist at heart and a doctor by profession.

On January 19, 2023, within the framework of the hub-laboratory "Ukr.Lang.Laboratory for foreign students", the lecturer of our Department, Inna Levenok, implemented the second author's project called "BIEM of Sumy State University: united by the language of professions (foreign and Ukrainian students)". Remind you, that the hub-laboratory functions within the framework of the grant project "Eurovalid" with the assistance of the EU Erasmus+, Module Jean Monnet. 

Teachers of the department annually participate in the "Pedagogical Innovations of Sumy State University" competition. This year was no exception, teachers do not stand aside, but work on the development of new modern forms and methods of learning, their distribution and active implementation of innovative technologies in the educational process to ensure a high level of quality of providing educational services to students of higher education.

Congratulations to the lecturers of the Language Training of Foreign Citizens Department of Sumy State University  - Olha P. Sydorenko and Inna S. Levenok, who implement the Jean Monnet Module Program, Erasmus+ with the assistance of the European Union (head of the EV/Eurovalid grant project group - Olha P. Sydorenko; author of the idea of ​​the grant of the EV/Eurovalid project and a member of the project group - Alina V. Chernyakova; head of the language hub-laboratory "Ukr.Lang.Laboratory for foreign students" co-funded by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Union - Inna S.Levenok).