Interview with foreign students about the experience of learning Ukrainian as a foreign language.

09 April 2024
Journalists of MISTOSUMY.com investigated the experience of foreign students of Sumy State University who overcame the language barrier and were able to start speaking Ukrainian. Together with the senior lecturer of the  Language Training of Foreign Citizens Department, the head of the Preparatory Department, Inna Levenok (PhD) and foreign students - Alych Zyumryut (Turkey) and Al Bakhlouz Al Vashak (Jordan) - gave an interview about the peculiarities of studying Ukrainian as a foreign language.

Congratulations on winning 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

01 July 2023
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".

Results of the VI All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Student Online Conference “SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY OF XXI CENTURY STUDENTS”

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

The participant of the hub-laboratory Ukr.Lang.Laboratory for foreign students won the 3rd place in the presentation competition of the Medical Institute SSU (advisor – I. Levenok)

20 May 2023
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”).

Webinar "Sharing EU multilingual education policymaking practices in Ukraine"

17 May 2023
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).

In the Linguistic Center of Slavic Languages you can learn to speak and write in Ukrainian and Russian, and also improve your knowledge.

Experienced teachers will help you to learn the Ukrainian and Russian languages in accordance with these types of programs:

  1. General or standard course is suitable for those who want to master conversational speech and expand vocabulary.
  2. Intensive course is created for those who have little free time, but need an immediate result).
  3. Individual lessons help quickly and efficiently eliminate gaps in knowledge.

 

Studying the language in Ukraine gives foreign citizens the opportunity to feel themselves part of Ukrainian society, to join Ukrainian culture and traditions.

Due to the Ukrainian (Russian) language courses in the 2018/2019 academic year, about 60 foreign students increased their level of language proficiency.

In addition, as a part of the Center's activity, teachers of the Department of Language Training for Foreign Citizens used modern resources during educational process: newly published workbooks for independent study, methodological instructions, etc.

 

The list of educational programs

The program

Form of studying

Program’s contents

1

Corrective course of Ukrainian/Russian as a language of studying

Individual lessons/courses

Practical course of language. Fundamentals of grammar. Speech development. Scientific style of speech. Final examination.

2

Spoken Ukrainian/Russian language

Individual lessons/courses

Introductory phonetical training. Basic dictionary and the grammar of the spoken speech. Communicational training on every day and conversational topics: speaking, reading, listening, role-playing, project assignments, tests, independent work. Final examination.

3

Intensive course of Ukrainian/Russian

Individual lessons/courses

Corrective course on phonetics and grammar. Features of lexical and syntactic organization of speech. Terminology. Communicative training on scientific issues. Final examination.

4

Ukrainian/Russian for beginners

Individual lessons/courses

Sound system of Ukrainian / Russian. Reading rules. Fundamentals of grammar. The basic models of sentences. Technique of constructing spoken phrases - from simple to complex. Understanding speech by ear. Letter, electronic correspondence. Reading and discussion of texts. Final examination.

 

The Linguistic Center of Slavic Languages offers Ukrainian/Russian language editing and proofreading services.

 

Address: 2, Rimskogo-Korsakova st., Sumy, Ukraine, 40007

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