On the 18th of April The International Scientific and Practical Conference “Modern Education: Methodology, Theory and Practice” was held at the Department of English Humanities #3 of the Faculty of Linguistics at the NTUU “KPI”.
The Dean of the Faculty of Linguistics Professor Nataliia Saienko opened the conference. Then the participants listened to the reports of their colleagues, such as: Analytical Manager of The National Tempus Office in Ukraine and Associate Professor Zhanna Talanova (“Modern Higher Education: European Dimension”); Director of Fulbright Program Marta Kolomaiets (“Possibilities Offered by Fulbright: Education in the USA”); Head of Department of Languages at International Solomon University and Associate Professor Nataliia Aristova (“Pedagogical Conceptions of Foreign Language Teaching in Modern Non-Linguistic Higher Educational Establishments”); ELT by methodologist of the books “Dinternal” of The London School of English Robert Hartigan (“What is Important in a Classroom of Future?”); representative of the Regional Office of English Language Teaching at The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Gerald Frank (“Support the Teacher of the English Language through Resources from The U.S. Department of State”).
The conferees elucidated a wide range of issues of modern pedagogy and foreign language teaching methodology in their reports. Section names corresponded to a planned subject matter and revealed the urgent problems of modern science: “General Pedagogy”, “Teaching Methodology of Foreign Language for Professional Purposes”, “Linguistic and Psychological Aspects of Foreign Language Teaching”.
The conference provided an opportunity for teachers and postgraduates to gain interesting experience and get acquainted with the latest news in the sphere of teaching in higher education.
Hanna Plakyda, lecturer at the Department of English Humanities #3 FL
Translated by Fedorchuk Ella, LA-02