On April 9-10, Kharkiv hosted the 2019 TESOL-Ukraine national convention "Thinking Globally, Teaching Locally" with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the US Embassy to Ukraine. More than 250 teachers of higher and secondary educational institutions from different parts of Ukraine participated in the conference. Also, English Language Fellows - professional trainers from the US Department of State, who work in such countries as Ukraine, Moldova, Azerbaijan and Armenia, were invited. Their workshops represented a wide range of research in the field of linguis...

Three very intensive days of TESOL-Ukraine Teacher Development Spring Institute in Lviv gathered the educators of from all areas of Ukraine. TESOL-Ukraine and the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine have been running a number of ELT projects over several years aimed at providing continuous professional development and sustaining an ELT  professional network in Ukraine. The topic for TESOL-Ukraine Teacher Development Institute this year is “Critical Thinking for Media Literacy”. It was the second session of the Institute in 2019. The program introduced teachers to different types of tools they could use...

Attached is the second call for 2019 TESOL-Ukraine National Convention “Thinking Globally – Teaching Locally” that will take place in Kharkiv, April 9-10, 2019 and the call for Pre-Convention Training "English Language Teaching in the 21 Century".  SECOND CALL 2019 TESOL-Ukraine Convention 1

TESOL - UKRAINE TEACHER DEVELOPMENT SPRING INSTITUTE "Critical Thinking for Media Literacy"  gathered 30 professionals from 12 regions of Ukraine. The participants represented secondary schools, universities, and private educational establishments. The sessions were delivered by English Language Fellows Wendy Finlayson and Luis Perea, and TEFL Peace Corps Volunteers Gabriel Cortez, Ashly Emerson, and Shaun Hicks. They trained the participants on The Ways of Analyzing Media, lectured on Gender and Diversity in Media, and gave ideas for Implementing Media Literacy in the Classroom.  The list of...