Report from the International scientific and practical online conference “Virtual exchange: learning and teaching without borders”

On June 8, 2023, Faculty of Linguistics of National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, held the First International scientific and practical online conference “Virtual exchange: learning and teaching without borders”.

A wide range of scientific and practical achievements in foreign language teaching were presented and discussed; Among them were

• current problems of learning and teaching in higher education institutions;
• application of modern technologies of teaching ESP;
• experience exchange and establishment of scientific cooperation between educational and research institutions of Ukraine and foreign countries.

At the plenary session the participants listened to the opening greetings from Zoia Kornieva, Dr. Sc., Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Linguistics, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.

A number of interesting reports were from

– Robert O’Dowd, Full Professor, Departamento de Filología Moderna,Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de León, Spain;

– Masahito Watanabe, Professor, English Education Division, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan;

– Yuliana Lavrysh, Dr. Sc. (Education), Professor, Head of Department of English Language for Engineering, Faculty of Linguistics, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute;

– Iryna Simkova, Dr. Sc. (Education), Professor, Head of Department of English Language for Humanities, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.

We sincerely thank the conference organizers and participants!