On May 11-12, 2023, the VI International Scientific and Practical Conference “Language as a Means of Intercultural Communication” was held at Kherson National Technical University. This prestigious scientific event brought together the colleagues from the Ukrainian and foreign scientific communities, who had the opportunity to present the results of their research on such important concepts as language, education, culture and intercultural communication. The conference was held in a remote format.
Kherson State Maritime Academy acted traditionally as a conference co-organizer. The academic staff of the English Language Department for Deck Officers submitted the following papers and reports:
«From the experience of organizing active interaction under conditions of online learning of Maritime English» – Valentyna Kudryavtseva, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Department Head, Professor of the Department, Svitlana Barsuk, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department, Olena Frolova, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department;
«Reframing teaching concepts from the perspective of content and language integrated learning (CLIL)» – Iryna Shvetsova, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department;
«Incorporating elicitation techniques into Maritime English course teaching» – Larysa Lipshyts, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department;
«Development of risk assessment skills through English language learning» – Viktoriia Smelikova, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department;
«Knowledge of maritime vocabulary as a condition for the competitiveness of a maritime specialist» – Iryna Kulikova, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Senior teacher of the Department.
All the participants noted the excellent work of the academic staff of the Department of Industry Translation and Foreign Languages of Kherson National Technical University regarding the organization and conduct of this scientific event at a high level.
You can familiarize yourself with the conference materials on the Padlet platform by following the link: https://padlet.com/kafinmov/language-as-a-means-of-intercultural-communication-6v0e4qbzsd7ucpxl
