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The Regional English Language Office is a part of the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv. The main goals of the office are to offer assistance and support to English language professionals in Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, and Moldova, and to enhance mutual understanding between these countries and the United States of America. These include materials for language learning, teacher training, and professional development; workshops and seminars to enhance and upgrade English language teaching; short-term American speakers and consultants; assistance with development of curricula, textbooks, and tests.

English Language Fellow Program

The English Language Fellow Program, supported by the U.S. Department of State, provides for professionally trained American teachers at universities, teacher training institutes, and related language education institutions worldwide. Fellows teach English language and conduct special projects in teacher training, methodology, and curriculum development. During the year 2004-2005, Ukraine has four English language Fellows residing in Kyiv, Simferopol, Horlivka, and Dnipropetrovsk. There are additional English Language Fellows in Baku, Ganja, Lankaran (Azerbajan), Chisinau (Moldova), Grodno (Belarus), Tblisi (Georgia) and Yerevan (Armenia).
List of Program Fellows;
English Language Fellow (ELF) program description;
Junior English Language Fellows Application for Host Institutions;
Senior English Language Fellows Application for Host Institutions.
Submission deadline is December 6, 2004

Ukrainian Teacher Trainers

The Public Affairs Section sponsored the first Training of Trainers Course (TOT) in 2003. The trainers completed this training and are available to conduct training sessions at schools throughout Ukraine. They can be requested through the Public Affairs Section.

Speakers and Specialists

The English Language Specialist Program, a program within the U.S. Department of State English Language Programs Office, provides American academics in the fields of English as a Foreign Language and Applied Linguistics to schools and universities, and related educational institutions on a short term basis. The speakers conduct workshops and seminars or speak at conferences on topics such as curriculum development, teacher training and education, textbook development, English for Specific Purposes, and program evaluation.

HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT EVENTS

The 3rd TESOL West-Ukraine Regional Conference
The 3rd TESOL West-Ukraine Regional Conference: Modern Trends in Teaching and Studying English in Ukraine was held in Khmelnytsky, on October 29, 2004.

Summer Institute for Teachers of English in Primary and Secondary Level Schools in Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, and Moldova
June 13-18, 2004: Alushta, Crimea From June 13-18, 2004, the Regional English Language Office, Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy held a Summer Institute for teachers of English in primary and secondary schools in Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, and Moldova. The Summer Institute was held in Alushta, Crimea.
Fifty teachers were selected to attend the Summer Institute, which focused on improving teachers' knowledge of communicative methodology. The lead trainers were Caroline Linse, Fulbright lecturer in Minsk, Belarus, and Kitty Johnson,Teacher Trainer with OSI in Baku, Azerbaijan. Additional sessions were held by Senior English Language Fellows Ann McAllen, John Silver, and Chuck Crowther, and Ukrainian teacher trainer Natalia Stasiuk.

TOEFL Library Award Celebration On March 23 the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy and the English Department of the National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy hosted an Open House at the PAS-sponsored English Teaching Resource Center to celebrate the receipt of the TOEFL Library and Resource Center Award. The English Teaching Resource Center in Kyiv is one of the first recipients of the Library and Resource Center Award given by the Educational Testing Service. This award recognizes libraries around the world that provide exceptional service for English language learning. Over 100 teachers of English from different schools and Universities came to see new books on foreign language testing and language teacher education. RELO Patricia Sullivan gave a presentation of the collection, which will now be accessible to all ETRC users and has already generated a great interest among teachers.

Regional English Language Office
Public Affairs Section
4, Hlybochytska St.
Kyiv, Ukraine 04050
Tel: (380-44) 490-4125
Fax: (380-44) 490-4050
Regional English Language Officer: Patricia Sullivan
Tel: (380-44) 490-4125
Email: relo@ usembassy.kiev.ua