Associate professors of the Department of English Philology, Iryna Matiyash-Gnedyuk and Tetyana Hulyak, completed an international internship at the Jaume I University (Spain), which took place from March 2 to 29 as part of the EDUC-WIDE project (Enhancing EDUC Opportunities for Inclusive ERA Development).
Iryna Matiyash-Gnediuk implemented the program “English Accents in the Spanish Classroom: Attitudes, Acquisition, and Academic Practices”, dedicated to the perception of English accents in the Spanish-speaking educational environment, the peculiarities of their acquisition, and academic practices in teaching English.
Tetyana Hulyak’s program “Multimodal Approaches to SLA: From Usage-Based Theory to Digital Learning Environments” aims to study the impact of multimodal language input and digital technologies on the processes of second language acquisition.
The mentors of the programs were leading scholars from the Department of English Studies at Jaume I University – Professor Richard Nightingale and Professor Laura Portolés Falomir.
Communication with Spanish colleagues, in particular Gema Gayete Dominguez, Maria Reyes Sayas Cano, Nerea Peraire Queral, and Andreea Izabela Gorgoteanu, helped me immerse myself in the university ecosystem and try job shadowing.
As part of the internship, our university’s teachers delivered lectures and seminars for students, became acquainted with the organisation of the educational process and the educational practices at Jaume I University, and also collected empirical material for further scientific research.
International academic mobility is an integral part of the development of a higher education institution. It contributes to the introduction of innovative methods into the educational process and the deepening of scientific partnerships.
