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Intercultural Club ‘Opening the Borders’ (2022-ongoing)

STUDENT INTERCULTURAL PROJECT CLUB
‘OPENING THE BORDERS’
(2022- ongoing)

Club coordinator:
Iryna Budz,
Head of the Department of Romance and Germanic Philology
Contacts: ibudz@ukr.net

 

 


More details about the club’s activities here: https://www.megu.edu.ua/uk/istoriko-filologichnij/kafedra-romano-germanskoi-filologii/studentskiy-interkulturniy-proektniy-klub-opening-borders

In September 2022, the student intercultural project club ‘Opening the Borders’ was launched at the Department of Romance and Germanic Philology of the IUEH as a form of educational work.
The club is a voluntary form of extracurricular work for students, which involves the development of their foreign language communicative competence, broadening their horizons, and exchanging cultural experiences.

Bachelor’s and master’s students from all faculties and specialties of the Academician Stepan Demianchuk International University of Economics and Humanities participate in the club’s events and projects. During the period of the club’s activity, international cooperation was implemented with students from educational institutions in Turkey, Japan, Korea, Poland, Israel, Colombia, USA, Germany, India.

INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS WITHIN ‘OPENING THE BORDERS’

A project with students of the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Foundation University (Istanbul, Turkey).

  • Online discussion on the topic of “Travel”
  • Online discussion on the topic “People who changed the world”
  • “Culture box” exchange of postcards with Turkish students.
  • An agreement between universities on cooperation and partnership has been signed.

 

Project with students of Cukurova University (Adana, Turkey)

  • Online discussion on the topic “National wedding traditions, customs and superstitions.”
  • Online discussion about the possibilities and shortcomings of artificial intelligence, its areas of application, impact on human activity, etc.
  • Virtual exchangeon the topic “Historical monuments and landmarks of Ukraine and Turkey.”
  • Online discussion on the topic “Traditional food and national holidays»
  • Virtual exchange between students of MEGU, Çukurova University (Turkey) and Silesian University of Technology (Poland) on the topic “Films”.
  • Video meeting on the topic “One Day Without the Internet”, where participants prepared presentations on how realistic it was to cope with such a challenge.

Project with students of Women’s University (Kobe, Japan)

  • Video chat on the social platform Flipgrid on the topics: “School Memories”, “Plans for the Future”, “Future Profession”, “Travel”, “Best Tourist Places in Ukraine/Japan”.
  • Letter of support to MEGU students from Kobe Women’s University, Japan.
  • “Culture box” gift exchange with Japanese students.

     

Project with students from Koyo High School (Okinawa, Japan)

  • Video conference on the topic “Cartoons”.

Project with students of Global High School (Dongtan, Korea)

 

  • Video meeting of club members on the topic “Features of national cinema in Korea and Ukraine.”
  • Video conference on the topic “Movies”.
  • “Culture box” is an exchange of cultural boxes between students.

 

 

Project with students of the Silesian University of Technology (Katowice, Poland)

  • Online event on the topic “The Future of Humanity.”
  • Video conference on the topic “Fears and Hopes in Our Lives.”
  • Online discussion on the topic “Generation Conflict”.
  • Publication of student essays in an educational online journal.
  • Online discussion on the topic “Career”.

 

 

 

 

 

Project with students from Tel Aviv University (Tel Aviv, Israel)

  • Video communication on the social platform Flipgrid on the topic of “Identity”, belonging to a certain social group, cultural features, and value orientations.
  • Online discussion on the topic “Basic values ​​in society and understanding happiness.”
  • Virtual meeting on the topic “The importance of communities during crises.

Project with students from Stone Bridge High School (USA)

  • Video meeting on the topic “My studies and community.”
  • Video meeting on the topic “Traditions of celebrating Halloween.”

 

 

 

Project with studentsWayne High Hills School (USA)

  • Online discussion on the Flipgrid platform on the topic “Stereotypes and their causes.”
  • Online discussion on the topic “Modern Ukrainian Poetry.”

 

 

 

 

 

Project with students of Nahar International School (India)

  • Video conference on the topics: Ukraine in the context of the Soviet era, major post-Soviet economic reforms, Ukraine’s political course; key stages of India’s independence after centuries of colonial dependence.

 

 

 

Project with students from the University of Cauca (Colombia)

 

  • Video meeting of students on the topic “Festivals”.