W.E.L.L. Workshop in English Language and Leadership

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The Workshop in English Language and Leadership (WELL) was held at Mykolayiv State Agrarian University on Saturday, 27 March 2010. It was opened to students from all of Mykolayiv but the majority of the 70 attendees came from our university. WELL is a series of one-day workshops that are being held at sites within the Rivnenska, L´vivska, Ternopilska, Transcarpathia, Sumska and Kirovohradska regions and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in addition to Mykolaivska. It is offered under the auspices of Peace Corps/Ukraine in conjuction with young Ukrainian adults who are "graduates" of the program themselves. Ms.S Marcy, currently our Peace Corps teaching volunteer in the School of Management and Miss K. Matveyeva of our Foreign Language Department, brought the program to MSAU. Students interacted with native English speakers, Ukrainian young adults, and their peers while participating in classes in Leadership, Project Planning, Culture Studies, Music, and Team Building. At the end of the workshop, students engaged in a competitive presentation session to demonstrate and apply the knowledge they had acquired throughout the day.

It was a high octane day, fueled by snacks and pizza, providing lots of opportunity to develop personal skills and to build self-confidence while communicating in English. Students from all faculties participated, thereby creating networks within the university for further language development and civic engagement opportunities. Plans are underway to expand this event into an English language leadership opporunity to be held on a regular basis and open to all interested in improving their English language skills at the university. Participants also learned about a 11-day summer forum called Cactus that will build upon the WELL experience in Ternopil in July. This is one of numerous English language forums/camps that are offered around Ukraine by the Peace Corps.