Teaching visits at the IFL
Last week the fourth International Staff Week was held at VMU. 118 participants from 48 countries visited the University. Guests from Bosnia, Germany, Lebanon, Mexico, and the USA gave lectures in English, Spanish and German at the IFL. The students learnt many interesting things about foreign universities, cultural realia, traditions and dialects, and the lecturers were delighted with the curious and inquisitive students. The guests also met with the IFL lecturers.
Prof. Dr. Nemira Mačianskienė led the training courses “Intercultural Communication Competence Development: Gaining Effective Strategies to Deal with Misunderstandings and Cross-Cultural Barriers” and “Intercultural Communication Competence Development: Effective Communication Strategies”, while the IFL Director, Dr. T. Ringailienė, introduced all the VMU guests to the Lithuanian language.
Director of the IFL also met with guests from Albania and Brazil, with whom she discussed possibilities for further cooperation.
