On November 25, as part of a visit to Kingston University in London within the Erasmus + program, Maria Ivanchenko, Ph. D, Associate Professor of the Department of Foreign Languages and Translation, conducted a workshop "Ukrainian life and culture". The speaker acquainted her English colleagues with the specific cultural Ukrainian vocabulary, thus emphasizing the importance of studying and understanding the way of life and culture of the people whose language is being studied. There was a friendly atmosphere at the meeting, and an interesting report provoked a lively discussion.