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Robert McWhirter, right, and Clive Belgeonne, left, are among the students being taught Ukrainian by visiting academic Nataliia Faryna in SheffieldMore than 167,000 Ukrainian refugees have fled to the UK since war broke out, with many housed by British families who do not speak their native tongue. The University of Sheffield has launched a new language course aimed at helping hosts communicate with their guests. The BBC went along to a lesson.
"I want to understand a bit more about what they are saying and perhaps be able to converse with them in their own language to some extent," he adds.Image caption,Clive Belgeonne, 64, who is taking the course with his partner Nickey Brown, 58, says learning Ukrainian "wasn't something we'd envisaged" before the war.
Mr Belgeonne says the university's course is "a good opportunity to push us further into making the effort". Ms Faryna, who is staying in Sheffield to teach the course for six months, says her classes are "a way to tell people about Ukraine, about our culture and worldview".Nataliia Faryna says teaching Britons the Ukrainian language is a way to say thank you
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