Methodological seminar for language teachers: uniting experience and expanding horizons

On December 6, 2024, Ust-Kamenogorsk city hosted a large-scale methodological seminar, dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the educational holding “Study Inn” and the 10th anniversary of the printing house “Kokzhiek-Horizon”. This event brought together 170 language teachers of Kazakh, Russian, English and German.  

The goal of the event was to provide methodological support to teachers and discuss relevant issues in modern pedagogy related to functional literacy of schoolchildren. The seminar took place at Ch. Valikhanov School Lyceum No. 3 of Ust-Kamenogorsk city.

Mereke H. Tankibayeva, Associate Professor of Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages and Research Project Manager of Deutsch für Kasachstan, welcomed the participants of the plenary session of the seminar.

An important part of the seminar was a lecture by N.V. Novoseltseva, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences and author of educational and methodological complexes, on “Boosting functional literacy in language education: interaction of standards and national traditions”, which has a highly relevant practical focus.

After the discussion session, the participants filled out feedback forms and highly rated the event. The practical materials of the seminar were full of best practices and key aspects. 

In the second part of the seminar, the following experts addressed the participants: K.A. Rauandina, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Kazakh Abai National Pedagogical University, the author of the textbook, presented effective methods for using tasks from Kazakh language textbooks to develop functional literacy. N.V. Novoseltseva made an interesting presentation, sharing methodological recommendations for the Russian language teaching, and the authors-adaptors R.S. Akysheva and Aidana Shayk presented their practices on English language teaching “Effective use of functional literacy tasks in English lessons”, focusing on the practical aspects of implementing functional literacy tasks, M.H. Tankibayeva, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor of Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages, the author of the German Language Course “Didactic possibilities of digital textbooks for achieving sustainable development goals in foreign language teaching.”

The seminar resulted in the feedback session. The participants noted its importance for professional growth. All participants received certificates.