On January 13, 2025, an annual orientation conference on industrial practice was held for 3rd-year students of the «Foreign Language Teacher Training Program» at the Pedagogical Faculty of Foreign Languages, which will be held in 52 schools in Almaty from January 13 to February 22 this year.
At the orientation conference, the head of the Center for Practice and Employment, M.K. Kiikbai, made a presentation on «New guidelines in the professional training of foreign language teachers», outlining the current areas of professional training of foreign language teachers, methodological innovations implemented at KazAUIR&WL.
Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, M.V. Savankova of Department of Speech and Communication Practice, and Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, K.T. Zhansugurova of Department of Pedagogy and Psychology, voiced the goals and objectives of pedagogical practice, as well as the importance of its passage as the beginning of students' professional activities. The head of the Department of Methods of Foreign Language Education, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, G.B. Zhumabekova concluded the orientation conference by announcing the distribution of 3rd year students by schools.
After the orientation conference, the students met with the methodologists in charge of the internship process in schools, who are responsible for the skills and abilities that our students should learn.