Diplomatic Translation Department and the International Centre for Intercultural Communication and Translation Research of the Faculty of International Relations is pleased to invite you to participate in an online International Scientific and Methodological Seminar «Internationalization of Education: Contemporary Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages for Specific Purposes» which will be held on January 22, 2021.

The purpose of the seminar is to create an information and discussion platform on the theoretical and applied aspects of teaching foreign languages, internationalization of higher education, online learning as well as to improve the process of teaching foreign languages.

Leading foreign and domestic scientists, specialists working in the field of language and intercultural education and linguistics have been invited to participate in the seminar.

Plenary Speakers:

1. Professor А. Аkkari – University of Geneva (Switzerland)
2. Professor Seb Berny- University of Birmingham (UK)
3. Julie Duperoir - Head of Pedagogy Hachette FLE, France
4. Dr. Naima Ahmad Husban - Arab Open University, Jordan
5. Karimova Zulfizar Rustamovna - affiliated branch of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
6. Rakhimova Gulsanam Ashirbekovna, Associate Professor, Mirzo Ulugbek National University of Uzbekistan
7. Kesler Thorsten -Lecturer DAAD, Germany.
8. Seidikenova Almash, Ph.D, Professor, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan
9. Bakitov Aitkali, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan.

The seminar will be held on January 22, 2021 14.00 - 18.00-French section, 16.00 -20.00-English section. (Nur-Sultan time, Kazakhstan).

Within the framework of the seminar 2 sections are planned:

1. Topical Methods of Teaching the French Language for Special and Academic Purposes

2. The Role of Foreign Languages in the Process of Internationalization of Higher Education