Foreign languages

It is time to create a new system of teaching foreign languages in our country, which will become a solid foundation for the future. Since we set ourselves the goal of building a competitive state, from now on the graduates of schools, lyceums, colleges and universities must be fluent in at least two foreign languages. This strict requirement should become the main criterion for the work of the director of each educational institution.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev 

 “Foreign languages” department

The Department of Foreign Languages ​​(Russian and Foreign Languages) was founded on September 1, 1969 on the basis of the evening faculty of the Tashkent Polytechnic Institute named after A. Berunу in Bukhara. The head of the Department of Foreign Languages ​​was appointed Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor N.T. Pack. After the transformation in 1978 of the branch of the Tashkent Polytechnic Institute into the Bukhara Institute of Food and Light Industry Technology, the head of the department was M.M. Dzhamolova, Ph.D., Associate Professor Zakharov L.N., Ph.D., Associate Professor. K.B. Shodmonov, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor Naimov S.N. At the faculty, teachers teach English, German and French, developing the basic language skills acquired by students in school and college. In addition to teaching, professors and teachers carry out educational-methodical, research and teaching-student work, contribute to the rating of the department and the institute, improve their methods of increasing the level of knowledge of students and additionally clarify their fields. Currently, the department employs 27 teachers.

In accordance with the Resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated May 19, 2021 № PD-5117 "On measures to raise the popularization of learning foreign languages to a qualitatively new level" and the State Program "Year of Youth support and  improving public health", as well as in order to develop teaching foreign languages ​​as a priority area of ​​educational policy, radically improve the quality of education in this area, attract qualified teachers to the field and increase the interest of the population in learning foreign languages, a lot of work have been done at the Department of Foreign Languages. The teachers of the department have CEFR C1 certificates, certificates of knowledge of a foreign language, IELTS and TOEFL certificates. They won certificates of honor at republican competitions. Also, thanks to the upbringing and tireless efforts of teachers, students of the institute take part in scientific competitions in foreign languages and take worthy places. Among them are students with IELTS and CEFR certificates.

The department employs 1 candidate of sciences, associate professor; 3 teachers with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in philological sciences. Mamedova M.A., Yusupova Sh.B., Alimova N.R., Norova R.F. are also doing research in this area. The results of their research are discussed at the meetings of the department. 

  
The department of "Foreign languages" is located in the 4^th educational building of the institute, which has a material and technical base for teaching English, German, and French in accordance with the requirements of the SES. In particular, the classrooms of the department are equipped with all modern technical equipment (electronic boards, computers, projectors, screens) and educational equipment. Each of the classrooms of the department is connected to the Internet, and teachers have the opportunity to find, use and download the necessary materials for the educational process. The information resource center of the department, equipped with textbooks on foreign languages, ensures continuous work. 

The department has established contacts with the embassies of foreign countries in Tashkent, and they provide the department and the information resource center with textbooks of various types. Professors and teachers of the department also create textbooks and electronic textbooks for students of the specialty, which are used in the study of English, German and French. The teachers of the department are working on "creating a new generation of foreign language textbooks." A lot of work has been done, certificates have been received. Among these include a textbook "Country Study" by Associate Professor, Ph.D. H.O. Yusupova; "Dictionary of Literary Terms" by senior lecturer, Ph.D. M.B. Barotova,  a textbook "Professional progress" by the senior teacher Sh.M. Tillaeva; “Dictionary of Homonyms” by senior lecturer M.A. Mamedova, “English for oil and gas industry students” by Sh.B. Yusupova, “Learning English through thinking” by Sh.B. Yusupova and N.S.Nosirova, “English for Economists” by M.Sh.Shoyimqulova. In addition, a senior lecturer of the department, PhD Mukhamedzhanova S.J. got acquainted with the progress of the implementation of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated April 20, 2017 No. PD-2909 "On measures for the further development of the higher education system." Within the framework of the project of the Republican Scientific and Practical Center for the Development of Innovative Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages ​​at UzSWLU and the British Council in 2019 as part of the project of the English Teachers Exchange Group (UzTESPING) she participated in organized seminars and trainings and was awarded a certificate. The handbook on the collected materials is currently being prepared for publication.

In order to ensure the implementation of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on April 20, 2017 № PD-2909 “On measures on further developing system of higher education” in 2019-2020 Carolina Murray and in 2020-2021 Miss Zoe Randall from the United States began their work at the Department of Foreign Languages in partnership with the U.S. Embassy. The purpose of involving these teachers in the learning process is to increase students’ interest in foreign languages, for further develop their listening skills and understanding of the speeches of representatives of the country of which the language is being studied.

Within the framework of the “school-university” partnership, the staff of the department held meetings and demo lessons with students of grades 9-11 of secondary schools to conduct selection work and provide methodological assistance. According to the agreement between the Academic Lyceum of the Bukhara Engineering and Technological Institute and the Department of Foreign Languages, the teachers of the department provide practical assistance to meet the scientific and methodological needs of the secondary school. Moreover, different events are being organized.