Department of English

The Department of English is the leading structural division of the faculty. The department was founded on September 1, 1992 as the Department of English.

Basic purpose The department's activities are to train highly qualified specialists in the field of philology and philological education. In today's multilingual and multicultural world, the profession of a teacher and teacher of foreign languages is relevant and specialists with knowledge of foreign languages will always be in demand.

Tasks departments:

• Development of methods for teaching language as a means of communication between specialists in various fields of knowledge and areas of public life.
• Studying English in the broader context of social, cultural, political life, traditions and values of its speakers through comparison with the native language and culture from the point of view of their use in various social sectors: science, technology, economics, culture, etc.
• Development of a model for training English language teachers, intercultural communication specialists, and language experts in accordance with modern requirements.

Important areas of the department's work are high-quality teaching of English, scientific and methodological, research activities, and educational work.

The department trains students in the following bachelor's degree programs:

by directions:

• Philological education
• Philology 

Master's degree: 

• Philological education

Mission of the program “Philological education” — to prepare teachers who are capable of effective communication and global literacy through the development of an understanding of language, literature and culture, critical thinking and pedagogical experience.

The faculty of the department is distinguished by highly qualified teachers with extensive experience, who train students using the latest methods of teaching English. Many teachers have completed internships in foreign countries, such as: USA, Great Britain, Russia, India. As a result of close cooperation with the U.S. Embassy and consulates, the following native speakers from the United States were recruited to volunteer: Sylvia Schulz – Fulbright Scholar, 2010, Demetria Lee – English Language Fellow, 2011, Austin Cook – Fulbright English Teacher Assistant, 2012, George Brice – Fulbright, 2013, Kyle Olsen – Fulbright English Teacher Assistant, 2014, Grace Kenneally – Fulbright English Teacher Assistant, 2015, Danielle Wolfe – Peace Corps 2017, Denny Lam – English Language Fellow, 2018, Melissa Silva – Fulbright English Teacher Assistant 2019, Samantha Salvatori – Fulbright English Teacher Assistant 2020, Chris Alford – English Language Fellow 2020, Suzanne Diehl -Fulbright English Teacher Assistant 2021, Wendy Finlayson- English Language Fellow 2022-2023

R&D

The organization of research work at the department includes working with postgraduate students, conducting scientific research, preparing and publishing textbooks, teaching aids, monographs, articles and scientific reports, holding conferences at the faculty, and participation of teachers in conferences held at other universities.

Research topic of the English language department  “Comparative and contrastive study of languages at various levels (grammatical, lexical and morphological)”.

The department's research work is carried out in accordance with individual research topics developed by the department. Annual planning, implementation and summarizing of research results are reflected in the individual plans of each teacher.

Research

In addition to the scientific work carried out by teachers, departments actively conduct research work among students, which is an integral part of the education and training of qualified specialists.

Student research work (SRW) – this is a targeted individual scientific knowledge, the results of which appear in the form of an analysis of articles, documents, including basic factual information and conclusions, with additional interpretation or critical comments of the author.

The selection of the UIRS topic is carried out in accordance with the proposed list.

Name of the Circle: Talking Club/UIRS

Goals of the circle: Introducing students to the cultural life and education of the United States

Tasks: 

• To develop students’ speech, language and educational-cognitive competencies; 
• Increase motivation to learn English using authentic material;
• Expand your vocabulary by watching videos and meeting with guest speakers.

The following guest lecturers visited the students of the English Department:  

• US Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Pamela Spratlen 2014
• US Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Sheila Gwaltney 2016
• US Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Donald Lu 2019
• Representative of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Kyrgyzstan Jan-Paul Dirks
• Trevor Olson, Deputy Director of Public Affairs, US Embassy spokesman.
• Consul Erica Hosking, representative of the American Embassy.
• Second Secretary, Political Advisor, Political-Economic Section Howard G. Cheung, Representative of the American Embassy.
• Head of the Political and Economic Section of the US Embassy in Kyrgyzstan Sonata Coulter
• Ambassador's Advisor for Cultural and Educational Affairs Corey Bickel
• Ambassador's Adviser on Cultural and Educational Issues Miranda Lupion
• Peace Corps Volunteers: Phoebe O'Dale, Drake Mayo, Laida Lee, Eric Hurst, Katherine Delgago, Daniel Wolfe, Neng Li.
• Head of Human Resources Parvez Khan, representative of the American Embassy.
• Writer, journalist, researcher Christopher Edling
• English Language Teaching Specialist Stephen Gomes
• Jazz singer Michelle Baron
• Elena Cortes is a Native American from the Karuk tribe located in northwestern California.
• Brianna Hawk, U.S. State Department official
• Safire Carrington, US Administrative Specialist in the Kyrgyz Republic
• Shaina Crum, Director of Public Affairs for the U.S. in the Kyrgyz Republic
• Heather Latino, Program Manager, Public Relations

PRACTICE (please write in text format, where, in what schools it takes place, according to the contract)

According to the curriculum, the following types of practical training are carried out at the English Department:

in the direction of “Philological education”:

• Adaptation and pedagogical practice
• Professional basic practice
• Professional and specialized practice
• Pre-qualification practice

in the direction of "Philology":

• Educational practice
• Teaching practice
• Pre-qualification practice

LIST OF DISCIPLINES IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT

No.	DISCIPLINE	DIRECTION	COURSE/SEMESTER
1	Foreign language	Philological education	1/1,2
		Philology	1/1,2
2	KPV (Linguistic Databases/International Tourism	Philological education	2/3
		Philology	2/3
3	Practical course of the main language being studied	Philological education	1/1,2, 2/3,4, 3 /5,6, 4/ 7,8
		Philology	1/1,2, 2/3,4, 3 /5,6, 4/ 7,8
4	Phonetics of the language being studied	Philological education	1/1
		Philology	1/1
5	Management in education	Philological education	2/3,4
		Philology	2/3,4
6	Methods of teaching the languages being studied	Philological education	3/5,6
		Philology	3/5,6
7	Academic writing	Philological education	3/5
		Philology	3/5
8	Elective courses	Philological education	3/5, 4/7,8
		Philology	3/5, 4/7,8
9	Linguistic analysis of text	Philological education	4/7
		Philology	4/7
10	Business conversation	Philological education	4/8
		Philology	4/8
11	Stylistics of the language being studied	Philological education	4/7
		Philology	4/7
12	Literature of the country of the language being studied	Philological education	4/7,8
		Philology	4/7,8
13	Theoretical grammar of the language being studied	Philological education	4/7
		Philology	4/7
		Linguistics	4/7
		Translation and translation studies	4/8
14	Comparative typology of the studied and native languages	Philological education	4/8
		Philology	4/8
15	Lexicology of the language being studied	Philological education	3/6
		Philology	3/6
		Linguistics	3/6
		Translation and translation studies	3/6
16	Profile-basic practice	Philological education	3/6
17	Professional and specialized practice	Philological education	4/7
18	Pre-qualification practice	Philological education	4/8
		Philology	4/8
19	Introduction to Literary Criticism	Philological education	2/4
		Philology	2/4
20	Theoretical phonetics of the language being studied	Philological education	3/5
		Philology	3/5
		Linguistics	3/5
		Translation and translation studies	3/5
21	Analytical reading	Philological education	4/8
		Philology
22	Linguistic and stylistic analysis of the text	Philological education	4/8
		Philology	4/8
23	Adaptation and pedagogical practice	Philological education	3/6
24	Primary language	Philology	2/ 3,4, 3/5
25	Literature of the main language	Philology	2/ 3,4, 3/ 5,6, 4/ 7,8
26	Educational practice	Philology	3/6
27	Industrial practice	Philology	4/7
28	Theory and methods of teaching foreign languages	Linguistics	3/6
29	Teaching practice	Philology	4/7