Logo NUKUS STATE
PEDAGOGICAL INSTITUTE
NAMED AFTER AJINIYAZ

Foreign languages

Dean:

Dilmanov Ilya Orakbaevich
phone.: (+998-93) 712-64-64
e-mail: ilyusha.dilmanov@mail.ru
website: http://forlang.ndpi.uz

Brief history. The Faculty of Foreign Languages of Teacher-Training State Institute of Nukus was first founded in 1934 as the Faculty of the Russian Language and Literature. In 1963, it was renamed the Faculty of Foreign Languages.

The faculty has its own rich history and traditions. Its graduates are the famous scientists, academicians M.Nurmukhamedov, U.Khamidov; the heroes of Uzbekistan T.Kayipbergenov – the people’s writer of Uzbekistan and Karakalpakstan, the school teacher A.Uteniyazov and a number of other statesmen.

After the autonomization of the Teacher-Training Institute in 1990, which had previously functioned as Nukus State University, the Faculty of the Russian Language and Literature continued its activities until 1991. Later, it would be called first the Faculty of the Russian-English Philology, then the Philological Faculty, which united all the language departments of the Institute – Russian, English, Uzbek, Karakalpak and Kazakh, and in the second decade of the 21st century, the faculty would begin to function as the Faculty of Foreign Languages, which would traditionally include the Department of the Russian Language and Literature, from which the history of the faculty and the institute actually began, and the Department of the English Language and Literature.

The faculty management. The current dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Nukus State Pedagogical Institute named after Ajiniyaz is associate professor Ilya Orakbaevich Dilmanov – the author of the numerous works on the Russian, Uzbek, Karakalpak and Kazakh philology, a member of the editorial board of the Republican Popular Science journal of the International Taraz Innovation Institute “Vestnik ITII”, as well as the scientific and methodological journal of the Nukus State Pedagogical Institute named after Ajiniyaz “Science and Society”, a member of the Creative Union of Journalists of Uzbekistan . 

Before him, from 1990 to 2017, the following served as deans of the faculty: Professor K.Koschanov, Associate Professor B.Khoshanov, Associate Professor B.Shaniyazov, Associate Professor M.Abdullaev, Associate Professor G.Kurbayazov, Associate Professor D.Mamyrbayeva.

The professorial staff. Currently, the Faculty of Foreign Languages employs 71 lecturers, including 1 professor, 9 Cand.Scs. and associate professors, 10 senior lecturers, 8 Doctors of Philosophy (PhD).

Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees. The Faculty of Foreign Languages of Teacher-Training State Institute of Nukus works with students in the following bachelor’s degree programs:

60110901- “Foreign language and literature: English”;

60110902- “Foreign language and literature: German”;

60110800- “Native language and literature (Russian language and literature)”;

60111700- “Native language and literature (Russian language and literature in foreign language groups)”;

60110800- “Native language and literature: Russian language” (evening training).

In 2018-2019 academic year, the specialty “The Russian Language and Literature” was opened on the basis of the Master’s Department of Teacher-Training State Institute of Nukus, and in 2019-2020 academic year – the specialty “The English Language”.

The scholarship holders. For the several decades now, the most successful students of the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Teacher-Training State Institute of Nukus have annually participated in competitions for the Presidential and Republican personal scholarships.

Thus, in 2021-2022 academic year, a 3rd-year student of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, and now an assistant lecturer for the Department of the Russian Language and Literature of TEACHER-TRAINING INSTITUTE OF NUKUS, Musa Mubarakov, became a finalist of the Presidential Scholarship Programme, in the 2022-2023 academic year, a 3rd-year student of the English Language Department, Islam Dilmanov, also became a finalist of the most prestigious Presidential Scholarship Programme in Uzbekistan, what allowed him to continue his studies under the Master’s program at the Teacher-Training Institute after obtaining his Bachelor’s degree.

In the next 2023-2024 academic year, a 4th-year student for the Department of the English Language and Literature Department, Nursultan Nurniyazov, who is currently a 1st-year Master’s student at TEACHER-TRAINING INSTITUTE OF NUKUS. became a winner of the Presidential Scholarship Programme.

The current 2024-2025 academic year is also no exception in the terms of successful participation of the faculty students in the annual scholarship programs. This time, the Ajiniyaz Scholarship was awarded to a 2nd year student for the Department of the English Language and Literature Djumanazarova Dilnoza.

International cooperation. The Faculty of Foreign Languages actively cooperates in the field of education, science and innovation with many universities included in the top 1000 best universities in the world. For the purpose of mutually beneficial cooperation in improving the quality of higher education and integration into the international scientific and educational space, the faculty has concluded agreements with the leading universities of the near and far abroad: Moscow State Pedagogical University, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Eurasian National University after L.N. Gumilyov, Novosibirsk State Technical University, Volgograd Social and Pedagogical University, Lipetsk State Pedagogical University after P.P.Semenov-Tyan-Shansky, Russian State Pedagogical University after A.I. Herzen; Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Abay Kazakh National Pedagogical University and other universities of the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan.

The cooperation with the foreign universities plays a decisive role in mastering new pedagogical technologies and developing international relations at the Teacher-Training Institute. It allows the faculty lecturers to use the advanced pedagogical technologies and innovative methods of teaching foreign languages to the students in their classes. They, in turn, adopt these methods from their mentors and successfully use them during full-time teaching practice in a general school.

Among the international partners of the Faculty of Foreign Languages are also such organizations as the Consulate of the United States of America, the British Council, international foundations of the USA, Great Britain, Russia, France, India and other countries.

 Project activities. The Faculty of Foreign Languages actively develops scientific and educational cooperation with foreign universities and international organizations. Particular attention is paid to participation in innovative projects and academic mobility of the lecturers and students.

The management of the Faculty of Foreign Languages creates broad opportunities for scientific, educational and international activities of its employees. As part of this strategy, lecturers for the Department of the English Language and Literature as well as the Russian Language and Literature participate in a number of international projects and programs: English Access Microscholarship Program (grant of the US Embassy); Satellite Access Program (grant of the US Embassy); Development of training programs for lecturers of foreign languages based on multilingualism and multiculturalism. As part of the project, a memorandum was signed between the International School of Education in Vermont (USA) and Teacher-Training State Institute of Nukus. And also, the educational online project “Novosibirsk – Nukus” (Russia), academic mobility under Erasmus+ KA171 together with the Dresden University of Technology (Germany), cultural and linguistic initiatives with Lipetsk State Pedagogical University (Russia), as well as cooperation with institutions from more than 25 countries in Europe and the CIS have been implemented. These projects are aimed at developing Russian language teaching, academic exchanges, improving the qualifications of the lecturers and the intercultural interaction.

Departments. At the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Teacher-Training State Institute of Nukus after Ajiniyaz, there are currently three departments:

Department of the English Language and Literature, Department of the Russian Language and Literature and Department of Foreign Languages.

Department of the English Language and Literature

The Department of the English Language and Literature was founded in 1950 and has played a key role in training specialists in the English philology ever since. Today, the department employs over 30 lecturers, including 2 Cand.Scs., 5 PhDs., 3 senior teachers, 8 teaching assistants and 11 trainees. Work is underway to update teaching methods, to develop research, and to train bachelors and masters.

The department carries out fruitful work on training highly qualified personnel. The main task of the department is to train teachers of the English language and literature for preschool education institutions, secondary schools and secondary specialized education institutions. In this regard, more than 500 undergraduate students and 18 graduate students study in the areas of the English language and literature. All necessary conditions have been created for them: virtual classrooms, modern computers, projectors, interactive boards, as well as a professional information room, which contains many materials in the English, Russian, Uzbek and Karakalpak languages. Lectures and seminars are held using innovative educational technologies.

The department has three clubs: a conversation club, a writing club, and a research club, where the students and the postgraduates can improve their skills and spend their free time usefully.

The students for the English department actively participate in international and national conferences, more than 250 students have published their articles in the scientific journals and conference proceedings. The lecturers and the students of the department have received various international grants. Here are some of them:

1) English Access Microscholarship Program (US Embassy grant);

2) Satellite Access Program (US Embassy grant);

3) Development of training programs for lecturers of foreign languages based on multilingualism and multiculturalism. Within this framework of the project, a memorandum was signed between the International School of Education in Vermont (USA) and Teacher-Training State Institute of Nukus.

Head of the Department – Cand.Sc. (Pedagogy), Associate Professor Aliya Utebaevna Tajieva.

Department of The Russian Language and Literature

The Department of The Russian Language and Literature was opened on the basis of the Karakalpak State Teacher-Training Institute after T.G.Shevchenko in 1934. In 1937, the first 8 graduates of the faculty received diplomas of higher pedagogical education in the specialty “The Russian Language and Literature”.

At the time of its opening, the Department of the Russian Language and Literature employed only 2 lecturers. Until 1990, when the university, which had undergone a series of structural transformations from a Teacher-Training Institute to Nukus State University, again acquired the status of an autonomous pedagogical university, the scientific and pedagogical personnel potential of the department grew every year. The number of students majoring in The Russian Language and Literature also increased. Later, certified specialists in this field – graduates of the Faculty of the Russian Language and Literature of TEACHER-TRAINING INSTITUTE OF NUKUS – would make a great contribution to the development of education, culture, science and economy of the Republics of Uzbekistan and Karakalpakstan.

The department has its own rich history and traditions. The lectures were read to the students by the lecturers for the department – the famous scientists: the first academician of the KKASSR M.K. Nurmukhamedov, the author of the well-known Russian-Kapakalpak dictionary in the republic, a participant in the Great Patriotic War A. Turabaev; professors N.A. Urumbaev, A.A. Azizov, G.D. Petrov, E. Berdimuratov, A. Umarov, L.B. Hwang, K.M. Koshchanov, as well as associate professors A. Djaksybaev, P.I. Senin, A.N. Sidorov, A.Turabaev, B.Хoshanov, U.Yu. Matkurbanov, Yu.Kh. Matkurbanov, Z.A. Shamuratova and others.

The scientific potential of the department is growing from year to year. The lecturers of the department are the authors of the numerous textbooks, teaching aids, curricula, scientific publications and monographs. Among the well-known authors of the scientific works in the republic are the current and former philologists A.Turabaev, E.Berdimuratov, N. Urumbaev, A. Umarov, A. Sultanov, K.S.Saparov, K.M.Koschanov, A.Dzhaksybaev, U.Yu.Matkurbanov, Yu.Kh.Matkurbanov, B.Khoshanov, T.Khalmuratov, Z.A.Shamuratova, I.O.Dilmanov, N.Orymbetova, G.Allamuratova and others.

Currently, there are 22 lecturers working at the Department of the Russian Language and Literature of TEACHER-TRAINING INSTITUTE OF NUKUS, including 1 professor, 5 associate professors, 7 Cand. Scs., 4 senior lecturers, 3 assistant lecturers and 3 interns.

Head of the Department – Cand.Sc. (Philology), Associate Professor Nazira Aytmuratovna Turabaeva.

Department of Foreign Languages

The Interfaculty Department of Foreign Languages has been operating since 1954 and provides teaching of English and German to students of all bachelor’s degree programs at the Institute. The department consists of experienced lecturers and young specialists. The main emphasis in the work of this department is on practical skills and the formation of students’ communicative competence.

Every year the department is replenished with young, energetic and goal-oriented personnel. Currently, 20 lecturers of the department are involved in the educational process of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, including 2 associate professors, 1 candidate of pedagogical sciences (PhD), 4 senior lecturers, 12 assistants and 1 trainee teacher.

Currently, the Department of Foreign Languages is conducting comprehensive scientific work on the topic of “Methods of teaching and assessing foreign languages in educational programs that do not involve the study of foreign languages.”

In the process of teaching students, attention is paid to the development of listening skills, listening comprehension, reading, oral and written speech. Specially developed teaching aids, authentic articles in a foreign language, radio materials and Internet resources are used in classes; interviews, discussions, exchange of opinions, presentations on lecture topics are conducted.

Head of the Department – Doctor of Philosophy, Associate Professor Feruza Tulepbergenovna Kayipbergenova.