Smirnova Lyudmila

Professional biography

Professor of the Department of Foreign Languages at Satbayev University.

Qualification – Secondary school English language teacher, work experience - 39 years.

1976-1977 – English Language Instructor, Chair of Foreign Languages, Shymkent Pedagogical Institute

1977-1999 – Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor of the Kazakh State University of International Relations and World Languages 1998-1999 – Associate Professor of the Diplomatic Academy Chair of Foreign Languages

2006-2016 – Assistant Professor, Associate Professor of the Kazakh-British Technical University, International School of Economics

2016-present – Professor of Satbayev University. The English Language Program Coordinator. The Head of the Reading Club for young teachers.

The author of 54 publications in the area of English Grammar, Text linguistics, Methodology of Teaching English, Critical Thinking.

Certificates:

1989 – English Studies Course, Ealing College of Higher Education. London, Great Britain.

1998 – Cambridge Examination in English for Language Teachers Certificate Course.  Level One. British Council, Almaty.

1998 – International House Certificate Course in the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language to Adults. Soros Foundation, Almaty.

2003 – Communication Skills Workshop. Vienna, Austria.

2004 – On-line Teacher Training Course in Critical Thinking Skills. University of Oregon

2014 – Webinar “Shaping the Way we Teach English”. US State Department, Almaty.

2015 – Online Teacher Development "Shaping the Way We Teach English, 1: The Landscape of English Language Teaching. US State Department, Almaty.

February, 2021. ELTOC-2021. Oxford Professional Development Conference. Oxford University Press.

March-April, 2021. A series of webinars ‘Student-Centered EFL Teaching’organized by the US Embassy Regional English Language Office and the KazTEA. 

October, 2021. ELT Together 2021. Oxford University Press.  November, 2021. EP Skills Training Rooms. Oxford University Press. 

November, 2021. Virtual KazTEA Forum 2021. Reimagining EFL Education in the Post-COVID-19 Era: Creating New Perspectives for Learning. 

February 7-19, 2022. Speaking Assessments in Multilingual English Language Teaching.

Education

1. 1972-1976. Almaty Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages

2.  1982-1986. M. Torez Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages, Candidate of Philology, specialty “Germanic Languages”.