Dr. Timothy Collins, Regional English Language Officer of the U.S. Embassy in Astana visited S.Toraighyrov Pavlodar State University.

The purpose of the visit was to identify the main tasks for the training of foreign languages teachers, the issues of trilingual instruction and instruction in the updated programs of the modern higher school.

During the meeting, Rector of S.Toraighyrov PSU, Candidate of Philisophical Sciences Gaukhar Akhmetova told the guests about the main activities of the university and the existing educational programs in English. She also noted that within the framework of this project the PSU had a number of experience with experts from the United States of America.

In his speech, Timothy Collins told about the educational project "English Language Fellow", which provides for the work of an English teacher from the United States of America for one academic year in higher educational institutions.

T. Collins added that last year only two out of eleven teachers worked in Kazakhstan. This year it is planned to increase their number to five.

The guest also talked about a large number of applications for participation, which are being selected, emphasizing that PSU has several advantages in view of close interaction wiith foreign colleagues and a high-quality interuniversity partnership.