Uzbekistan University Teachers Learn International Standards for Interpretation at ASU

The Caspian Higher School of Interpreting and Translation has issued advanced training certificates to six teachers of the Faculty of Translation Theory and Practice of the Uzbekistan State University of World Languages.

The visit of our Uzbek colleagues became possible thanks to the active development of Russian-Uzbek relations: last year, the Russian-Uzbek Educational Forum in Tashkent saw the signing of an agreement and development of an initial roadmap which implies active academic cooperation, exchange of pedagogical experience and implementation of joint projects.

The Uzbekistan State University of World Languages has put forward an idea on a double degree programme in partnership with Astrakhan State University, for which its teachers came to ASU.

Within the 2-week intensive advanced training course "Innovative Methods of Conducting Foreign Language and T & I Classes Using High-Tech Multimedia Equipment" the attendees studied the niceties of teaching interpreting and translation at the Caspian School according to the standards of leading international organizations.

The programme included daily classes with trainers of the Caspian Higher School of Interpreting and Translation who shared methodological know-how and practical experience, showed some electronic resources, useful for developing T & I skills, and technical innovations in the field of translation and interpreting training to their Uzbek colleagues. Besides, the guests attended MA students’ classes, where they observed the implementation of all these principles and methods in practice. They also took an active part in these classes, gave a feedback and shared their educational experience.

At the final meeting with Olga Egorova, the Director of the Project Office of International Cooperation & Development, the teachers of the Uzbekistan State University of World Languages thanked once again Astrakhan State University for the knowledge they gained over their two-week studies at ASU. They look forward to further fruitful cooperation, including in development of a double degree programme in interpreting and translation. The Caspian Higher School of Interpreting and Translation has many years of experience of implementing joint MA programmes: the School runs a joint MA programme on training interpreters with the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, as well as the network MA programme with Kazan Federal University. Developing academic relations with Uzbekistan will allow to add another project on joint training of interpreters to the record of Astrakhan State University and the Caspian Higher School of Interpreting and Translation, which is, undoubtedly, a huge advantage for the academic development of the Caspian macroregion and Central Asia.