Since 2018, teachers of the Department of Theory and Practice of Foreign Languages successfully practice binary classes with foreign teachers - native English speakers and note the positive results of joint pedagogical activity.
In the current academic year, Israel Beyene Mogis and Kebir Mohammed Jemal, Ethiopian citizens, graduates of the Ethiopian University of Architecture, Construction and Urbanization, work in the Department of Theory and Practice of Foreign Languages as English teachers and conduct binary classes with teachers of the department. Kebir Mohammed Jemal combines teaching at the Department of Architecture. It should be noted that Israel Beyene Mogis and Kebir Mohammed Jemal already worked as a teacher of academic English in the last academic year under the Bolashak program as volunteers and left positive impressions for students and teachers, which allowed them to continue working in ENU.
Another foreign teacher conducting binary classes with teachers from the Department of Theory and Practice of Foreign Languages, Jacob Levitan also came under the Bolashak program as a native English speaker - a volunteer from the Washington University in Saint Louis Jacob combines work at the Department of Tourism and the Department of Theory and Practice of Foreign Languages.
Binary lessons are one of the forms of realization of intersubject communications and integration of subjects, therefore binary lessons are the most effective way of organizing a clear and compact presentation of educational material. This non-traditional lesson is taught by two or more subject teachers. The purpose of the binary lesson is to create conditions for the motivated practical application of knowledge, skills and abilities, to give children the opportunity to see the results of their work and get joy and satisfaction from it. Binary lessons require a lot of training, both for the teacher and the students, so it is impossible to conduct them often.
Moreover, since September 2018, the Department of Theory and Practice of Foreign Languages, as a full-time teacher, has been a Master of Education, a citizen of the USA and Mexico, Jose Umberto Baeza Estrada, who is fluent in six foreign languages, explores the methods of using music in teaching foreign languages and currently studying for doctoral studies at an American university. Jose Umberto Baeza Estrada teaches specialized English and public speaking courses for 3rd year students.
