A round table on the theme "Being a Volunteer is more than a profession," in the Year of the Volunteer

          On the 3^rd of December, 2020 teachers of Foreign Languages Department of the Faculty of Philology Zhanaeva Zh. A. and Zhandildinova A. M. held a round table on the theme "Being a Volunteer is more than a profession," in the Year of the Volunteer with the 1- year students Stat-11 and Аu-13/Au-19 in online format on the Microsoft Teams platform.

The purpose of this event was to discuss with students the importance of volunteer activities and inform about the movement of volunteers in Kazakhstan.

First, students of both groups presented prepared reports in the form of presentations, they briefly mentioned what volunteer organizations exist, what events and actions they conduct and how this movement is developing in Kazakhstan. Later there was a discussion of various issues related to the popularity of the volunteer movement and what should be done to attract young people to this responsible and socially useful activity.

During the event, students who participated in volunteer activities shared their personal experiences and tips with other students. Many students supported the view that one should "be kind and help people", "those who help others help themselves" and that "Volunteering is a vocation". Students talked about how you can become a volunteer, where you can apply, and most importantly, what qualities you need to have and what benefits participation in such activities can bring.

To deepen the knowledge and motivate students, a test was prepared on the Kahoot platform on general information on the topic of Volunteering. Students of both groups actively participated in the quiz and showed that they were well prepared and studied the topic related to the work of volunteers. At the end of the event, there was a final discussion on the topic of the round table. Students had a particularly lively discussion and put forward various suggestions on how to raise a kind and responsive youth and what measures should be taken to motivate more people to join the volunteer movement.

Information and innovative technologies were used during the event. All tasks were interactive.

\The event was very lively. Students learned a lot of new information, as well as shared their personal experience and knowledge.