On January 13-14, 2021 the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, according to the University Plan, hosted a yearly regional subject olympiad in English in the format of the international exam IELTS organized by the Foreign Languages Theory and Practice Department. The registration of participants in the subject Olympiad took place online on the university website. According to the results, 164 participants were registered – students of secondary educational institutions of Kazakhstan. The opening ceremony of the Olympiad was held in virtual mode on the MS Teams platform on January 13, 2021, where Head of the ENU Vocational Guidance and Testing Center Umirzhan Sh. Kokayev and Dean of the Faculty of Philology Ardak B. Beisenbay made a welcoming speech. Schoolchildren heard from the representatives of the university administration instructions and wishes of success in participating in the Republican Olympiad, as well as brief information about the upcoming vocational guidance events of ENU – Online Open Door Activities and virtual meetings with students who would like to study in ENU in the future. To participate in the IELTS Olympiad, 105 participants joined the work of 6 virtual teams from among the teachers of the Department of Theory and Practice of Foreign Languages - students of schools, gymnasiums, lyceums and colleges of the 10th and 11th grades of Almaty, Aktobe, Akmola, Kyzylorda, Pavlodar, Zhambyl and other areas The Olympiad lasted 2 days and was held in 2 stages: 1st stage - academic writing, 2nd stage - speaking. Participants of the subject Olympiad showed the commissions of the Foreign Languages Theory and Practice Department, headed by Zhanna A. Beisembayeva. good knowledge of the English language, skills of oral public speech and academic writing worked out at school in compliance with the grammatical, lexical and stylistic features of academic English. After the meeting of the members of the Counting Commission from among the teaching staff of the Foreign Languages Theory and Practice Department, the following results of the Republican Subject Olympiad were derived:
1st degree diploma: Әsem Altynbek, Lyceum School No. 84, Nur-Sultan.
1st degree diploma: Mila Ryzhkina, I. Yessenberlin Gymnasium 25, Almaty.
1st degree diploma: Zhanelia Makhmutova, School for gifted girls in Nur-Sultan.
2nd degree diploma: Alikhan Zhanapov, School-gymnasium 22, Nur-Sultan.
2nd degree diploma: Alina Bekbosynova, I. Yessenberlin Gymnasium 25, Almaty.
2nd degree diploma: Laila Nurpeisova, School for gifted girls in Nur-Sultan.
2nd degree diploma: Aruzhan Tukeyeva, School-gymnasium 31, Nur-Sultan.
2nd degree diploma: Dariya Gapeyeva, T. Shakhanov secondary school №3, Yereimentau.
3rd degree diploma: Zhuldyz Koshanova, Lyceum School No. 72, Nur-Sultan.
3rd degree diploma: Zhansaya Azhdarova, School-gymnasium 81 Astana English School, Nur-Sultan.
3rd degree diploma: Dastan Shukanov, Nazarbayev Intellectual School of Chemistry and Biology in Almaty.
3rd degree diploma: Alikhan Sabyruli, Economic Lyceum of Nur-Sultan.
3rd degree diploma: Hamidullova Asemgul, Zhumabek Tashenov School-gymnasium №10, Nur-Sultan.
The faculty of the Foreign Languages Theory and Practice Department congratulate all the winners on their successful participation in the Republican Subject Olympiad in IELTS English held at the L.N. Gumilyov ENU!
Each participant of the Olympiad receives a certificate of participation! Congratulations!
