ESN Program

Fergana

✨We are elated that on August 17th the Training of Mentors (ToM) was held in Fergana and Jizzakh regions. ESN Coaches and ESN Core Trainers facilitated the sessions for more than 140 Regional Peer Mentors (RPMs) in the Scientific Research Institute named after A. Avloniy in Fergana and Jizzakh. We appreciate all efforts and hard work of ESN Coaches and Core Trainers. 🍿Now enjoy the videos from ToM sessions. Stay tuned for more updates!

We are happy to inform you that today the Training of Mentors (ToM) started in Kashkadarya region. ESN Coach, Karen Kuhel, and ESN Core Trainers facilitated the sessions for 33 Regional Peer Mentors (RPMs) in the Scientific Research Institute named after A. Avloniy in Karshi. The ToM is designed to prepare the Regional Peer Mentors (RPMs) to take on the role of mentor and support other English teachers in their professional growth. The ToM kicks off the RPM-Mentee Community of Practice Cascade. The ToM consists of 4 parts: Working with Adults, Mentoring vs Training, 6 Principles and TETE Planning Session, and Community of Practice (CoP). At the end of ToM, the RPMs received their certificates for successfully completing a 60-hour professional development course in the spring and summer. The professional development course was based on TESOL International Association's The 6 Principles for Exemplary Teaching of English Learners and George Mason University's Teaching English Through English. Stay tuned for more updates on ToM sessions across all the regions of Uzbekistan.

Application for Central Asian Spelling Bee Contest 2022 is Now Open! ✨Challenge your mind and win! 🇺🇸American Councils for International Education in Uzbekistan is implementing Central Asian Spelling Bee Contest - 2022 with funding received from the U.S. Embassy Tashkent! 📌ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANT (must meet all of these requirements): - Must be a citizen of Uzbekistan - Full-time undergraduate university or institute student - Between the ages of 18 and 25 - Cannot have participated in previous Regional Central Asian Spelling Bees in Bishkek, Almaty, and Dushanbe 🔗Please submit your application via registration link for the Round 1 Note: A notification email with the contest date will be sent separately to the registered participants. If your town is not on the list, find the closest location and sign up For inquiries, please follow the program announcements: Instagram | Telegram | Facebook | Website

Three more ESN Participants Win Fulbright TEA Program🎉 Billura Ikramova from Bukhara, Bahadir Mambetkarimov from Karakalpakstan, and Adiba Parpieva from Namangan will take academic seminars for professional development at US Universities coming fall, 2022. The Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) Program brings secondary-level teachers of English, English as a Foreign Language, math, science, and social studies, including special education teachers in those subjects, to the United States for a six-week program to take academic seminars for professional development at a host university and to observe and share their expertise with teachers and students at the host university and at local secondary schools. American Councils Uzbekistan is happy for the professional achievements of ESN program participants. We wish good luck on their study! For more information click here

Dear ESN program participants, Please be kindly informed that from August month, the following links should be used to access you monthly report forms. CTs: https://ais.americancouncils.org/esn-ct Report submission deadline: August 15 RPMs: https://ais.americancouncils.org/esnreports Report submission deadline: August 20 If you have any questions, please contact us at esn@americancouncils.org Thank you, The ESN team

Makhprat Abdullaeva, an ESN Core Trainer from Tashkent, wins Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program. Through the Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence (S-I-R) Program, Pittsburg State University will host Makhprat Abdullaeva from August 17 to December 17, 2022. Fulbright S-I-R provides cross-cultural or international perspective to promote curriculum, program development and international activities. American Councils Uzbekistan is happy for the professional achievement of ESN program participant. We wish good luck on her study! For more information click here

✨Happy Friday! Four ESN participants from Fergana region win Fulbright TEA program. Umidakhon Usmonova, Zulfizar Mansurova and Dilnoza Tohiboeva will take academic seminars for professional development at Montana State University coming fall, 2022. Nazirakhon Nasimova will go to the U.S. in winter, 2023. The Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) Program brings secondary-level teachers of English, English as a Foreign Language, math, science, and social studies, including special education teachers in those subjects, to the United States for a six-week program to take academic seminars for professional development at a host university and to observe and share their expertise with teachers and students at the host university and at local secondary schools. We are happy for the professional achievements of ESN program participants. We wish good luck on their study🥳 For more information click here

We are thrilled to share the full version of the TESOL Conference film with a set of interviews from inspired professionals. Please enjoy watching the video🍿

✨Happy Monday! On June 13-16, TESOL International Association hosted first Central Asia Regional Conference in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in partnership with U.S. Embassy and American Councils for International Education. The four-day TESOL Conference served as a learning and networking event for TESOL members across the world to discuss modern teaching methods and pedagogical classroom approaches to teaching English as a foreign language. See the video covering the sessions, discussions and ceremonies from the event. Stay tuned for more videos!

We continue receiving videos from March - June cascading as well. Please see below the video shared by CTs from Bukhara. Once again we express our appreciation to all CTs, Coaches and RPMs for their great contribution to the program!🎉 Thank you!

✨Happy Friday! We are thrilled to share great news about the end of additional CT-RPM cascading sessions coordinated in Bukhara and Fergana regions in July 🎉 We appreciate the hard work of Core Trainers on leading additional cascading trainings.

Andizhan region CTs and RPMs inspired by attending TESOL Conference in Tashkent, arranged a post TESOL conference event in Andizhan on June 24, 2022. During the event, CTs and RPMs presented various materials about innovate English teaching techniques. Many RPMs who attended TESOL conference presented for first time at the event. Besides presentations, the event included workshops, poster sessions and a raffle. We would to express our appreciation to CTs and ESN family in Andizhan for sharing their knowledge with the peers! Great job, congratulations! 👏👏👏

🍿Enjoy the series of videos about the first TESOL Regional Conference in Central Asia. Here are Day 2 video highlights🥳 #day2 #TESOLconference

🍿Enjoy the series of videos about the first TESOL Regional Conference in Central Asia. Day 1 video highlightes the conference launch ceremony and the sessions🥳 #day1 #TESOLconference

Happy Tuesday all✨ We are excited to share some insights of Oleg Beliy from Karakalpakstan, ESN Core Trainer, TESOL Conference participant, about the conference: “This TESOL Conference is a great opportunity for English teachers of Uzbekistan to share our views and opinions with our colleagues from other countries presenting on the conference to share our insights related to current trends in education as well as to see the different innovative methods of English language teaching. It is important for us to recognize that, as educators, we have a real responsibility to create small communities in our classrooms. You know, sometimes a simple affirmation from an engaged, caring teacher can absolutely change a whole students life forever. I believe all these set of talks, presentations and workshops we attend at the conference will enable us to meet the demands and needs of all our learners as well as tj enhance their resilience and that of our entire educational system in Uzbekistan.”

TESOL Regional Conference for the first time in Central Asia. The TESOL Regional Conference is bringing together more than 500 English language teaching professionals from 22 countries to participate in 4- day event, 13-16 June, at INHA University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The aim of the conference is to share the best practices and current research relevant to English language teaching (ELT) and English for international capacity building. Topics include learner-centered, communicative English instruction; digital and multiliteracies; and ELT professionalism within a Central Asian context. The conference is supported in partnership with the U.S. Embassy Tashkent and American Councils for International Education and in complement to the English Speaking Nation Secondary Teacher Training Program.