Department of Foreign Languages

Education

• 1995-1999. Kostanai State University named after A.Baitursynov, Qualification: Teacher of English and Kazakh.

Subjects taught

• English for Academic Purposes
• English for Special Purposes
• Professionally Orientated Foreign Language
• English and American Literature
• Basic Course of English

Work experience

• 1999-2000 Teacher of English, Pedagogical College, Rudnyi.
• 2001-2002 Teacher of English at School No.2, Kostanai.
• 2003 - to present day Senior Lecturer of the Department of Foreign Languages of Kostanay Regional University named after A. Baitursynuly. 

Certificates of professional development

• Facilitated offline course "English for Media Literacy", organised by the Association of Teachers and Teachers of English of Kazakhstan and the Regional Language Office of the US Embassy in Kazakhstan, 74 hours. Due April-May 2022.
• Online Coursera course: "Writing and Editing: Drafting", University of Michigan, January 2024, 72 hours. 
• Refresher course on "Innovative Approaches in Pedagogical Research and Teaching Professional Pedagogical Subjects", Turkey (21 September - 19 October, 2023).
• Professional development course "Neural Networks for Teachers: from Theory to Practice", SKLAD Online Educational Platform, Czech Republic, Prague, 2 April - 31 May, 2024) (108 hours).
• Professional development course on the program "Practical Model of Implementation of Higher Professional Integrated Inclusive Education", KRU named after A.Baitursynuly, 05.06-21.06.2024, 72 hrs.

Awards and prizes

• Letter of Appreciation from the Rector of Kostanay State Pedagogical Institute.

Activities in the field of services

• Member of jury of city and regional Olympiads in English.

Publications

• Gerok-Erzhanova O.V., Podavets O.D. "Teaching English Grammar to Young Learners" / Norwegian Journal of development of the International Science - Oslo, Norway - #57/2021. - pp 34-36. ISSN 3453-9875.
• Gerok-Yerzhanova O., Podavets O. Podavets O., Gerok-Yerzhanova O. "The Semantic Characteristics of False Cognates and the Ways of their Identification" / Norwegian Journal of development of the International Science - Oslo, Norway - №80/2022. - pp 42-44. ISSN 3453-9875.
• Gerok-Erzhanova O.V., Podavets O.D. "How to Teach Students to Make Complex Interpretation of a Text / Peer-reviewed scientific journal "Tendencies of Development of Science and Education" - Samara, No. 72, Part 5 Izd. SIC "L Zhurnal". - 2021. - pp 109-112. DOI 10.18411/lj-04-2021-p5.
• Gerok-Erzhanova O.V., Podavets O.D., Idrisova M.I. "QR code in the project based learning with Disney cartoons / Russia and Europe: the connection of culture and economy" XXIX International Scientific and Research Conference - Prague, Czech Republic Publishing House WORLD PRESS s.r.o. - 2021. pp 69-73. ISBN 978-80-88005-63-6.
• Gerok-Erzhanova O.V., Podavets O.D. "Some Peculiarities of Metaphor and Metaphorical Hyperbole in the novel 'The Great Gatsby' by Francis Scott Fitzgerald" / Norwegian Journal of development of the International Science - Oslo, Norway - №107/2023. - pp 56-59. ISSN 3453-9875.
• Gerok-Erzhanova O.V., Podavets O.D. "Specific Characteristics of Dependent Prepositions in the English language" / Norwegian Journal of development of the International Science - Oslo, Norway - № 107/2023. - pp 59-60. ISSN 3453-9875.
• Gerok-Erzhanova O.V. "Narrative Techniques in the Text Interpretation" / Norwegian Journal of development of the International Science - Oslo, Norway - №125/2024. - pp 84-85. ISSN 3453-9875.
• Gerok-Erzhanova O.V. "The Realisation of the Literary Analysis" / GSJ - Global Scientific journal - Volume 12, Issue 1, January 2024. - pp 2298-2305. ISSN 2320-9186.
• Kudritskaya M.I., Gerok-Erzhanova O.V., Kushnina L.V., Plastinina N.A. "Professional Bilingualism of a Foreign Language Student: Cooperation with AI" / "3i: intellect, idea, innovation - intellect, idea, innovation" - Multidisciplinary scientific journal of Kostanay Regional University named after Akhmet Baitursynuly - No. 2 June 2024 - pp. 183-191 - DOI: https://doi.org/10.52269/22266070_2024_2_183.
• Gerok-Erzhanova O.V. "Rubrics and Assessment of Students with Hearing Difficulties in the subject 'Intensive Reading' / XI International Scientific and Reseach Conference "World science priorities" - Vienna. Austria - July 04-05, 2024. - pp 59-63. DOI https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12701678.
• Kudritskaya M.I., Gerok-Erzhanova O.V., Bermukhambetova A.A., Idrisova M.I. "Embedding Assessment into Classroom Activities to Enhance Learning Opportunities" - Znanstvena misel journal - Slovenia - #90/2024 - pp 43-47. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11358251.