A meeting was held at the Kazakh National Women’s Teacher Training University with Kim Kyung Ryun, Professor at the Faculty of Korean Language and Literature at Sookmyung Women’s University in South Korea, and Lee Byung Jo, Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Oriental Studies of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.
The event was attended by Aktolkyn Kulsariyeva, Member of the Board – Vice-Rector for Scientific Work and Strategic Initiatives of QyzPU; Saltanat Dzhakubayeva, Director of the International Cooperation Department; Zhazira Ailauova, Head of the Department of Foreign Language Teaching Methodology and Interdisciplinary Communication; and Bayan Saйдаева, Senior Lecturer of the Department.
The purpose of the meeting was to get acquainted with the academic potential of Sookmyung Women’s University and to define areas for developing international cooperation between the two higher education institutions.
The parties discussed issues regarding the organization of semester and annual academic exchange programs for students, master’s students, and faculty members, the development of Korean as a Foreign Language (KFL) teaching methodology, and the holding of training and professional development courses for Korean language teachers. In addition, the possibility of organizing a lecture series by Professor Kim Kyung Ryun was considered.
During the meeting, the participants discussed holding joint forums and round tables in the fields of science, education, and management to promote women’s leadership, as well as implementing joint research projects in oriental studies, pedagogy, and comparative linguistics.
Following the meeting, representatives of QyzPU and Sookmyung Women’s University outlined future steps for preparing a Memorandum of Cooperation.
