Meet Your Prospective Mentor: Nilufar Tillayeva!

Meet your mentor who is happy and ready to help you become a teacher-researcher!

Hello fellow teachers! My name is Nilufar Tillayeva. I received my MA in TESOL from Webster University in Tashkent, Bachelor’s Degree in English philology from ASPIL. Currently, I am an adjunct professor and ESL instructor in the MA TESOL   program at Webster University in Tashkent.

My ambitions: I would like to contribute to the quality of EFL teaching in Uzbekistan, investigate the issues of the field, and be a valuable asset to the education system of Uzbekistan.

Message to your mentees about the training:

• Are you teaching nonstop?
• Are you concerning a lot?
• Are you preparing tons of worksheets?

BUT

• Have you achieved the desired outcomes?
• Have you ever analyzed your way of teaching comparing 21st-century skills?
• How can уou define a 21-century teacher?

My research interests that I would like to help my mentees with: critical thinking in EFL classes, curriculum design, material design, assessment.

Keep in mind, Teaching is not enough today. Teachers are not only teachers. They are researchers, material designers, assessors, etc. If you want to enjoy your work, try to solve the problems which are happening in your class, do not make an assumption, address the experienced teachers and experts. Apply your findings in the class and share your success and research findings with your community (at the local and international level). The starting point is always difficult. The NETRUZ PROJECT will definitely help you to find out yourself as an inquiring teacher and a researcher.

Don’t forget you are the right person to change your class, your community and the world.