NETRUZ Teacher-Research and Mentor Training 2025

Dear teacher educators, school teachers, teacher trainers and student-teachers,

NETRUZ: Network of English Teacher Researchers in Uzbekistan is pleased to announce the next online training for teacher educators who teach future English language teachers in Uzbekistan. We also welcome school teachers who are involved in mentoring novice teachers or student-teachers during their teaching practice (practicum).

The purpose of this training is to train future mentors of teacher-research and integrate exploratory action research in pre-service teacher education programmes in the universities of Uzbekistan. We will expect a close collaboration with you to bring changes to the teacher education programmes.

If you are training future English language teachers and want to develop your collaborative and reflective learning through teacher-research, JOIN our training programme, which will start in mid-August 2025. 

The innovative training course consists of two parts: 

- Teacher-research mentor training

- EAR training in the areas of pre-service teacher education. You will collaboratively develop EAR projects with students and school teachers.

 

The course lasts several months, namely between mid-August and December 2025. The outcomes of your research projects can be presented at various conferences and published. 

The registration for this course is CLOSED. Please email if you have registered but haven't heard anything from us. The training course begins on August 23, 2025. You can write an email to elya.menglieva@gmail.com or netruzproject@gmail.com. 

Teacher-Research Training: 3rd cohort

Dear English language teachers of Uzbekistan,

NETRUZ: Network of English Teacher Researchers in Uzbekistan is pleased to announce the next training on classroom-based research, namely exploratory action research, that will be organized online for English language teachers and teacher educators.

If you would like to improve your research skills, explore your teaching practices, and develop your collaborative and reflective learning through our workshops and regular meetings, you should then JOIN our training program which will start on November 27, 2023!

This training is for English language teacher educators who would like to expand their knowledge and improve their teaching practices and research skills. The training will last for 2 months: December 2023 and January 2024.

• Are you a teacher who is interested in doing classroom-based research?
• Are you a teacher who is interested in finding solutions and improving your classroom practices?
• Are you working in a school, a university, a lyceum, or a college?
• Can you dedicate a minimum of three hours every week (or more if you like) to training and doing research?

If yes, please register your interest using the Google form till November 27, 2023. The link is here.

Best wishes,

NETRUZ

Call for teacher researchers: Round 2

Dear English language teachers of Uzbekistan,

NETRUZ: Network of English Teacher Researchers in Uzbekistan is pleased to announce the opening of a new call for teacher-researchers who would like to be trained in classroom-based research. 

If you would like to improve your research skills, explore your teaching practices, and develop your collaborative and reflective learning through our workshops and regular meetings, you should then JOIN our training program which will start in January 2022!

This training is for experienced (over 2 years of teaching experience) teachers and practitioners who would like to expand their knowledge and improve their teaching practices and research skills.

• Are you a teacher who is interested in doing classroom-based research? 
• Are you a teacher who is interested in finding solutions and improving your classroom practices? 
• Are you working in a school, a university, a lyceum, or a college?
• Can you dedicate a minimum of three hours every week (or more if you like) to training and doing research? 

If yes, send your contact details (email, phone number, telegram number) and a brief personal statement (max. 100 words) outlining where you work (as a teacher) and why you are interested in this project to the following email: netruzproject@gmail.com by November 30, 2022.

Best wishes,
NETRUZ

NETRUZ and NamSU Conference - Call for Articles

Namangan State University

Network of English Teacher Researchers in Uzbekistan (NETRUZ)

Call for Articles

Namangan State University and NETRUZ (Network of English Teacher-Researchers in Uzbekistan) are pleased to announce the call for papers for the International Conference on New Trends in English Language Teaching and Teacher Education. The conference will be organised on May 27-28, 2022 at Namangan State University.

The conference aims to bring together English language teachers, practitioners, teacher educators, teacher trainers, researchers, teacher-researchers, mentors to discuss the current issues and trends in teacher education and ELT in Uzbekistan. Besides, this will serve as a platform for NETRUZ teacher-research mentors and action researchers to share their exploratory action research findings and experiences with practitioners.

Papers could be on the themes mentioned below.
● Teacher research (action research, reflective research, exploratory action research, etc.)
● Teacher professional development
● Teacher Training Education
● Digital materials for online teaching
● Teachers’ voice in curricular and educational change
● ELT Methodology and Creative Teaching Methods
● Language Education Policy and Leadership
● Creativity, Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
● Language Assessment
● Teaching EAP and ESP
● Inclusive language education
● Language and Culture

Requirements for conference materials:

1. All full paper submissions (reviews, conceptual, and research papers) will be peer-reviewed and evaluated based on originality, accuracy, and relevance to the conference themes. Make sure that your papers are plagiarism-free and do not duplicate the works of others and yours.
2. Make sure that your submitted materials do not contain many grammatical and mechanical errors and follow clear organisation. Your materials should be written in ENGLISH.
3. The submitted materials submitted to the conference are expected to be in the 2,000 - 4,000 word range.
4. The text of the papers must be typed in A4 format, with Times New Roman, size 12pts., 1 line spacing, 2 cm margins on all sides, in docx. rtf. format, no paragraph spacing. Don’t number pages.
5. Follow the format: on the first line - Write THE TITLE OF THE TOPIC (in capital letters), the second line - last name, first name of the author, the third line - affiliation (workplace), position, the fourth line - a 100-word abstract in English and Uzbek. Use headings where needed.
6. In-text citations and references are required. The references and in-text citations should follow the APA (American Psychological Association) 7th Edition style. The list of references should be placed at the end of the text.
7. Papers that meet all the above-mentioned requirements will be included in the conference proceedings and recommended for the presentation at the conference.
8. If you want to present at the conference, please mention it in the conference participant’s form (see Appendix 1). NOTE: As we have a limited number of slots for presenters, we will select the presenters based on the originality and relevance to the conference's main themes. You can still attend the conference without article submission or presentation.
9. All articles must be submitted to the following email: netruz.conference1@gmail.com

Languages of the conference: English, Uzbek, Russian.
Submission deadline: April 20, 2022.
The article submission fee: 20 000 sums per page
Payment method: The conference contact person will inform the selected authors and the payment method will be communicated to the selected authors’ articles.

Conference venue: Namangan State University
Address: 161 Boburshokh Street, Namangan, Uzbekistan,
Index: 160107
Phone: +998913423913 (Telegram)
Email: netruzproject@gmail.com; netruz.conference1@gmail.com

ReSIG: Teachers Research! Online 2021 International Conference

ReSIG: Teachers Research! Online 2021 International Conference - December 10-11, 2021

NETRUZ's 6 teacher-researchers have done fantastic exploratory action research projects. They explored their teaching practices and took actions to bring changes into their classroom.  These teacher-researchers will be presenting at the ReSIG: Teachers Research! Online 2021 International Conference on December 11, 2021 at 14:00 (UK time)/ 19:00 (Tashkent time). 

Who are these wonderful teacher-researchers?

 Ensuring students` engagement in task completion

 Malika Mirvokhidova, EAP teacher

TEAM University, Uzbekistan

Teachers expect from their learners active participation and completed tasks. However, expectations are not always met and this can make teachers more encouraged to explore their classroom practices. This presentation aims to share the EAR findings, which focuses on challenges related to student engagement and task completion and the ways to overcome them.

Students’ low level of motivation while studying remotely

Dildora Khallyeva, ESP teacher

University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Uzbekistan

This talk is aimed at those who would like to learn how to increase students’ motivation to study online. I will also share my research findings on the reasons for students’ low motivation and suggest some feasible ways of making them more engaged in online classes.

Making online grammar learning engaging for students

Feruza Erkulova, EFL Teacher, PhD Student

Namangan State University, Uzbekistan

School graduates are required to take grammar tests to enter national universities. This is the reason why they mainly focus on their grammar development. This research investigates the difficulties students faced while studying grammar online. It also suggests ways to overcome these difficulties.

Motivating students to develop their autonomy

 Dilafruz Sarimsakova, EFL Teacher

Namangan State University, Uzbekistan

Developing autonomous learning has always been a core issue in ELT for years as it promotes students with a positive environment, motivating, encourages collaboration, and social interaction. The presentation refers to my EAR results on how to motivate students to develop their autonomy.

Strategies for pairing EAP foundation year students for speaking activities

 Ella Maksakova, EAP Teacher Researcher

British Management University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Being an EAP teacher at a foundation year program at EMI university in a non-English-speaking country imposes some context-specific challenges on teaching and learning EAP. The purpose of this research is to share the findings on the reasons for the unwillingness of EAP students to participate in speaking pair work activities and consequently on changes observed after some actions were taken.

How to develop critical thinking in students’ writing

 Nilufar Tillaeva, Adjunct Professor

Webster University in Tashkent

EFL learners usually find writing challenging due to which they can become less motivated and engaged in it. The research focuses on how the integration of critical thinking in writing activities influence their language development.

The presentation sessions by NETRUZ teacher-researchers (ROOM 3) will be livestreamed in the following Facebook group: 

Room 3 – https://www.facebook.com/groups/mentoringTR [Mentoring Teacher-research Facebook group]

Stay tuned,

NETRUZ

Call for teacher researchers: We are looking for you!

Dear English language teachers of Uzbekistan,

NETRUZ: Network of English  Teacher Researchers in Uzbekistan is pleased to announce the opening of a new call for teacher-researcher who would like to be trained and mentored to do classroom-based research. 

This project is funded by Hornby Trust and British Council. The main aims of this project are to develop the network for English language teacher-researchers and teacher research mentors, train English language teacher research mentors and teacher-researchers, and allow teachers to share their best teaching practices.

If you would like to improve your research skills, explore and analyse teaching practices, and develop your collaborative and reflective learning through our workshops and meetings, you should JOIN our mentors’ training program which will start in October 2021! This training offers the opportunity to experienced (over 2 years of teaching experience) teachers and practitioners who would like to expand their knowledge and improve their teaching and research skills, and become professional teacher-researchers.

• Are you interested in doing research, particularly classroom research? 

• Are you interested in finding solutions and improving your classroom practices? 

• Are you working in the educational sector and can dedicate a minimum of two hours every week (or more if you like) to training and mentorship? 

Send your contact details (email, phone number, telegram number), your CV, and a brief cover letter (max. 150 words) outlining why you are interested in this project and how you can benefit other teachers in terms of research and classroom practices to the following email: netruzproject@gmail.com by September 10, 2021.

Best wishes,

NETRUZ Mentors

NETRUZ Research Sharing Workshop 3

NETRUZ Project welcomes our next guest speaker Darío Luis Banegas who is a lecturer in TESOL in the School of Education, University of Strathclyde, Scotland. 

He is also an associate fellow with the University of Warwick. He carries out research on CLIL teacher education in different settings. His main research and pedagogical interests are: CLIL, action research, teacher education, inclusive language education, and curriculum development.

Darío Luis Banegas will share his experience on how to write a literature review for research articles with the Uzbekistani teacher-research mentors on May 22, 2021, at 7 pm (Tashkent time). The title of his workshop is "Who's afraid of the words "literature review"?".

If you also want to attend the workshop which will be delivered via ZOOM, please send your contact details to netruzproject@gmail.com.

NETRUZ Research mentor training course

 

The NETRUZ Project has launched its first Teacher research mentor training course this week. 

The purpose of this course is to train English language teachers of Uzbekistan in research. This course will help teachers improve their teaching practices by integrating action research, exploratory action research in classrooms, increase their research literacy and implement context-appropriate methodologies.

12 English language teachers who are working in educational institutions (schools and universities) of Uzbekistan were selected to take part in this course and become TEACHER RESEARCH MENTORS.  They are 

Aziza Kadirova (Bukhara School 2),
Dilafruz Sarimsakova (Namangan State University),
Ella Maksakova (Webster University in Uzbekistan; Moscow State University of International Relations (MGIMO); British Management University in Tashkent);
Feruza Erkulova (Namangan State University, EFLT),
Guljahon Narimova (Samarqand State Foreign Languages Institute),
Gyulsanem Kurbanova ( Nukus #46 school, Nukus, Republic of Karakalpakstan),
Khilola Maksudova (UzSWLU),
Klara R. Nazmutdinova (UzSWLU; Webster University in Tashkent);
Malika Mirvokhidova (Kudratova) (TEAM University),
Nilufar Tillayeva (UzSWLU),
Nozima Mukhtarova (Tashkent school-227),
Zukhra Ikanova (Branch of Astrakhan State Technical University in Tashkent Region).

All of them are interested in doing research and having more research-informed teaching practices.

We welcome our research mentors to our course!

Call for teacher research mentors

Dear English language teachers of Uzbekistan,

We are pleased to announce the opening of our call for mentors who would like to be trained and share the received knowledge with other teachers within a new project NETRUZ: Network of English  Teacher Researchers in Uzbekistan. 

The link of our project’s blog: https://netruz-project.blogspot.com/.

This project is funded by Hornby Trust and British Council. The main aims of this project are to develop the network for English language teacher-researchers and teacher research mentors, to train English language teacher-researchers and teacher research mentors, and allow teachers to share their best teaching and research practices.

If you would like to improve your research and mentoring skills and develop your collaborative and reflective learning through our workshops and regular meetings, you should JOIN our project and mentor training program now! This project offers the opportunity to experienced (over 2 years of teaching or research experience) teachers and practitioners to expand their knowledge and their research skills, and help to become professional research mentors.

• Are you interested in doing research, particularly classroom research? 

• Are you interested in finding solutions and improving your classroom practices? 

• Are you working in the educational sector and can spare a minimum of two hours every week (or more if you like) for training and mentorship? 

Send your contact details (email and phone number), your CV, and a brief cover letter (max. 150 words) outlining why you are interested in this project and how you as a mentor can benefit other teachers in terms of research and classroom practices to the following email: elyanoramenglieva@yahoo.com. 

Best wishes,

NETRUZ Core Trainers