Aidana Yerlan, a student of the TSPU, became the winner of the International "Scholar" contest held at the Chuvash State University named after I. N. Ulyanov, and also took third place in the contest in Russian as a foreign language "Learn Online" organized by the Tomsk State University.

Aidana came to study at the TSPU from Mongolia more than two years ago. She entered the Faculty of History and Philology in order to become closer to the beautiful language and Russian culture. She actively participates in contests dedicated to the great and mighty Russian language, constantly strengthening her knowledge and learning new things. In studying a foreign language and searching for interesting competitions to test her skills, including distance ones, Aidanа is assisted by teachers of the Department of Language Theory and Methods of Teaching Russian at the Institute of Philosophy.

“During the long quarantine, there was no opportunity to study in the classroom. To develop my knowledge, I decided to participate in online contests. It really helped me to keep up with learning the language, to continue to practice it, even while I stuck in my homeland”, — says Aidana.

As she notes, there were some difficulties in solving problems, which only made her eager to learn something new. For the student, it was especially easy to pass listening and vocabulary tests, since she is constantly in the linguistic environment, hears Russian speech, and practices it herself.

For the creative part of the contest "Learning Online", Aidana shot a video dedicated to the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning. The organizers of the "Scholar" also proposed to shoot a video about Russian culture and write an essay about any famous Russian doctor. The efforts and perseverance of our student were appreciated by the organizers and members of the jury of both contests: Aidana took the victorious and prize-winning places.

“In my opinion, the purpose of these contests is to promote the Russian language in the world, thanks to such competitions, the interest in studying it among foreign students is growing rapidly”, — says Aidana. As she emphasizes, thanks to such events, foreign students can not only improve their existing knowledge of the Russian language and culture of the Russian people but also constantly enrich them.

On April 9, the Tomsk State Pedagogical University celebrated the upcoming milestone date for the whole country — the 60th anniversary of the first man's flight into space. Within the walls of the university, a series of atmospheric events Science up #TSPUAbsoluteSpace took place.

For pupils of 9-10 grades of schools an intellectual and entertaining game "Cosmoquest in Pedagogical" was held in the city of Tomsk in the Scientific Library of the TSPU, during which the participants not only demonstrated their wit but also received new knowledge about space. The TSPU students accompanied the pupils:

“I helped schoolchildren find their way in our huge library. And while they were being tested, I learned a lot for myself. For example, in 2006 the last planet was transferred to the status of a dwarf planet. I have never heard of this. I was glad to broaden my horizons”, — says Nikolai Korablin, curator of the "Cosmostars team", a first-year student at the Institute for Nuclear Medicine.

The quest featured nine educational playgrounds from the faculties and Institutes of the TSPU. For example, at the "ISS Bureau of Investigation" station, the students asked the participants to find out, using logic and attention, which of the crew members of the spacecraft made an emergency landing and what was his motive. At the “Space Fitness” location, the schoolchildren showed their athletic level and were trained for the flight. The psychological difficulties experienced by the cosmonauts and the methods of dealing with them were discussed at the "Cosmic Psycholectorium". The contestants were able to learn more about nutrition for the crew of the spacecraft in the "Space Kitchen", and the students of the Faculty of Physics and mathematics helped the teams to look into the radio receiver and study its structure at a location "Technical Station Gromozeka". Sorting garbage in space, peculiarities of the structure and composition of planets — the participants learned about this and many other things at our "Cosmoquest".

"It was great to feel like real detectives at the station of the Institute of Foreign languages and international cooperation. They also told us about the composition of the planets and the structure of a radio receiver, such a seemingly familiar object”, — says Yana Smirnova, a member of the“ Cosmostars ”team, a student of the school №4.

However, not only the participants and their curators, but also the school teachers who accompanied the children, despite many years of experience in teaching natural sciences, were able to discover something new about space at the TSPU:

“It was surprising for me to learn about some facts from the life of Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin. Since I am a physicist, I also liked the station where they talked about radio. In my lessons, I can not always show it, but here is such a detailed, visual layout with a demonstration", — says Olga Alekseevna Kurakova, a physics teacher at secondary school №4.

The teacher notes that children will be able to transfer the knowledge acquired on the TSPU quest to their friends at school and motivate them to take part in such games in the future. Olga Alekseevna also emphasizes the high importance of such events for modern youth, since the younger generation should know about the achievements of all mankind:

"I am very impressed by this format, because the topical contests, for example, are just a test for the mind, but here there is an element of the game that unites the guys, motivates them to learn something new."

After completing all the tests and counting the votes, the winners and prize-winners of the quest were determined. However, no one left empty-handed: the teams received gifts from the partners of the quest — the "Tomskoye Moloko" company, the Tomsk Planetarium, the "Angaria" ice cream factory, and the "Siberia" radio station. The quest was completed by a photo session of the participants who were able to "try on" the spacesuit.

In addition, students and all interested Tomsk residents were invited to the "Space in a grown-up way" — a series of fascinating popular science lectures prepared by the best Tomsk lecturers as part of the celebration of Cosmonautics Day. At the meeting, the audience examined the Universe in detail, heard the "voice" of the Galaxy, and traveled back to April 12, 1961, when the first man went into space.

In the official part, popular science reports on the topic were presented by city scientists. Iosif Lvovich Buchbinder, Russian theoretical physicist, doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, professor of TSPU, in his lecture "The first steps of cosmology" told how the origin of this science took place and what its questions still remain open.

Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Zyryanov, a researcher at the Tomsk Planetarium, in his speech on the topic "Space Tomsk" told about outstanding scientists, engineers, designers, and cosmonauts from Tomsk, who were involved not only in the first launch of a spacecraft with a passenger on board but also made a huge contribution to the further development of Soviet and Russian cosmonautics.

Alexey Removich Arzhanik, associate professor of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the TSPU, not only gave a lecture on the organization of communication via satellites but also showed a visual experiment that confirms the theory.

Alexei Removich noted the opportunity of each student to make a significant contribution to the development of astronautics:

“Our graduates not only become teachers and work in schools but also find their vocation in such rapidly developing promising industries as astronautics. Studying at TSPU, they acquire broader knowledge than just subject knowledge, so after university, they achieve great success”, — said the associate professor of the Physics and Mathematics Faculty of the TSPU.

Space travel into the depths and secrets of the Galaxy did not leave indifferent any participant of the Science up #TSPUAbsoluteSpace events: this is confirmed by numerous reviews and posts on social networks published by the guests of the program. This feedback shows that it is important and necessary to talk about space in a scientific way since Tomsk citizens are eager to obtain and expand their knowledge.

The women's student basketball team of the TSPU under the leadership of Oleg Valerievich Smirnov defeated the nine-time champion of Siberia and entered the list of eight strongest teams that will meet in the All-Russian playoff.

The Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University (NSPU) has not lost since 2012, holding its position among other teams and not interrupting its 127-match winning streak. However, this time the TSPU team also did not want to concede and literally snatched the victory from the rivals. The teams were neck and neck This, of course, made the game tense, but very interesting for viewers and fans. The result was sensational: 62:59 in favor of the TSPU!

“Before the game, the coach told us: 'I feel we will win tomorrow'. Maybe his confidence in our strength was passed on to us. We went out in the mood to play for fun, to show our best basketball, and to be one solid team on the court. The girls from the bench played an equally important role in this victory: they charged us with their support throughout the game”, — says Snezhana Suvorova.

Of course, everyone in the team is significant, but there are also distinguished players. For example, Snezhana Suvorova became the best player in this legendary match:

“During the game, I didn't think about scoring the points. The only thought was to give all the best, to leave all the forces on the site. I do not think that I was somehow very different, because each of us did everything possible for this victory. Every rebound, interception, every ball that all the girls from the team fought to made this victory possible".

The athletes noted that the NSPU team was confident in their victory, and therefore played especially calmly. All previous matches with this team were just as difficult. And this time they did their best to bring victory to the Tomsk Pedagogical. The participation of the TSPU team in the Last-8 of the Belov League will definitely go down in the history of women's student basketball in Siberia and basketball at the TSPU.

"Thank you for your congratulations! Many people (including teachers, university graduates, and students) sincerely congratulated me today. It's nice that you believe in the team! — Elena Senchenko, a student of the TSPU says. — The team spirit helped to win. We went with anger and throughout the game, we were actively defending and attacking. In general, TEAM play and desire helped. The entire cast supported and believed in each other for 40 minutes".

As the coach of the TSPU team Oleg Valerievich Smirnov, candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor of the Faculty of physical culture and sports, said, it was not so easy to join the training process after a break due to the virus, therefore, from the very beginning of the season, the athletes trained hard, gained shape:

“There were no definite tactics against the NSPU team: we played offensively, as usual, defended ourselves by the zone, since the opponents' players were superior to our team in height, so we needed reinforcing guardianship under the basket. I said the girls to play for their own pleasure. I think the most important thing is that basketball is fun for the players themselves".

The strong desire of our athletes to win was also noted by the coach of the NSPU national team Andrei Volkov:

“Already during the game at the divisional stage (51:46) the TSPU gave us a lot of trouble, we tried to draw conclusions, but we did not succeed in what we wanted to accomplish... Congratulations to the team of the Tomsk Pedagogical and Oleg Valerievich on a well-deserved victory and going to the next stage”.

We are proud of you, our athletes, and are ready to support you in the fight against the Ural Federal University in Tomsk and Yekaterinburg!

20 teachers from 15 regions of the country passed a competitive selection to participate in the advanced training program "Teaching Mathematics in the Primary School Course" at the Sirius Educational Center in the city of Sochi. A route sheet to the program was awarded to Timur Talgatovich Gazizov, professor, doctor of technical sciences, associate professor of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University.

At the selection stage, candidates submitted personal questionnaires and cover letters, in which they described their professional goals and expectations from the program. The interview with experts was a crucial task. The best of the best went to Sochi for new knowledge and experience.

As part of the six-day program, teachers got acquainted with modern teaching methods of schoolchildren and studied the specifics of the formation of developmental education programs for schoolchildren of 7-11 years old. Four main topics were examined in particular detail: graphs, strategies, motion problems, combinatorics. In addition, after passing the courses, the participants were able to master the programs for preparing students for intellectual competitions of various levels. This program has become unique, since earlier at the Sirius center, courses were aimed at children from graduation classes. Now the teachers have the opportunity to dive into the specifics of the methods that are used in elementary school. The authors of the profile shift were members of the "Twice Two" creative laboratory, who are actively working with junior schoolchildren in Moscow.

As with any educational course, at the end of the program, it was supposed to defend the graduation work. Timur Talgatovich prepared a lesson on the topic "Heads and Legs" for 4 graders, which was later worked out in the course of students of the Institute of Childhood:

«As a result of the experience gained in Sirius, I was able to conduct a lesson for the students of the TSPU's institute of Childhood in the framework of the discipline "Theory of teaching mathematics in elementary school". Special thanks to the management of the Institute: I. A. Drozdetskaya and Associate Professor of the Department of Pedagogy and Methods of Primary Education N.V. Fetisova for cooperation».

With the help of improvised means, Students of the Institute were able to experimentally work out various mathematical exercises. For example, with only a sheet of paper, scissors, and glue, the students created a Mobius strip.

«Using simple mathematical exercises, we managed to conduct a very interesting visual experiment, which we will then show to our students and present them rather complex mathematical material easily and simply. It was very interesting!» — said the student of the group 682 of the Institute of Childhood Patskikh Ekaterina.

Gazizov notes that such courses are very important for the pedagogical staff of the TSPU: the experience of "Sirius" can be applied in various disciplines taught at our university, due to the universal nature of the received methods and forms of education.

Tatiana Gonchar, a graduate of the Faculty of Psychology and Special Education of the TSPU of 2020, became the youngest participant in the professional competition of teachers-defectologists "Teacher-speech therapist — 2021" was awarded the 1st-degree laureate diploma.

The professional competition "Teacher-speech therapist — 2021", which is held in Tomsk for the second year, consisted of three stages. The first round "Pedagogical discovery" was held remotely. The participants described the methodology they use in work and also presented personal websites. At the second stage (held live), the participants had to conduct an open lesson for an unfamiliar group of children according to the structure of the Federal State Educational Standard. As Tatyana notes, this test was the most exciting for her.

“It was necessary to find the very individual approach to each child, to gain trust, not to forget about the mastering of speech material. Of course, all of these factors provoke anxiety. Later, reviewing my lesson, I noticed mistakes that, it seemed, I would never have made under other circumstances. The knowledge that we acquire at the university becomes a powerful base for future professional activities. And the most important thing is to be able to use this it for good purpose”, — says Tatiana.

Despite the fact that Tatiana is already a graduate of the TSPU, she managed to maintain warm relations with the specialists of the Department of Defectology of the Faculty of Psychology and Special Education, to whom she can still turn for help. In addition, as the young teacher admits, from time to time she turns to her lectures, which she wrote during her student years.

As a result of the second stage, six finalists were announced, who in the final round held public reports at the academic lyceum of the city of Tomsk.

Having successfully passed all the tests and showing good results, Tatiana became the owner of the 1st-degree laureate diploma of the "Teacher-speech therapist — 2021" competition. During her acceptance speech, she expressed gratitude to the representatives of the Information and Methodological Center of the city of Tomsk for organizing and conducting the competition and noted that every participant got huge experience due to non-standard situations simulated at the competition.

The International Publishing House of Oxford University has published the book of the TSPU Professor Joseph Lvovich Buchbinder and Professor of the Federal University Juiz de Fora (Brazil) and the TSPU Ilya Lvovich Shapiro "Introduction to Quantum Field Theory with Applications to Quantum Gravity", Oxford University Press, 2021, 525 pages.

The book is based on the lectures given over a number of years by the authors at various universities and research institutes in Russia and abroad, including lecture courses in the master's degree in theoretical physics at the TSPU. Most of the book is intended for students, graduate students, and aspiring scientists specializing in the quantum field theory, high energy physics, the theory of gravity, and cosmology, and is aimed at bridging a certain gap between the level of university education and the educational level required for successful scientific work on topical problems of modern theoretical physics.

Vladimir Putin awarded the title of Honored Worker of Physical Culture of the Russian Federation to Anna Milovanova, senior teacher of the Department of Physical Culture and Sports Disciplines of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University.

Anna Vasilievna has been working in the field of physical culture and sports for almost half a century, of which she has been raising athletes in the Tomsk children's and youth sports school №1 for almost 20 years. Now she is a coach of the Tomsk Regional Athletics Federation "Distance" and teaches at the Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports of the TSPU.

During her work as a coach, Anna Vasilievna has trained more than 200 athletes. Among her pupils are six masters and 28 candidates for master of sports, winners and prize-winners of various competitions.

Anna Milovanova successfully combines coaching and teaching activities with refereeing, regularly participating in regional and all-Russian competitions as the chief referee and secretary. Anna Vasilievna has prepared and published more than 20 scientific articles, including the methodological work "Long-term training of a sprinter".

At the "Amber" skiing resort, the second stage of the "University Cup" sports event was held. Teams of six city universities took part in it, the TSPU took the second place.

Eight students of the Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports of the TSPU took part in the ski race (6 km) and the track and field race (5 km). Antonina Evseeva, Alexandra Abramova, Kirill Kompaniets and Danila Romanchenko competed in the "Running" discipline; the ski distance was covered by Maxim Tolkachev, Danila Baidashev, Elizaveta Kolchedantseva, Daria Kholbutaeva.

According to Kirill Kompaniets, the race was difficult: loose snow caused troubles, it took a lot of strength to deal with several steep climbs. Athletes had to choose a route wisely in order to quickly overcome a certain interval of distance, this required not only physical but also intellectual efforts.

In the athletics race, Alexandra Abramova and Antonina Evseeva came first and second among girls, respectively. In the overall standings, the team of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University was the second.

The future physical education teacher, student of the Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports of the TSPU Alexandra Askarova won the judo championship of the Siberian Federal District.

The competition was attended by athletes under 23 years old — representatives of all regions of the Siberian Federal District. Alexandra fought in a new category for herself — 63 kg.

After a successful performance, Aleksandra's coach, executive director of the Siberia judo sports club, Denis Nekrasov, shared his emotions with representatives of the "SportLatat" project:

“Of course, I am pleased with the performance of our athlete. I am happy not only because of the gold medal but also because of the quality of Alexandra's wrestling. During the tournament, she won against athletes from the Omsk region, Krasnoyarsk and Altai territories".

A. Nekrasov noted that the student of the TSPU will be actively preparing for the championship of Russia in judo.

Photo: "SportLatat" project.

Turkish is the largest language in the Turkic group of the Altai language family. Its phonetic and lexical-grammatical structures are fundamentally different from Russian and other Indo-European languages. Currently, there is no language training in Turkish in Tomsk, so finding a practicing translator with fluency in the city is an almost impossible task. However, specialists from the Institute of Foreign Languages ​​and International Cooperation of the TSPU are always ready to come to the rescue, they speak a wide range of foreign languages: from quite common English and German to the languages ​​of small endangered peoples.

For example, representatives of Sibkabel came with a request to provide translation services from Turkish into Russian: the company works with one of the suppliers of equipment for the cable industry - Aymak Makine Ltd., Turkey, which engineers arrived from Istanbul to Tomsk for commissioning. To implement successful communication for the period of a business trip of foreign specialists (02.25.2021 - 03.04.2021), an interpreter with knowledge of the Turkish language must be present.

Deputy Director, Associate Professor of the Department of Translation and Translation Studies Valeria Mikhailovna Lemskaya was sent to Sibkabel to carry out consecutive interpretation.

“Interpretation in industrial production is a very difficult task, there is a definite challenge: the preparation takes place in the shortest possible time, the subject matter is often very far from the usual discourse. The translator has to apply all his skills", — says the acting director of the Institute Anna Gennadievna Bogdanova.

The visit of Turkish specialists is not only an opportunity for the Tomsk manufacturing sector to develop international cooperation but it is also another opportunity for the TSPU to strengthen its position in the translation services market in Tomsk, including in the provision of translation services from a language rare for Siberia.