Keyword: «seminar»

The article briefly presents the history of the English and German departments of the Department of foreign languages. The time span is 20 years: from 1970 to 1990. The article provides information, first of all, about the most prominent teachers, whose contribution to the development of the department is difficult to overestimate. Examples of the interaction of students and teachers are given, and the participation of two departments in the development of a harmonious system of work with school teachers is described.

The article is devoted to the issues of organizing a seminar lesson in a secondary vocational educational organization, the functions of the seminar in the educational process, the activities of the teacher and students in preparing for the seminar and con-ducting it. It was revealed that the seminar as a form of education requires a high level of independence from students, and thoughtful methodological activity from the teacher. Stu-dents should be able to work with various sources, compare the opinions of different au-thors and draw their own conclusions. Preparing students for the seminar includes search-ing and reading literature on a given topic and making notes. In the process of preparing and conducting the seminar, students are required to meet higher demands in terms of independence, initiative and ability to work with literature, which contributes to a better un-derstanding and assimilation of the material studied. Preparing a teacher for a seminar includes choosing a topic for a lesson, planning, asking questions, and selecting literature. Lesson topics are planned in advance in the course work program and can be selected based on various criteria. The seminar performs several valuable functions, such as cogni-tive, control-evaluative, developmental, activity-based, educational, etc. It complements the educational process, allows students to develop professional skills, improve analytical thinking, and contributes to their learning of effective communication and interaction.