The Uzbek State World Languages ​​ University

History of the department: Since September 2021, the Department of Theoretical Disciplines of the French language has begun to function as a new, separate established structure, within which students of 3-4 bachelor's and master's courses are trained. Currently, 23 highly qualified specialists teach at the Department of Theoretical Disciplines of the French language.

Head of Department: Gulsanam Achirbekovna Rakhimova.

The main staff of the teaching staff includes:

2 professors

1 associate professor

2 senior teachers

5 teachers

7 trainee teachers

Total - 17 teachers

Teachers who are part of the freelance staff:

1 candidate of sciences, associate professor

1 senior lecturer

2 teachers

2 trainee teachers

Total - 6 teachers

The scientific potential is 30%.

Scientific topic of the Department of Theoretical Disciplines of the French language: "Modern linguistic directions of the French language."

The following teachers of the department conduct research work in the following areas and specialties:

1. Kamolova Sanobar Jabborovna – the topic of the dissertation "Functional-pragmatic variability of anthroponyms in French discourse" (Dsc) for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philology in the specialty 10.00.04 – Language and literature of the peoples of Europe, America and Australia.

2. Rakhimova Gulsanam Ashirbekovna – "Phraseological and linguistic features of the expression of the female image in Uzbek and French fairy tales" (Dsc) for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philology in the specialty 10.00.06 – Comparative translation studies, comparative linguistics and literary studies.

3. The scientific topic of Tadjieva Holida Holikulovna is "Etymological, semantic, national-cultural features of zoonymic phraseological units", specialty 10.00.04 – Language and literature of the peoples of Europe, America and Australia.

4. Scientific topic of Sharipova Gulzhakhan Bolikulovna – "Linguocultural and structural-semantic specifics of the language of fairy tales (on the example of fairy tales of the French and Uzbek languages)", specialty 10.00.04 – Language and literature of the peoples of Europe, America and Australia.

The teaching staff of the department conducts constant scientific activity. So, for the 2021-2022 academic year, 1 textbook, 90 international articles and 30 international abstracts were created and published in 25 journals included in the Higher Attestation Commission. In the 2022-2023 academic year, 10 articles and 5 abstracts were published in international publications:

1. D.Yakubov, N.Karimova. Grammaire pratique de la langue française. Morphologie I, Grammaire pratique de la langue française. Morphologie II, Grammaire pratique de la langue Française (Syntaxe).
2. G.Rakhimova. Badiiy tarjima va bolalar adabiyoti. Monographн. Moldavie, 2022.
3. N.Ruzibayeva, N.Nuriddinova. Educational and methodical manual "Le français", Niveau A2/B1.
4. S.Kamolova. Manuel de français électronique (electronic reference book on the subject of French).
5. S.Kamolova. Manuel de Français électronique (electronic textbook on the subject of French (November 2022).
6. S.Kamolova published a monograph "Discursive-pragmatic interpretation of French anthroponyms".

On November 19, 2021, a meeting was held at the Faculty of Romano-Germanic Philology with the participation of the attache for Regional Relations in the field of education of the Embassy of France in Uzbekistan Serge Belini and an employee of the Department for Cultural Relations of the Embassy Ulugbek Mansurov. A conversation was organized on the topic of teaching French, about the conditions created for teachers and students.

On December 7, 2021, within the framework of international cooperation, a remote round table on the topic "Uzbekistan and France" was organized jointly with the Lyceum Saint-Marthe-Shavagnes (Saint-Marthe-Shavagnes, Angouleme).

On January 18, 2022, within the framework of international cooperation, a videoconference was organized in cooperation with the Angulème Saint-Marthe-Shavagnes Secondary School (Saint-Marthe-Shavagnes). The videoconference was attended by teachers of the department, 3rd year students, as well as students of the Saint-Mart-Chavan Secondary School.

Following which on January 21-28, 2023 a delegation of 5 people (3 teachers and 2 students) headed by deputy director of the Saint-Martin-Chavannes high school Jean-Luc Noireau stayed within the framework of bilateral cooperation and for put in place the exchange of professors and students. We organized a talk with the university authority and a seminar within the framework of the international day of comics for the students and professors of the faculty.

Since 2014, the Department of French Language Theory of the Uzbek State University of World Languages, together with the University of Sergy-Pontoise of the Versailles Academy (ESPE) in France, has been successfully participating in the international credit mobility project (2020-2022 academic years) under the Erasmus+ program. The FFRA 1901 student Alloberganov Amirkhan and the 2nd year master's student Gakhorov Firdavs took part in this project.