Kostanai State Pedagogical University

The best speaker is at the KSPU!

On February 15-17, 2019, the traditional northern international parliamentary debate tournament "KSU CUP XIII" was held in Kostanay State University named after Akhmet Baitursynov.

The tournament was organized by Akhmet Baitursynov Kostanay State University and the ”Akhmet Urpaqtary” Debate Club. The tournament consisted of 5 qualifying rounds with access to the semi-finals, finals, as well as the Final of Young. In total, 48 teams were admitted to the tournament.

The students of the Department of Foreign Languages of the Faculty of Philology of Kostanay State Pedagogical University named after U. Sultangazin took part in the debates in English: Diana Temirkhanova (2^nd year), Aruzhan Timirbekova (1^st year) and Zhanibek Utkelbaev (4^th year).

The topic of the debate in the English league was "Social Justice and Human Rights". The tournament itself consisted of three rounds: the first one in the British format, the second one in the American format and the third (decisive) one in the Lincoln-Douglas format.

Both of our students won prizes: Diana Temirkhanova got the 1^st place and the” Best Speaker” nomination, Aruzhan Timirbekova got the 2^nd place.

Congratulations to our debaters with a big win! Keep it up!