November 1, Associate Professor of the Department of Social and Humanitarian Disciplines and World Languages ​​Tsyrenzhapova G.G. conducted an open lesson on the topic “Official documentation for internal and external use” for 1st year students of the educational program “Information Technologies in the Electric Power Industry”. After familiarization with the terms and definitions, the main types of official documentation, requirements for language tools and the style of their presentation, as well as “Model rules for documenting document management in state and non-state organizations of the Republic of Kazakhstan” were considered, knowledge of which is necessary and important in future professional activities. Students made presentations in which they demonstrated an understanding of the content, common features and differences in the purpose and design of specific types of official documentation. Students` practical skills were reinforced by written assignments on writing official documentation: a letter to a business partner, an explanatory note, a statement, editing document texts with grammatical errors, etc. The teacher`s posing of problematic questions, students` answers and reasoning and a creative approach to preparing presentations contributed to a lively and interesting conducting classes at a sufficiently high scientific and methodological level.