Annotation: Changes in the education system have influenced the content of education in primary school. Working with younger students requires teachers to use modern methods. Determining the leading principles of teaching, the priority strategies of learning and the organization of an English lesson is what contributes to the 36 Вестник Инновационного Евразийского университета. 2018. № 1 ISSN 1729-536X effectiveness of teaching. The article is devoted to the analysis of the characteristics of teaching English in elementary school in the context of updated educational content. The authors reviewed the elements of the lesson, methods and techniques of organizing the educational process in primary school, described the factors affecting the effectiveness of training. The authors also tried to uncover a number of problems and give recommendations that arise in connection with the tendency to learn English in primary school.

Annotation: This article identifies the leading development trends of gender education at higher school of the post- Soviet Central Asian countries. Ones relate, firstly, to the legal and regulatory framework for the implementation of gender ideas at higher education. Secondly, trends are related to the conditions for organizing gender training. Thirdly, trends are manifested in scientific activity on gender studies at the universities of the CA countries.