Dear pupils of schools, gymnasiums, lyceums!

The Department of Kazakh Literature and Theory of Literature of the Philological Faculty of Al-FarabiKazakh National University invites pupils of grades 9, 10, 11 to take part in the Republican online essay competition

" ZhambylZhabayev’s Poetic World", dedicated to Zhambyl Zhabayev’s 175th anniversary of the famous poet of the Kazakh people.

Competition organizer: Department of Kazakh Literature and Theory of Literature of Al-FarabiKazNU (E.K. Karbozov, Candidate of Philological Sciences, senior lecturer, s G.T.Ospanova, senior lecturer).

The purpose and objectives of the competition are:

- to develop patriotism, spiritual and moral values; to kindle students’ interest in creativity using new technologies;

- to awake the interest of schoolchildren in ZhambylZhabayev’s poetry.

- to develop creative thinking skills of schoolchildren.

The competition topics:

1. The great poet Zhambyl;

2. ZhambylZhabayev’s poetic skills.

Requirements for essay preparation:

The volume is 1.5 to 3 pages, WORD format, font type – 14 Times New Roman, linespacing–single, margins on all sides. All submitted papers will be checked by antiplagiarism program. The internet materials are mot accepted.

Criteria for essay-assessment:

Content, profundity of thought – 10 scores

The level of using literary material – 10 scores

Essay writing style – 10 scores

Spelling – 10 scores

Punctuation – 10 scores

Criteria and requirements for essay-writing:

The essay content: full coverage of the topic, an explicit statement of the viewpoint, adherence to the problem raised.

The essay structure: the skill to use the thesis and arguments, logically connect paragraphs, draw conclusions based on evidence.

The essay language: the use of figurative expressions and rich vocabulary

Linguistic literacy: the absence of spelling and punctuation mistakes, 1 spelling and 1 punctuational mistakes are allowed.

A pupil can earn up to 50 scores per essay.

The competition requirements:

• The deadline for the essay submission is 10 to 16 May, 2021 on e-mail: essaybaykay@mail.ru.

• The committee on the essay assessment will start its work 17 to 22 May.

• The competition results will be announced on May 24 through social networks.

• The competition winners will be awarded 1, 2 and 3 degree diplomas.

The papers which will be sent after the deadline will not be accepted. The main focus will be made on the importance of the essay topics.