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Akhanov's readings "LANGUAGE, INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION AND NATIONAL IDENTITY: A VIEW TO THE FUTURE "
4/5/2018The Faculty of Philology and World Languages of al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Almaty, Kazakhstan) in cooperation with the Applied Linguistics Association of Kazkahstan (Almaty, Kazakhstan), Taraz University of Innovation and Humanities (Taraz, Kazakhstan), Kings College London (London, England), Aitmatov Academy (London, England), Vienna University of Economics and Business (Vienna, Austria), Istanbul University and Al-Farabi Center for Eurasian Research of Istanbul University (Istanbul,Turkey) are pleased to host the 21st Annual International Conference Akhanov’s Readings which will take place on April 5-6, 2018 at al-Farabi Kazakh National University in Almaty in the framework of the 5th International Conference «Farabi World».
The conference Language, Intercultural Communication and National Identity: a view to the future aims to bring together researchers and teachers from all over the world who are interested in such problems in the field of both general linguistics and its applied areas.
The conference program includes various topics related to all areas of linguistics and education, covering globalization and integration in social life, the reflection of these processes in the language and intercultural communication, traditions and innovations, the issues of global and national identity, the universality of language and culture, the particular culture, a foreign language teaching, aspects of applied linguistics. The conference will consider the following priority areas:
Key problems of contemporary and applied linguistics
Cognitive linguistics
Discourse analyses
Intercultural/Multilingual Education;
Innovation in language teaching and learning
Progressive and regressive dynamics in the language history; the problems of language loss and revitalization
Media communication and journalism Researches in pragmatics
Semantics. Sign Language; translation problems
Language teacher training
Language teaching methodology
Teaching a foreign language to young learners
TESOL / TESL / TEFL
A wide range of problems related to the teaching of foreign languages and studies in the field of linguistics, literary studies and journalism.
Qualifying round of the Olympiad in the Russian language
3/28/2018THE 1ST ROUND OF THE REPUBLICAN INTELLECTUAL OLYMPIAD "THE BEST LINGUIST - 2018" WAS HELD IN KAZNU
It is recalled that one of the main tasks of modern education is the education of a multilingual competitive specialist, capable of dynamically orienting himself in a new linguistic, political, economic and social environment. In this regard, a number of events (olympiads, contests, round tables, seminars, etc.) are held in one of the leading universities of the country - the Kazakh National University, among which the special place is the annual intellectual Olympiad «the best linguist - 2018» which conducted within the framework of the "Young Linguist" club's activity of the Department of General Linguistics and European Languages of KazNU and the Center for Russian Language and Culture at the University (Director, Ph.D. Umatova JM). Members of the club are students, undergraduates, PhD students which interested in the problems of modern linguistics. The scientific advisors of the club are the teachers of the department - Doctor of Philology Zh.K. Ibraeva and Candidate of Philology M.K. Mambetova. The Olympiad is held with the purpose of revealing and developing students' creative abilities and interest in research activities, promoting knowledge of languages, and promoting the professional orientation of future specialists.
Chekhov A.P. "Gull"
3/18/2018March 18, 2018 the head of the center "Russian language and culture" Umatova Zh.M. Together with students of KazNU. Al-Farabi visited the theater. M.Yu. Lermontov in Almaty, where on a small stage the classical work of the recognized classic of Russian literature, AP Chekhov, was viewed. "Gull".