Faculty of Philology

The Department of Theory of the Kazakh Language and Teaching Methods at the Faculty of Philology of Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University is one of the foundational departments in the country for training teachers of the Kazakh language and literature. The department conducts research in the field of linguistic education and implements scientific projects that align with the strategic directions of our state.

Research works are published within the framework of patterns of linguistic norms during the transition to the Latin alphabet and problems of teaching the national alphabet, the methodology of level-based paradigms in teaching the Kazakh language, the linguistic content of Kazakh society, and topical issues of teaching the Kazakh language and literature in a new direction.

In its research activities, the department is guided by the study of classical and modernist issues related to communicative, functional, pragmatic, and structural linguistics, linguoculturology, and national values.

The scientific potential of the department is 78%.

Research Directions:

• national cultural code in Kazakh philology and innovations in education;

• research into the history of the Kazakh language and literature;

• innovative technologies for teaching the Kazakh language and literature;

• functional literacy: reading and writing literacy.

The department works in close cooperation with scholars from foreign higher education institutions, domestic research institutes, and universities.

Foreign Higher Education Institutions:

• Kazan Federal University (Russia);

• Gorno-Altay State University (Russia);

• Chuvash State University named after I. N. Ulyanov (Russia);

• Ege University (Turkey);

• Firat University (Turkey);

• Istanbul University (Turkey);

• Gazi University (Turkey);

• Mugla Sitki Kocman University (Turkey);

• Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University;

• National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek;

• Adam Mickiewicz University (Poland);

• University of Freiburg (Germany).

Domestic Research Institutions:

• A. Baitursynov Institute of Linguistics;

• M. O. Auezov Institute of Literature and Art;

• Y. Altynsarin National Academy of Education;

• Institute for Development of State Language;

• Institute for Educational Content Development.

Domestic Higher Education Institutions:

• L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University;

• Al-Farabi Kazakh National University;

• Kazakh National Women's Teacher Training University;

• A. Baitursynov Kostanay State University;

• M. Auezov South Kazakhstan University;

• M. Utemisov West Kazakhstan State University;

• K. Zhubanov Aktobe Regional University.

Over the past five years, the department has published nearly 100 scientific monographs, textbooks, and study guides. The faculty members make a significant contribution to the preparation of school textbooks "Kazak tili" and "Ana tili". The department works closely with publishing houses such as "Aruna", "Mektep", "Arman-PV", and "Kokzhiek", having prepared various school textbooks and educational-methodological guides. Annually, the faculty publishes over 200 research articles in leading scientific journals indexed in international databases Scopus and Web of Science, for scientific conferences, in the mass media, and in journals recommended by the Committee for Quality Assurance in Science and Higher Education of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The department prepares 5–6 candidates of sciences annually and supervises doctoral students in the specialty programs "8D01701 – Kazakh Language and Literature" and "8D02304 – Linguistics".