Faculty of Philology

The Department of Kazakh Literature and Teaching Methodology named after Academician S. Kirabayev at the Faculty of Philology of Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University is one of the leading departments in the Republic of Kazakhstan, providing training for future teachers of the Kazakh language and literature, as well as young literary scholars and philologists. The Department conducts literary and pedagogical research and implements scientific projects in line with the strategic priorities of the state.

The Department publishes scholarly works addressing актуальные issues in teaching methodology and exploring nomadic culture within contemporary literary discourse.

The Department’s academic focus includes the study of classical, modernist, and postmodernist literature, as well as their connections with national values.

The scientific potential of the Department составляет 86.2%.

Research areas include:

- national cultural code in Kazakh philology and innovations in education;
- historical periods of Kazakh literature;
- innovative technologies for teaching Kazakh literature;
- functional literacy: reading and writing literacy.

The Department maintains close cooperation with scholars from зарубежных universities, domestic research institutions, and higher education establishments.

International partner universities:

- Ege University (Türkiye);
- Fırat University (Türkiye);
- Istanbul University (Türkiye);
- Gazi University (Türkiye);/
- Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University (Türkiye);
- Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University;
- National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek;
- Gulistan State University (Uzbekistan).

Domestic research institutions:

- M. O. Auezov Institute of Literature and Art;
- A. Baitursynov Institute of Linguistics;
- I. Altynsarin National Academy of Education;
- Institute for the Development of Educational Content.

Domestic universities:

- L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University;
- Al-Farabi Kazakh National University;
- Kazakh National Women’s Teacher Training University;/
- E. A. Buketov Karaganda Research University.

Over the past five years, the Department has published approximately 50 scientific monographs, textbooks, and учебно-methodological manuals. The Department makes a significant contribution to the development of school textbooks. Through close cooperation with the publishing houses Ata Mura, Mektep, Arman-PV, and Kokzhiek, the Department prepares school textbooks and teaching-methodological materials. Annually, more than 100 scholarly articles are published in mass media, domestic and international journals, conference proceedings, journals included in the list of the Committee for Quality Assurance in Science and Higher Education of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as in leading scientific journals indexed in the international databases Scopus and Web of Science.

The Department supervises doctoral students in the programs 8D01701 – Kazakh Language and Literature and 8D02308 – Literary Studies, and annually prepares 2–3 PhD graduates.