Research and Professional Development

Conferences we organized

1. FLTAL 2018

The 8th Annual International Conference on Foreign Language and Applied Linguistics (FLTAL) organized jointly by CHE and partners took place on May 10th & 11th, 2018, at KIMEP University. There were 104 participants from 12 countries (USA, Great Britain, Brazil, Poland, Iran, Turkey, South Korea, Serbia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan) who took part in the conference, including 11 teachers from Almaty schools and gymnasiums. The plenary speakers at the conference were Dr. Jeannette Littlemore, Professor at the University of Birmingham (Great Britain), Dr. Guy Cook, Professor at King’s College (Great Britain) and Dr. Robert De Kaiser, Professor at the University of Maryland (USA). It was a notable event which focused on sharing research and building new networks.

2. KIMEP Student Conference 2018

CHE in collaboration with BCB and CSS organized 4th Annual Inter-University Student Conference on 30 November, 2018. The theme was “Rethinking the World in the Digital Age” welcoming undergraduate and graduate students from any field and university. The conference aimed to give students an opportunity to share their recent research, essays or presentations with the audience at large and initiate a discussion on their topics of interest. In addition, a poster exhibition was ongoing throughout the conference.

Conferences we participated

Local Publication

1. Abdramanova, S. (2018). Semantic analysis of Kazakh idioms with components of body parts and colours. Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Eurasian journal of philology: Science and education, 2(171), 58-66.
2. Bekeyeva, N. (2018). Teaching the Kazakh language as a means of professional communication and linguistics. Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Eurasian journal of philology: Science and education, 3(171), 192-197.
3. Lee, S. J. (2018). Input talks: A case study of one experienced preschool teacher’s use of English input. Journal of learner-centered curriculum and instruction, 18(16), 263-282.
4. Lee, S. J. (2017). Effect of two types of feedback on accuracy development of L2 writing. Journal of learner-centered curriculum and instruction, 17(17), 575-594.
5. Бекеева, Н. (2018). Қазақ тілін кәсіби қарым-қатынас құралы ретінде оқыту және лингвоелтаным бағыты. Eurasian journal of philology: Science and education, 3 (171), 190-195.
6. Ерназарова, З. Ш. (2018). Қазақ тілін оқутыдың аксиологиялық бағыты. Әл-Фараби атындағы ҚазҰУ, Хабаршысы, филология сериясы, 2(170), 201-208.
7. Ерназарова, З. Ш., Досмамбетова, Д. & Смагулова, Ж. (2015). Казахский язык для учащихся общеобразовательных школ с русским языком обучения, 5 класс. Алматы: Атамура.
8. Курманалиева, А. М. (2018). Әдебиет әлемінде: жалпы білім беретін мектеп оқұшыларына арналған танымдық оқу құралы. Алматы: Елтаным баспасы.
9. Тлеуов, А. (2018). Экономика публикационного режима и проблемы интеграции казахстанских ученых в глобальное научное сообщество. Central Asian Economic Review, 4, 128-138.
10. Смагулова, Ж. (2008). Словарь социолингвистических терминов (Dictionary of Sociolinguistic Terminology). Астана: Арман.

How to publish locally (seminar)

List of Scientific Publications recommended by the Committee for the
Publication of Primary Outcomes of Scientific Work

International Publication

1. Ahn, E. & Smagulova, J. (Eds.)(2016). Language change in Central Asia. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. [In the Contributions to the Sociology of Language series edited by Joshua Fishman].

2. Fleming, K. (2019). Language, scale and ideologies of the national in Kazakhstan. In Barrett T. A. & Dovchin, S. (Eds.), Critical inquiries in the sociolinguistics of globalization (pp. 66-83). Bristol: Multilingual Matters.

3. Fleming, K. (2019). Who is “diverse”?: (In)Tolerance, education, and race in Hong Kong. In Gube, J. & Gao, F. (Eds.), Education, ethnicity and equity in the multilingual Asian context (pp.89-103). Cham: Springer.

4. Fleming, K. (2019). Transformative multilingualism?: Class, race and linguistic repertoires in Hong Kong. In Jasper, J. & Madsen, L. M. (Eds.), Critical perspectives on linguistic fixity and fluidity: Languagised lives (pp. 122-145). London: Routledge.

5. Shegebayev, M. (2019). Emergence of the Latin alphabet in Soviet Central Asia and the Caucasus: A brief history. In Brunn, S. & Kehrein, R. (Eds.), Handbook of the changing world language map (pp. 1-7). Cham: Springer.

Ranking of Academic Publishers

Research Talks and Professional Development

Research & Professional Development Events Schedule

FALL 2019

The Language Research Association

Dr. Kara Fleming
kfleming@kimep.kz

The Language Research Association operates within the CHE to promote and support research related to language, linguistics, and language teaching.

The association includes scholars working in sociolinguistics, theoretical linguistics, and applied linguistics. We are especially interested in developing research within the following areas, related to a variety of international contexts but with a particular view toward developing research on Central Asia:

– Language policy
– Linguistic minorities
– Language ideologies
– Language acquisition and teaching (in collaboration with the Educational Research Association)
– Syntax

We host a series of seminars on language and linguistics, and we also involve KIMEP students in research and promotion of linguistics and language studies. We welcome collaboration with researchers working on similar topics; for more information, please contact Dr. Kara Fleming, at kfleming@kimep.kz.

THE CULTURAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION

John Westbrook
dr.j.westbrook@kimep.kz

The Cultural Research Association seeks researchers who are interested in pursuing research in all aspects of cultural production and theory. Whether you are seeking to publish creative works or simply to contribute to international discourse on culture, we would encourage you to join this Association.

The group will meet three times per semester to provide a supportive, interdisciplinary research environment for colleagues with similar creative and research interests. In addition to fostering an environment for researchers to receive feedback on independent projects, the Association will initiate a collaborative project with a view to publication within three years.

THE EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION

Dr. Askat Tleuov
a.tleuov@kimep.kz

The Educational Research Association aims to design and undertake empirical, conceptual and policy research in education in a wide range of national and international contexts. Education is defined broadly to encompass all the relevant settings and fields from kindergarten to higher education and from classroom to system-wide policy research. We welcome collaboration of scholars across disciplines to produce high-quality research outputs with national and international significance.

We are interested in pursuing these broad research areas:

– Teacher education and professional development
– Language education
– Assessment practices in education
– Curriculum development
– Inclusive education
– Internationalization of education and research
– Educational leadership, management and governance
– Academic practice and research culture
– Policies and education
– Quality assurance in education

THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION

Professor Vivienne Westbrook
dr.v.westbrook@kimep.kz

The Environmental Research Association in CHE is open to researchers who wish to contribute to our understanding of the relationship between human society and the planet with the aim of increasing awareness of, and changing, practices that negatively impact on natural resources. In this group there is a special focus on oceans, seas and shorelines across history, culture, law, science and industry.

The seventy per-cent of our planet that is blue has often been represented as endlessly self-replenishing but as more research emerges it is becoming clear that it is under severe pressure from climate change and over-exploitation.

This Research Association uses collaborative cross-disciplinary research to contribute to international debates that spotlight the issues affecting the oceans, seas and shorelines and their representations across cultural media.

Research Associations

Dear Colleagues,

Our new College of Humanities and Education at KIMEP has taken on an ambitious new project to set up a scholarly journal. To that end, we are putting together “Research Associations” of research-active scholars across KIMEP. These working groups fall into four categories: Language, Culture, Education, and Environment.

If you are a scholar doing research in any of these areas, and would be interested in collaborating with us, please reply to Dr. George Rueckert at rueckert@kimep.kz as soon as possible. We would be very happy to include you in our projects and discussions.

Sincerely,
Dr. George R. Rueckert
Asst. Prof. for English and Translation
Director of Undergraduate and Graduate Programs
KIMEP College of Humanities and Education