This thesis is a case study which investigates the language ideology, language practices and ethnic identity construction among Armenians who were either deported during the Soviet regime or immigrated for other reasons ...

The Kazakhstan government launched ethnic immigration policy since becoming an independent nation. During this post-Soviet ethnic migration, ethnic Kazakhs from far abroad with limited knowledge of Russian have faced social, ...

Formative assessment is world trend in educational assessment. There have been various studies aimed at exploring its impact and effectiveness in teaching and learning all around the globe. However, this assessment instrument ...

The concept of Community of Practice (CoP) plays a central role in shaping the dynamics of members’ participation within a community; particularly new members’ transition from periphery to full participation in a new ...

Neither Kazakhstan nor Kazakhstani education is perceived as corruption-free. To get rid of such a negative situation which has a detrimental effect on society, the state adopts various reforms including the sphere of ...

Education plays different roles in governments’ agendas in reaching economic prosperity and nations’ welfare. In recent years, Kazakhstan took active measures to reform its education system to improve its excellence and ...

Emotional intelligence (EI) is developing into an important concept in education. It has become increasingly vital for success in different areas, such as the workplace (Goleman, 1995). In education, modern reality requires ...

In some universities low level faculty research productivity has become a critical issue that negatively affects their obtention of high results in university rankings, which in turn, is instrumental in improving the ...

This research studies the motivation of international students to study in Kazakhstan in order to identify the factors influencing their choice of Kazakhstan as a study destination. It seeks to explain why international ...

Being a post-Soviet country, the language policy of Kazakhstan involves two languages, Kazakh and Russian, which accomplish different functions since Kazakh is a state language, while Russian is an official language. ...