ACHIEVEMENTS

On October 30, 2025 was held thesis defense of Kuchshanova Ainur Nuraslovna, a lecturer of «Foreign philology and translation studies» department, on the topic "Linguocultural and cognitive aspects of M. Auyezov's works" for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) under the educational program “8D02304 – Philology”.  The thesis was defended at the dissertation council on the educational program "8D02304 – Philology" at Aktobe K.Zhubanov regional university. Native scientific supervisor Kushkimbayeva Ainur Serikbayevna is a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), associate professor. Foreign scientific consultant Ekiji Metin – PhD, Professor, Aegean University, Izmir, Turkey. Official reviewers:
1. Suyerkul Botagoz Myrzabaikyzy – Doctor of Philology, Associate Professor, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, specialty 02.10.06 – Turkic languages.
2. Issakova Assylymai Saginbekovna – Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, Caspian University of Technology and Engineering after Sh. Yesenova, Aktau, Kazakhstan, specialty 10.02.02 – Kazakh language.  
The Dissertation council meeting was attended by nine members of the Dissertation council. In accordance with the decision of the Dissertation council, awarding Kushchanova Ainur Nuraslovna the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in the educational program 8D02304 – "Philology" was recommended to the Committee for Quality Assurance in Science and Higher Education of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 

From January to October 2025, PhD Zhazira Bekzhanova served as a research associate on the project “Post-Soviet History Textbooks” at the Department of Translation, Linguistics, and Cultural Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Germany). The project was funded by the JGU Seed Grant and aimed to conduct a preliminary bibliographic study of history textbooks from the former Soviet Union. As part of this grant, PhD Bekzhanova also contributed to departmental research colloquia and conducted a beginner-level Kazakh language course for the university’s academic community.

On July 4, 2025, at the Dissertation Council of K. Zhubanov Aktobe Regional University, under the educational program «8D02304 – Philology», Zhetesova Zhanar Almasovna defended her dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). The dissertation topic was «Linguoculturological and cognitive-comparative description of animalistic vocabulary (based on Kazakh and English fairy tales)».
The research aimed at a comparative analysis of the linguocultural characteristics and cognitive structures of animalistic vocabulary in Kazakh and English. The study, based on materials from Kazakh and English fairy tales, focused on identifying the interconnections between language and culture. As a result of the defense, Zhetesova Zhanar Almasovna was awarded the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree on November 17, 2025. Her scientific achievement contributes significantly to the development of philological research and promotes the advancement of comparative-cultural studies in linguistics.

In the framework of Science Week, students actively participate in English language competitions; students also demonstrate academic potential in Student Scientific Practical Conferences, such as: “World of Language and Intercultural Communication”, “Youth and Science: reality and future”, “Youth and science: the industrial-innovative development of the country”, “Actual problems of Germanic Philology, translation studies and methods of foreign languages teaching” and receive prizes and certificates for participation.

An integral part of the activities of department is international cooperation. International cooperation is expressed primarily in the organization of seminars, both at the department and in the international educational centers such as the British Council for international education, etc. Thus there is a priority of the department for the professional development of teachers contributing to the growth of pedagogical skills, improving the quality of teaching. Every year teachers of the department receive international certificates. The department carries out international seminars on university level to enhance linguistic, methodological and linguistic training, annual seminars of the British Council and publishing house Maсmillan.

Since July 1, 2022, the department has been implementing the research project AH/T008075/1 – “Gender, language and social inequalities in textbooks on the history of Kazakhstan”. The project is funded by the PEERNetwork community and UlsterUniversity (Northern Ireland, UK). The scientific supervisor is Bekzhanova Zhazira Yerbulatovna, PhD, research teacher, Associate Professor of the Department of Foreign Philology and Translation. The research is aimed at identifying possible gender and social justice and inclusiveness in textbooks on the history of Kazakhstan for secondary schools.

From March 1 to April 1, 2022, researcher, associate Professor of the Department of Foreign Philology and Translation, PhD, Zhazira Yerbulatovna Abzhanova gave a course of lectures on the discipline “Discursology” as a guest lecturer at Tokat Gaziosmanpasha University (Turkey), and also held a workshop for teachers and teachers of the Tokat region. As a result of the visit, it was decided to develop a joint educational trajectory on the basis of the Department of IF and PD of Zhubanov University.

Since September 1, 2022, the Department of IF and PD has launched a joint educational trajectory with Tokat Gaziosmanpasha University (Turkey) on specially-oriented methods of teaching English. Within the framework of this trajectory, for undergraduate students of the 1st year of the OP “English and Computer Science”, the course “Linguistics” is taught by an assistant professor, head of the Department of English Language Teaching at Tokat University, Dr. Ugur Ada.

In the 2022-2023 academic year, teachers of the Department of “Foreign Philology and Translation” Kushchanova A. N. and Zhetesova Zh. A. entered the doctoral program in the specialty 8d02304-Philology on the basis of a state grant.

Teachers of graduating departments contribute to the implementation of the Strategic Development Plan of the University. For example, to ensure financial and economic sustainability and determine effective ways to invest the financial resources of the university, teachers participate in competitions for grant funding. Lecturer of the Department of Foreign Philology and Translation Affairs PhD, Associate Professor Kerimbayeva B.T., Senior Lecturer Sapargalieva D.D. won a grant project of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2022-2024 under the title “The network communicative culture of the future teacher is the key to forming the digital literacy of teenagers”. PhD Bekzhanova Zh.E. is engaged in research in the international project PEER Network “Gender, language and social inequalities in Kazakhstani textbooks” (November 2021-November 2022, UK, South Africa).

The research project of Zhazira Bekzhanova, PhD, received funding from Ulster University of Great Britain. The research project “Gender, language and social inequalities in textbooks on the history of Kazakhstan” is implemented with the support of the Association of Political Economy of Education Research (PEER) Network https://www.instagram.com/p/CfJY_V-I5LP/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY. PhD, Associate Professor Kerimbayeva B.T. is currently doing an internship under the “Bolashak” program at the University of Washington (The George Washington University) in the USA.

According to the national academic mobility program, it is planned to study at the following universities: the Abay Kazakh National Pedagogical University, the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, the Gumilyov L.N.  Eurasian National University, Kazakh National Women’s Pedagogical University, the Ablai Khan Kazakh University of International Relations and World Languages, the Korkyt-ata  Kyzylorda State University, the Sh. Ualikhanov Kokshetau State University, the Buketov E.A. Karaganda University, KIMEP, SDU.

As part of the Month of Science, held at the ARU named after K. Zhubanov, on April 20, 2023, in order to activate, stimulate and improve the quality of students’ research work, form an in-depth interest in research activities among students and improve conditions for their creative and intellectual development, identifying the best students scientific club and supporting research students, associate professors of the Department of Foreign Philology and Translation Kushkarova G.K., Yerzhanova G.A. held the contest “The Best Students  scientific Club” and ” The Best Student-Researcher “. The competition was attended by students of 1-4 years of EP 6B02302 – Translation studies, 6B02303-Foreign Philology, 6B 01707 – English and Informatics.

Тhe leaders of the competition were identified, who were awarded diplomas.

The Best Club  – «The world of future teachers» (ғылыми жетекшісі аға оқытушы, магистр Акчамбаева Ш.Т.).

1st place – Ayazbaeva Nargiz, Abdikapparovna Tursynai

2nd place – Ubaydulla Tursingul, Akhmetova Araygul

3rd place – Kozhamuratova Nurgul Surikyvna, Meirlan Bazarkhanov, Aruzhan Keneskhanova, Usentay Araylim.

We thank all the participants of this event and heartily congratulate our talented students! We wish them new victories and achievements!

Students of the 2-4 courses of the Faculty of Philology EP 6B01707-English and Computer Science, 6B02302-Translation, 6B02303-Foreign Philology Abutali Maulen, Amantayeva Asem, Mukhambetalina Arailym, Zhubatyrova Aruzhan, Ilyas Asem participated in the Republican Subject Olympiad held on April 20-21, 2023 at the Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages. According to the results of all the rounds, Abutali Maulen received the 2nd place, Mukhambetalina Arailym was awarded a letter of thanks. We sincerely congratulate the students and wish them even greater success. We express our gratitude to the scientific supervisors Burankulova E. T., Abdigalieva Zh. S., Tolegenova G. G.

In 2022, lecturers of “Foreign Philology and Translation Studies” Department Kuchshanova Ainur Nuraslovna and Zhetessova Zhanar Almasovna enrolled in the PhD program “8D02304-Philology” at K.Zhubanov Aktobe Regional University.

From January 10 to February 10, 2024, lecturers of “Foreign Philology and Translation Studies” Department, second-year PhD students Ainur Nuraslovna Kuchshanova and Zhanar Almasovna Zhetessova undertook a scientific internship at Turkic World Study Institute of Aegean State University, located in Izmir, Turkey. During this international scientific internship, they conducted research in the fields of linguocultural studies and cognitive linguistics in accordance with their respective research topics.