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competitiveness 
of 
a 
university graduate in the 
labour market. 
3 
Promotion of English at a 
university allows joining 
the 
global 
academic 
community. 
15.5 
63.3 
5.5 
7.1 
8.6 
4 
English gives access to 
the 
world's 
research 
literature.
25.7 
51.1 
15.5 
2.1 
5.7 
5 
The 
language 
of 
instruction 
in 
the 
universities should be 
English 
for 
competitiveness of higher 
education.
2.3 
21.1 
48.2 
3.1 
25.3 
6 
I approve of the policy of 
training 
polylingual 
specialists.
12.3 
69.1 
3.2 
3.1 
12.2 
7 
Development of three 
languages 
in 
higher 
education will strengthen 
the position of English.
31.9 
57.3 
4.2 
0.5 
6.1 
8 
Promotion of English in 
higher education has a 
negative effect on the 
development 
and 
promotion of Kazakh. 
11.2 
35.2 
34.5 
14 
5.1 
9 
Promotion of English in 
higher education has a 
negative effect on the 
development 
of 
the 
Kazakh national identity. 
14.2 
34.4 
33.4 
12.9 
3.3 
5.1 
10 Promotion of English is a 
threat to the future of the 
Kazakh language and 
culture. 
5.3 
6.2 
76.1 
5.7 
6.7 
As shown in Table 2, the majority of respondents (73%) approve of the 
policy of promoting English through education while 22% did not favour this 
policy, and 5% of respondents did not answer it. 81.1% of respondents believe 
that learning English helps the competitiveness of university graduates in the 
labour market, only a small number of participants (12.6%) disagree with the 
statement and 8.6% of respondents did not give an answer to this statement. 
78.8% of respondents believe that the promotion of English in higher 
education allows it to join the international academic community. 5.5% of 
respondents did not agree with it while 17.8% of the participants did not 

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answer the question. The majority of respondents (76.8%) believe that 
English provides access to the world's research literature, 17.6% did not agree 
with this statement and 5.7% did not answer it. The answers of respondents 
to the statement ‘The language of instruction in the universities should be 
English for competitiveness of higher education’ are as follows: a relatively 
small number of respondents (23.4%) agree with it, a little more than half of 
the participants (51.3%) disagree with it, and 25.3% did not answer it. 81.4% 
favour a policy of training polilingual staff, 6.3% did not approve of it, and 
12.2% did not answer it. The vast majority of respondents (89.2%) believe 
that the development of three languages in higher education will strengthen 
the position of English in the future, only 4.7% of respondents disagree with 
this statement, and 6.1% did not answer it. The answers to the statement 
‘Promotion of English in higher education has a negative effect on the 
development and promotion of Kazakh are as follows: 46.4% of participants 
agree with it and approximately the same number of respondents (48.5%) 
disagree with it. 5.1% of respondents found it difficult to answer this question. 
48.6% believe that the promotion of English in higher education has a 
negative effect on the development of the Kazakh national identity with 
46.3% disagreeing with this statement. A small number of respondents 
(11.5%) agree that the promotion of English is a threat to the future of the 
Kazakh language and culture, while the vast majority of respondents (81.8%) 
disagree with this statement. The results show that, in general, the attitudes of 
teachers towards promotion of English are positive. However, there is an 
apparent anxiety about the future of the Kazakh language and culture. English 
is considered as one of the languages of higher education of the Republic of 
Kazakhstan which will allow Kazakhstan's education to reach an international 
level. 
Interviews with teachers and students have also been conducted to 
reveal their attitude towards promotion of English. Respondents had the 
opportunity to choose the language of their answer: they were asked to answer 
in Kazakh, Russian or English. The following questions were asked in the 
interview: 
• What is the policy towards English in higher education? 
• Why is English promoted through education? 
• What are the prospects of Kazakh (Russian / English)? 
• How do you feel about the policy of promoting three languages? Does 
the promotion of English influence development of Kazakh? Is English a 
threat to the future of Kazakh / Russian? 
Most interviewees hold positive attitudes toward promoting English 
through education. The main reasons for promoting English are listed as 

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follows: 
• World language, which provides access to knowledge. 
• Access to get new and fresh information. 
• Kazakhstan's integration into the world community 
• The competitiveness of future specialists in the world. 
• Mobility of students, opportunities to study abroad. 
• Promotion of education and science of Kazakhstan. 
Despite the pessimistic predictions of some respondents on the 
prospects of the development of Kazakh, most of them are optimistic 
believing that the position of the state language will be strengthened in the 
future. The majority of respondents believe that Russian will retain its 
position, as it is the language of international communication. A small part of 
the respondents believe that English can take the place of Russian in the 
linguistic space of Kazakhstan in the future. Almost all of the respondents 
believe that English will strengthen its position in higher education of the 
Republic of Kazakhstan. 
Radical changes at all levels of the educational system of the Republic 
of Kazakhstan in recent years have determined the role of English to be an 
important component of the dynamic development of science and education. 
Entry into the world educational space, recognition of diplomas of 
Kazakhstan in the international arena are possible with the promotion of 
English in the educational system, therefore academic “lingua franca” of the 
world is regarded as one of the main mechanisms to promote Kazakhstan's 
education to the global level. 
This article was an attempt to define the role and to study the 
peculiarities of English in higher education of Kazakhstan. In this study, the 
following objectives were addressed: 
• the policy towards English in the field of higher education was 
determined; 
• the main reasons for promoting English through the higher educational 
system were identified. 
Based on the research, the following conclusions were made: 
1) Attitudes towards promotion of English in higher education are 
characterised as positive and promising, which demonstrates the effectiveness 
of the policy of a trinity of languages. English is considered a language of 
successful integration into the global educational space, a powerful weapon 
in the competitive market, and the language of academic staff and students’ 
exchange. 
2) Survey data and interview data suggest that the prospects for the 
development of Kazakh, Russian and English have a positive tendency.

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3) However, there are some concerns on the future of Kazakh. 
Informants suggest that it is necessary to develop Kazakh first. They believe 
that promotion of English may hinder the process of developing Kazakh. 
Thus, the promotion of English in the new language policy is regarded 
as a deliberate step, which has received the support of the majority of the 
population, and, of course, raises the status of promoting higher education of 
the Republic of Kazakhstan onto the world stage.
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Түйін 
Мақала Қазақстанның білім беру жүйесінде ағылшын тілін дамыту мәселесіне 
арналған. Мақсатқа жету үшін оқытушылар және студенттер арасында интервью және 
сауалнама жүргізіліп, талдау жасалды.
Резюме 
Статья посвящена вопросам развития английского языка в образовательной 
сфере Казахстана. Для достижения цели использованы интервью и опрос среди 
преподавателей и обучающихся. 

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