A roundtable devoted to the 125th anniversary of Kazakh poet-prose writer, interpreter and teacher Magzhan Zhumabayev, involving Chinese scientists and students took place in Beijing, our correspondent reports.

On April 19, 2018, an online seminar on the theme “Kazak Tilin Zhanasha Zhangyrtyp Okytudyn Aleumettik Mani Men Manyzy” was held in the training centre for the development of skills within the framework of the “Rukhani Zahangyru” program for Kazakh language teachers on the change-over of the Kazakh alphabet to the Latin script.

On 12 April, the New Identity of Kazakhstan programme was launched at the London Book Fair alongside the publication of classics of Kazakh literature which have been translated into English for the first time. The event was attended by heads of international publishing houses, management of the British Council, literary agents and journalists.

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On April 10, 2018, within the framework of the implementation of the “Looking into the Future: Modernization of Public Consciousness” program article, the Department of Languages Development of Pavlodar Oblast held a seminar on the topic “Сonscientious Society – Qualitative Service” in Pavlodar Tram Department, JSC.

Today the Committee on Language Development and Socio-Political Work of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan together with the Republican Coordination and Methodological Center of development of languages named after Shayakhmetov in the National Academic Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan organized a seminar on the theme «Modernization of Public Consciousness: a new Kazakh alphabet and the implementation of the state program».

Scholars of the Bolashak program have launched Kazakh language courses in New York. A group of students decided to give others opportunities to study Kazakh. Not only Kazakhs, but also U.S. citizens supported the initiative. Many New Yorkers are expressing interest in learning the Kazakh language, culture and traditions.

Knowledge of several languages creates big opportunities, the head of state said.

The Committee on Language Development and Socio-Political Work of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan together with the Shayakhmetov Republican Coordination and Methodological Center of development of languages in the National Academic Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan will organize a seminar on the theme «Modernization of Public Consciousness: a new Kazakh alphabet and the implementation of the state program».

President Nursultan Nazarbayev held a meeting with Minister of Education and Science fo the Republic of Kazakhstan Yerlan Sagadiyev.

Shayakhmetov Republican Coordination and Methodological Center for the Development of Languages was given over two thousand books to the Regional Central Library named after Aktan Babiuly of Bayan-Ulgii region of Republic of Mongolia.

On April 4 of this year, the Department for the Development of the Languages of the Oblast within the framework of “Rukhani Zhangyru” program in “Ana Tіlі” Centre conducted open lectures on the topic “The New Alphabet is the Beginning of a New Era” for information and explanatory work on the Kazakh language courses.

Chinese people now have the opportunity to learn about the great Kazakh writer and poet Shakarim Kudaiberdiuly. Linguist of the Xi’an International Studies University, Li Xichang translated the book titled “Shakarim” into the language spoken by over a billion people. Li Xichang used to work in Astana at the Confucius Institute at the Gumilyov Eurasian National University.

- According to the results of the annual survey, in 2017 the share of the population who speaks the state language was 83.1%. The share of the adult population, who speaks three languages, was 22.3%.

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