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The research was conducted using higher educational institutions in the
city of Nur-Sultan. For the most part, it was held at L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian
National University. To conduct the study, two questionnaires were
developed: for students and teachers, respectively. The structure of the
questionnaire was as follows:
Section A – Information about participants.
Section B – Attitudes toward promotion of English.
Each question had several answers using a 5-point Likert scale which
is differentiated from 1 - Strongly agree, 2 - Agree, 3 - Disagree, 4 - Strongly
disagree and 5 - Not given. The data were analysed with SPSS 16 programme.
467 students from courses 1 to 4, learning English as a second language,
and 53 English language teachers participated in the questionnaire. 21
students and 12 teachers participated in the interviews.
65% of the students were female, 35% were male. 96.5% of the teachers
were female, and only 3.5% were males. Coverage of respondents-students
on the year of study was evenly distributed: 27% of students were freshmen,
22% were sophomores, 25% were junior students and 26% were senior
students. The native language for 61.5% of students was Kazakh, 34.2% of
them indicated Russian, and 4.3% indicated Uzbek as their mother tongue.
53.2% of the teachers indicated Kazakh as their mother tongue and for 46.8%
of the participants it was Russian. Most of the students assessed themselves
as Intermediate users (47%) and Upper-Intermediate users (31%). 12% of
students referred themselves to the Beginner level of English. 12% of
respondents assessed themselves as Pre-Intermediate English language users,
and only 1% of respondents believe that they spoke fluent English. The vast
majority of teachers (86%) considered themselves as Upper-Intermediate
users of English, and 14% referred themselves to the Advanced level.
Survey data of students on the promotion of English in Kazakhstan are
presented in Table 1.
Table 1 - The attitude of students on promotion of English in the
educational space of Kazakhstan
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Possible answers
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