PhD program
Foreign Philology (Western Languages)

Foreign Philology (Western Languages)

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

LO 1 Demonstrate in-depth knowledge in the history of methodology and modern literary studies and apply it in research work.
LO 2 Analyze theoretical and methodological principles, metalanguage and meta-vocabulary of modern foreign philology, philological directions, conceptions, scientific schools of philology
LO 3 Apply the skills of organizing and conducting linguistic/literary studies in practice, abstracting and creating an academic paper, annotating scientific articles, projects and dissertations.
LO 4 Demonstrate a systematic understanding in the field of language/ literature teaching in higher education institutions, taking into account cultural differences, methods and strategies for teaching a foreign language and literature in a multicultural environment in the context of internationalization of education.
LO 5 Create a scientific work in the field of foreign philology using modern computer technologies, lexicographic sources, skills in organizing and conducting linguistic/literary studies in practice, as well as assess and determine its significance.
LO 6 Сarry out professional activities related to the use of philological knowledge in educational, cultural, administrative, in the field of intercultural communication and other areas of the socio-humanitarian sphere.
LO 7 Implement comparative analysis of works, independent research created in dissimilar language cultures at different levels of the text.
LO 8 Communicate on the subject matter of their area of expertise with the broader scientific community and society.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Foreign Philology (Western Languages)
Speciality Code
8D02306
Faculty
Philological

disciplines

Academic writing
  • Number of credits - 2
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to develop competencies in the field of written scientific communication, the ability to write and edit texts in accordance with the standards of academic communication; to create scientific texts of different genres: dissertations, annotations, scientific articles, argumentative (analytical) essays, research justification and review, philological comments, etc. The discipline is aimed at studying the structural, compositional, stylistic features of scientific texts of different genres.

Current trends in linguodidactics
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the discipline is to form the ability to argue the essence of methodology as a set of rules for knowing the current trends in linguodidactics. Will be studied: main features and patterns of development of philological science using modern theories of linguodidactics, basic principles and paradigms of foreign philology, systematization of scientific theories and concepts in linguodidactics.

PhD thesis writing and defence
  • Number of credits - 12
  • Type of control - Докторская диссертация
  • Description - The main purpose of "PhD thesis writing and defence": of a doctoral dissertation is the formation of the doctoral students' ability to disclose the content of research work for the defense of the thesis. During the study of course, doctoral student's should be competent in: 1. to substantiate the content of new scientifically grounded theoretical and experimental results that allow to solve a theoretical or applied problem or are a major achievement in the development of specific scientific directions; 2. explain the assessment of the completeness of the solutions to the tasks assigned, according to the specifics of the professional sphere of activity; 3. they can analyze alternative solutions for solving research and practical problems and assess the prospects for implementing these options; 4. apply the skills of writing scientific texts and presenting them in the form of scientific publications and presentations. 5. to plan and structure the scientific search, clearly highlight the research problem, develop a plan / program and methods for its study, formalize, in accordance with the requirements of the State Educational Establishment, the scientific and qualification work in the form of a thesis for a scientific degree Doctor of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on specialty «8D07502 – Standardization and certification (by industry)». During the study of the discipline doctoral student will learn following aspects: Registration of documents for presentation of the thesis for defense. Information card of the dissertation and registration-registration card (in the format Visio 2003). Extract from the minutes of the meeting of the institution, in which the preliminary defense of the thesis took place. Cover letter to the Higher Attestation Commission. Expert conclusion on the possibility of publishing the author's abstract. Expert opinion on the possibility of publishing a dissertation. Minutes of the meeting of the counting commission. Bulletin for voting. A shorthand record of the meeting of the dissertational council. List of scientific papers. Response of the official opponent. A review of the leading organization. The recall of the scientific adviser.

Scientific Paradigms in Foreign Philological Researches
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of discipline is to develop the ability to provide a reasoned and detailed analysis of scientific problems and the main paradigms of philology. Will be studied: fundamental laws of the interaction of language and thinking, language and society, language and culture, basic methods of philology and general scientific paradigms, generalized and critically interpreted actual and theoretical knowledge, scientific ideas and concepts.

Scientific Research methods
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to develop the ability to describe and evaluate the main types of philological research methods. The course forms the theoretical and methodological basis for conducting research in accordance with their types. The discipline is aimed at studying: the specifics of the methods of scientific philological research, their correct selection in relation to the tasks and stages of work.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Actual Problems of Anglistics (XX-XXI cc.)
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the discipline is to form a holistic understanding of the current problems of modern anglistics, as well as the development of skills in applying acquired knowledge of this area in independent research and teaching activity. Will be studied: modern anglistics in the cognitive paradigm of research, current problems of modern English text and discourse, typology and structure of discourse.

Applied linguistics and Automation of Lexicographical Works
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of discipline is to form the ability to use automated lexicographic systems in research work. As a result of the discipline study, PhD students will be able to: demonstrate cognitive-discursive skills aimed at extracting explicit and implicit information contained in the text; analyze research methods used in linguodidactics (the science of developing methods for teaching a foreign language), terminology (the science of streamlining and standardizing scientific and technical terminology), translation studies (translation theory), and computer linguistics; analyze the theoretical and practical aspects of compiling computer dictionaries for natural language processing systems; identify the similarities and differences of dictionaries, which are machine versions of traditional dictionaries; use computer tools and specialized technologies in the field of analysis and processing of natural language for conducting various types of lexicographic systems Will be studied: classification of research methods used in linguo-didactics, terminology, in computer linguistics, types of dictionaries, computer programs for creating lexicographic systems.

Comparativism in Literary Studies
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of discipline is To form the ability to analyze the theoretical and methodological directions of modern literary criticism, the fundamental works of the main representatives of comparative studies. Will be studied: the methodology of modern literary criticism; poetics as the science of the system of means of expression in literary works, comparative historical method in literary criticism, psycho-poetics, mytho-poetics, types of literary criticism, interpretation of a literary work

Innovative technologies in translation studies
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of discipline is to form the ability to apply modern theoretical and methodological aspects of innovation in translation studies. As a result of the discipline study, PhD students will be able to: demonstrate knowledge of translation techniques using innovative technologies; analyze the methods of modeling the innovation process through the use of modern technologies; apply the main computer programs used in linguistic research for various purposes (comparative analysis of the definitions of linguistic terms, compiling a terminology corpus), research programs (SPSS, CLAN, PRAAT, SOLO), programs in automatic English-Russian and Russian-English (PROMT , Translation Memory, ABBYY Lingvo), Russian-Kazakh and Kazakh-Russian translation (SOZDIK); edit scientific research using machine translation; apply the most effective innovative technologies in scientific research with the formulation of reasoned conclusions and conclusions. Will be studied: methods of innovative technology, comparative analysis of definitions of linguistic terms, compilation of terminological corpus, research programs (SPSS, CLAN, PRAAT, SOLO), programs in automatic English-Russian and Russian-English (PROMT, Translation Memory, ABBYY Lingvo), Russian-Kazakh and Kazakh Russian translation (SOZDIK).

Language Impact and Linguopragmatics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the course As a result of study of the discipline, the doctoral student must have the following competencies and gain the following outcomes: 1. to recognize the specifics and linguistic features of the texts of mass communication; 2. to demonstrate adequate perception and production of modern media texts; 3. to analyze and classify the texts of the media; 4. to show skills of the linguistic analysis of texts of media, skills of work with texts of mass communication, namely skills of creation and editing original newspaper texts, television interviews; 5. to interpret the main pragmalinguistic concepts, their authors, the main terminology of a pragmalinguistics, stylistic and lexical features of language of media and advertizing; 6. to own the culture of thought, ability to the analysis of texts of media and advertizing and to demontsrate skills of work with the main information retrieval systems of representation of knowledge, with various electronic resources, the foreign press for the solution of linguistic tasks and the contextual analysis within the given discipline. Discipline "Language influence and linguopragmatics: language of media" it is directed to the formation of PhD students the system of theoretical ideas of features of language of mass media. During the study the following aspects will be considered: Specifics and language features of texts of mass communication. Texts of modern media. Linguistic analysis of texts of media. Original newspaper texts. Genres of mass media. Lingvopragmatika. Television interviews. Creation and editing newspaper texts.

Macrosociolinguistic Research in Modern Linguistics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the discipline is to form the ability to operate with knowledge about macrosociolinguistics as a branch of linguistics that studies the conditionality of linguistic phenomena and linguistic units by social factors. Will be studied: linguistic relations and processes occurring in large social associations - states, regions, large social groups, distinguished by one or another social attribute (by age, level of education, etc.).

MetaDictionary and Linguistic Terminology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the doctorates' understanding of the most important problems of terminology as the core component of the linguistic meta-language, the basics of constructing a conceptual model of the term. Upon completion of the discipline, doctoral students will be able to: 1. to systematize the main conceptual apparatus of gender linguistics, sociolinguistics, cultural studies, basic models, discursive characteristics, as well as features of the word usage, functional and stylistic features of the speech activity of native speakers; 2. to expand the volume of linguistic and cultural knowledge, skills and abilities associated with the adequate use of language means, consciously use speech means in accordance with the task of communication; to plan and regulate their activities, to conduct a linguistic analysis of texts of different periods of language development, taking into account language variability; 3. to generalize and classify the types of scientific paradigms in linguistics; 4. to differentiate the various linguistic schools and directions, know the representatives and the basic tenets of these schools; 5. to understand the relationship of philosophy and linguistics; to understand the epistemological problems of science in general and linguistics in particular; 6. to use general scientific and linguistic methods of research and knowledge of the meta-language content of the terms of theoretical and applied linguistics. The discipline "MetaDictionary and Linguistic Terminology" is aimed at developing among students the understanding of the most important problems of terminology as the core component of the linguistic meta-language, the basics of constructing a conceptual model of the meaning of a term. When studying the discipline, the following aspects will be considered: Cognitive terminology mechanism. Terminoproduction and terminofixation. Linguistic status of metalanguage. Linguistic status of the term and term element. Constituent element of the terminological system. Terminological apparatus of linguistics. Professional communication. Communicative activity. Informative capacity term. The role of the term as an intermediary in the communication process. The structure and semantics of linguistic terms. Principles of selection of linguistic terms in the dictionary.

Syntagmatic and Paradigmatic Features of a Literary Text
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the discipline is to develop the ability to analyze and interpret a literary text and its structure from the point of view of substitutability, compatibility, and sequence of elements within the text. The following topics will be studied: the concept of a literary text, syntagmatic and pragmatic principles, analysis of a literary text, types of inter-phrasal connections within the text, types of interpretations, compositional and speech forms.

Data for 2021-2024 years

INTERNSHIPS

Pedagogical
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - Formation of practical, educational-methodical skills of conducting lectures, seminars, creatively apply scientific, theoretical knowledge, practical skills in teaching activities, conduct training sessions in the disciplines of the specialty; own modern professional techniques, methods of training, use in practice the latest theoretical, methodological advances, make educational, methodological documentation.

Research
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The purpose of the practice: gaining experience in the study of an actual scientific problem, expand the professional knowledge gained in the learning process, and developing practical skills for conducting independent scientific work. The practice is aimed at developing the skills of research, analysis and application of economic knowledge.

Data for 2021-2024 years