Master degree program
Linguistics

Linguistics

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Philological Sciences

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

ON1 Formulate the methodological basis of scientific research with the establishment of cause-and-effect relationships of linguistic processes in the conditions of preparation of scientific research work.

ON2 Conduct scientific research as a performer of the most complex and responsible work with the development of plans and methodological programs for conducting research using data in different languages.

ON3 Collect and process significant data from various sources, analyze the structure and content of materials, combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions, edit context, spelling, syntax, punctuation, style of material.

ON4 Use artificial intelligence, computer programs and technologies in research activities and the educational process.

ON5 Defend your own positions and personal point of view in accordance with the basic rules of public speaking, negotiations and polemics based on valid and reliable research results.


ON6 Assess the effectiveness of state linguistic programs in the education and science system of the Republic of Kazakhstan in line with the observed language policy and language situation, world trends and tendencies.

ON7 Perform linguistic expertise using general and specific methods of analysis, modeling and information generation.

ON8 Develop language corpora depending on complexity, systematicity, language levels, text material.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Linguistics
Speciality Code
7M02307
Faculty
Philological

disciplines

Computational Linguistics
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to teach information technologies intended for linguistic research. Issues of processing and analysis of natural language, the use of artificial intelligence in linguistics, the development of functional applications based on language data, and solving experimental problems in language theory are considered while studying the discipline.

Foreign Language (professional)
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form practical skills in various types of speech activity in a foreign language. The training course builds the ability to perceive, understand and translate information in the modern global space, participate in scientific events to test their own research. The discipline is aimed at improving competencies in accordance with international standards of foreign language education.

History and philosophy of science
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form a holistic systemic understanding of philosophy as a special form of cognition of the world, its main sections, problems and methods of their study in the context of future professional activity. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis of research work.

Language Theory
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to expand and deepen the linguistic horizons of undergraduates, systematize ideas about the language system, clarify the content of basic linguistic terms. The discipline is aimed at studying the conceptual and terminological apparatus of linguistics, the history of the formation and development of linguistics, linguistic categories in the system and structure of language.

Linguistic Studies
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to systematize the linguistic knowledge of undergraduates on the history and periodization of linguistics, personalities, scientific schools and directions, to show historical continuity in solving linguistic problems, and to give an idea of trends in linguistics taking into account historical changes in society.

linguodidactics and text adaptation
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to teach methods of text analysis in the context of the integration of linguistics and linguodidactics. The discipline is aimed at studying the basic laws of text formation, mechanisms and methods of transformation and adaptation of texts of various genres and styles in the process of language learning.

Methods and techniques of Linguistics
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to familiarize undergraduates with the methods and techniques of linguistics, testing and use of various methods and techniques of linguistic analysis. The discipline is aimed at developing skills in using linguistic analysis methods in accordance with the purpose and objectives of scientific research.

Organization and Planning of Scientific Research (in English)
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline to form the ability to apply practical skills in the organization and planning of scientific research. The discipline studies: forms and methods of planning, organization and design of scientific articles and dissertations; forms of summarizing the results of scientific research in presentations, speeches, projects, articles.

Pedagogy of Higher Education
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to teach in universities and colleges based on knowledge of higher school didactics, theory of education and management of education, analysis and self-assessment of teaching activities. The training course is aimed at studying the trends in the development of education and the Bologna process. The course will help you master teaching and curatorial skills, various strategies and methods of teaching and education.

Psychology of Management
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to provide scientific training of highly qualified specialists based on the study of fundamental concepts of management psychology, creating prerequisites for a theoretical understanding and practical application of the most important aspects of the field of management in the process of professional formation. The course is aimed at studying the patterns of development and functioning of mental processes, the basics of effective interaction and conflict resolution, self-development and self-presentation.

Data for 2023-2026 years

disciplines

Contrastive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to study linguistic categories, and units of the first (native) language in comparison with the means of their transmission in the target language. The discipline is aimed at the comparative study of interlingual correspondences, similarities, and differences between two languages to facilitate the acquisition and study of a second and foreign language.

Intercultural communication theory
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop communicative and intercultural competence in the process of language learning. The discipline is aimed at developing the ability to interpret knowledge, skills and abilities that allow verbal and non-verbal communication with native speakers in accordance with national and cultural characteristics.

Language structure and system
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to master the basic principles of structural linguistics in order to apply its methods in linguistic analysis. The discipline is aimed at systematizing knowledge about the level organization of language, language units and language categories, language laws, and the relationship and interdependence of language as a systemic structural unit.

Linguistics and Semiotics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to familiarize undergraduates with the concepts of semiotics as the science of signs; give an idea of the different types of signs, and the relationship between semiotics and linguistics. The discipline is aimed at studying the sign systems of natural and artificial languages and interpreting signs in various communicative situations.

Linguocultural studies
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to become familiar with the universal and culturally specific, spiritual, and material culture of an ethnic group in connection with language. The discipline is aimed at studying national mental-lingual complexes, the problem of representation in the language of different layers of a cultural concept in diachrony and synchrony.

Macrosociolinguistics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to study the interdependence of social and linguistic structures, connections between language and person, language and personality, language and society, language and ethnicity, language and nation, and language and state. The discipline is aimed at developing the ability to assess the language situation, language policy, and language planning in the context of studying the role and place of language in society.

Metalanguage of Linguistics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form an understanding of the metalanguage of linguistics, general scientific vocabulary, nomenclature signs, problems of unification and standardization of the terminological apparatus. The discipline is aimed at studying and systematizing knowledge about historical and modern processes of language development as the basis of modern terminology

Political Linguisrtics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to get acquainted with the current direction of modern linguistics - political linguistics. The discipline is aimed at studying the methodological status and ontological characteristics of political linguistics as a scientific direction; developing in students the ability to analyze political texts, strategies, and tactics of political communication.

Pragmalinguistics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to familiarise undergraduates with the communicative-pragmatic direction of linguistics. The course is aimed at systematizing the basic concepts of pragmalinguistics, understanding, and comprehending the concepts of speech act, functional and hidden pragmatics, the ability to carry out speech communication with a specific purpose and the choice of adequate speech tactics and strategies.

Reflective Linguistics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the course is to analyze the conceptual prerequisites, ontology and methodology of reflection research in language, including object and subject, initial principles, categorical and conceptual apparatus, methods of analysis and units. The course is aimed at the study of reflection in language and its impact on communication.

The Theory and Practice of Business Communication
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to study the theory and practice of business communication. Issues of organization and implementation of business communication and the culture of business communication are considered while studying the discipline, as well as genre and stylistic features of business texts and business correspondence, and modern trends in the development of communication technologies in the business sphere.

The Theory of Psycholinguistics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to provide scientific and theoretical coverage of the problems of language, speech, and speech-formation processes, to study speech activity in relation to mental processes and their correlation with the language system. The discipline is aimed at studying the history, methods, and terminology of psycholinguistics.

Data for 2023-2026 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 2023-2026 years