The Department for the Development of Languages of the Almaty region (hereinafter – the Department) in order to implement the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Languages in the Republic of Kazakhstan" and the state program for the implementation of language policy in the Almaty region for 2020-2025 (hereinafter – the Program) held a number of events.
In order to study the language situation, quarterly monitoring of income and expenditure documents of regional and local executive bodies is carried out. In accordance with this, in the region for the first half of 2021, the indicator of the use of the state language was 99.5%.
In order to promote spiritual values and improve the status of the state language, an online contest "Tas zhurekti tilimmen tilimdedim" was organized in the framework of the "Rukhani Zhangyru" program in honor of the 90th anniversary of the great Kazakh poet Mukagali Makatayev, which was held in two directions.450 candidates aged from 18 to 45 years took part in the competition, as a result of which 360 people had the opportunity to participate in the competition.450 candidates aged from 18 to 45 years took part in the competition, as a result of which 360 people had the opportunity to participate in the competition.By the decision of the jury, M. Yerezhep (Talgar district) was awarded the Grand Prix in the genre of poetry, and A. Sultangazy (Taldykorgan city) received the Grand Prix for research articles dedicated to the poet M. Makatayev.In addition, the best works of the participants were published on the official website of the department and in the republican literary and cultural magazine "Mukagali", which provided information support for the competition.
In his article "Tauelsizdik barinen kymbat", Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said: "Knowledge of the state language is the duty of every citizen of Kazakhstan. We can say that this is a task ... ".In this regard, the department organized a round table on the topic "Development of colloquial speech of preschool children".The round table was attended by employees of the Taldykorgan city Educational and Methodological center, methodologists of the city department of education, heads of kindergartens, teachers of the Kazakh language and employees of the department.A. Bakradenova, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, associate Professor, professor of the Department of Teaching Methods and Education of Zhetysu University named after I. Zhansugurov, specially invited to the meeting, made a report on the formation of a child's oral speech in the Kazakh language, which is the main goal of teaching the state language in the preschool period.At this meeting, teachers and heads of kindergartens got acquainted with the samples of A. Bakradenova's lessons on topics classified by the module and methodological instructions necessary for the formation and development of the Kazakh speech of children and exchanged their opinions.In accordance with the Action Plan for the implementation of the Program in the region from February 10 to March 1, 2021, in order to popularize the Kazakh language among representatives of ethnic groups along with their native language, also mastering the Kazakh language perfectly, expanding the scope of its application in social networks(Instagram Facebook), the challenge "Tilge kurmet – yelge kurmet"was organized.
In order to strengthen the activity of the Kazakh language as the language of interethnic communication, representatives of 274 ethnic groups who speak the state language took part in this challenge and showed activity. The participants prepared 3-5-minute videos in the state language in a free format and were widely promoted on social networks.
The winners of the regional competition "State Language and Mass Media", organized in order to promote the state language policy in the mass media, were also determined.In accordance with the rules of the regional competition, a total of 21 applications were submitted from 20 districts and cities of the region in 3 categories, "Best article", "Best TV program, best TV story" and "Best website Article".The members of the commission, created to determine and evaluate the work of the participants, guided by all the requirements of the rules, made a fair decision.As a result, the executive secretary of the district newspaper "Alakol" A. Esenbekov took the first place in the nomination "Best article", the correspondent of the regional newspaper "Zhetysu" M. Moldagalieva took the first place in the nomination "Best TV program, best TV story", the head of radio "Zhetysu" E. Aidabosyn took the first place in the nomination "Best article of the site". The winners of the contest passed to the republican contest.
In order to increase interest in the Kazakh language, Kazakh literature, Kazakh culture through the work of Abai, the regional competition "Abai atyndagy korkemsoz oku sheberleri" was traditionally held among young people aged 17-35 years.In accordance with the rules of the competition, 24 applicants from 16 districts and cities of the region read by heart an excerpt from Abai's works in the genres of prose and poetry and made videos. As a result, Taldykorgan A. Aliyeva took the first place with dignity.
The competition "The State language is a symbol of independence", organized in order to expand the scope of the state language, strengthen the functioning of the Kazakh language as a language of interethnic communication, was attended by young people of ethnic groups aged 21 to 35 years who speak the state language.In accordance with the rules of the competition, the participants, having previously submitted information about their place of work or study, a brief overview for the contribution of public work, prepared a short film about their achievements and contribution to the development of the state language. According to the results of the competition, the participant of the Panfilovsky district, A. Abdushakirov, took the first place and passed to the republican competition.
In order to educate young people of moral values, such as love for the country, honesty, justice, hard work, kindness, honor through reading excerpts from Kazakh poetry, as well as strengthening the activity of the Kazakh language as the language of interethnic communication, the republican campaign "Men Kazaksha soileimin"was announced.According to the rules of the campaign, the applicant participating in the campaign must expressively recite one of the poems of his chosen poet about his native land, country (the duration should not exceed 2 minutes) and widely distribute it on social networks with the hashtag #менқазақшасөйлемін 2021.
A total of 1 stage of the campaign, consisting of 5 stages (stage 1 among schoolchildren of grades 5-8, stage 2 among students of grades 9-10, stage 3 among university students, stage 4 among adults, stage 5 law enforcement officers) 65 applicants from the Almaty region took part.As a result, L. Sharipova, a student of the 7th grade of the Karasai district, was awarded the Grand Prix in the republic. Also, the 1st place was taken by I. Ibragimova, a student of the 7th grade of the Karasay district.At the same time, representatives of 27 ethnic groups of the region were awarded a letter of thanks from the Committee on Language Policy of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan for their active participation in this action.
According to the list of events scheduled for June 4 – the Day of Symbols of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a solemn ceremony of performing the national anthem of the Republic of Kazakhstan was held with the participation of civil servants of the department and employees of the educational and methodological center "Til" of the Almaty region.A video greeting was presented by the author of the coat of arms of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the famous architect Zh.Malibekov. At the end of the event in honor of the Day of State Symbols of the Republic of Kazakhstan, active employees of the department, as well as active citizens of the region, were awarded letters of thanks from the department.
On June 23, 2021, in order to systematize terminological work, develop an algorithm for improving the terminological base of the Kazakh language, the Committee on Language Policy of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan held a republican methodological seminar on the topic "Terminological base: experience and technologies"in an online format. The seminar was attended by specialists of the Department for the development of management languages and heads of the educational and methodological center "Til" of the Almaty region.
In the first half of 2021, the number of articles published in regional and city print media related to the use of the state language and its propaganda amounted to 20. Of these, 5 articles were published in the regional newspaper "Zhetysu", 2 articles in the regional newspaper "Lights of Alatau", 10 articles in the socio-political newspaper "Alatau", 3 articles in the city newspaper "Taldykorgan". Also, the number of publications related to the language situation in social networks (Facebook, Instagram)was 179.