AP 23488882 "Improving the Methodology for Teaching Academic Writing in English Using Electronic Educational Resources"

Supervisor: Indira Dyussekeneva, PhD

Relevance:

Universities worldwide, including those in Kazakhstan, are striving for internationalization to seize numerous opportunities for academic collaboration and knowledge exchange. However, the issue of teaching academic research writing skills in English presents challenges for both educators and students, due to a lack of specialized personnel and developed methodologies for teaching academic writing in English.

In this regard, developing a methodology for fostering foreign language academic writing competence in English becomes especially relevant. The effective implementation of this project will be supported by the use of electronic educational resources, enabling a rich immersive environment for participants in the educational process.

Target:

The project's goal is to develop teaching and methodological support for cultivating academic writing skills in English using electronic educational resources within the context of higher education in Kazakhstan.

Expectation:

The research outcomes will include the publication of scientific articles, a monograph, and teaching materials, as well as presentations at conferences. The following will be published:

A collection of test tasks for academic writing in English;
Textbooks on academic writing in English.
Electronic educational resources, video courses, and a training course for teaching academic writing in English will also be developed.
Certificates of state registration for intellectual property objects will be obtained.
The project will also involve the publication of reviews on the challenges of fostering academic writing skills in English in Kazakhstan and the release of a collaborative monograph. A center for academic
writing will be established.
The planned publications include:
1 article or review in a peer-reviewed scientific publication indexed in the Social Science Citation Index and included in the 1st or 2nd quartile based on impact factor in the Web of Science database
and/or having a CiteScore percentile of at least 65 in the Scopus database;
2 articles or reviews in peer-reviewed foreign or domestic journals recommended by the Committee for Quality Assurance in Science and Higher Education.
The project will also include a seminar (webinar) and a national conference on the topic of fostering academic writing skills in English using electronic educational resources.

Result:

  • A textbook "A Handbook for Academic Writing" has been released. Dyusekeneva I. M., Abisheva Zh. N., Tulekova M. K., Saidashev R. R., Madimova D. T. Almaty: International Subscription Agency, 2024
  • A regional seminar (webinar) on the forms and means of teaching foreign academic writing was held – the webinar "Effective approaches to teaching academic writing: forms and methods" 09/27/2024 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BAyZvqAeA/?mibex ...
  • Educational and methodological support has been developed-a syllabus on academic writing has been developed, a course of lectures, guidelines for SRO, guidelines for practical exercises, guidelines for project implementation
  • A collection of test tasks has been released – "Mastering Academic Writing: test Collection" Dyusekeneva I. M., Abisheva Zh. N., Tulekova M. K., Madimova D. T., Saidashev R. R. Almaty: International Subscription Agency, 2024
  • Electronic educational resources have been developed - a collection of tests "Mastering Academic Writing: test Collection" dyusekeneva I. M., Abisheva Zh. N., Tulekova M. K., madimova D. T., Saidashev R. R., Umirbaeva S. T., dyusekenev D. N. (copyright certificate No. 49916 dated 09/19/2024) - an electronic textbook "A Handbook for Academic Writing" Dyusekeneva I. M., Tulekova M. K., Umirbaeva S. T., Saidashev R. R., Abisheva Zh.N., Madimova D. T. (copyright certificate No. 50960 dated 31.10.2024)