Nation-building and identity development through ethnocultural content in university English for Specific Purposes courses in Kazakhstan
Kurmanayeva D. Tazhitova G. Zhalelova G. Ustelimova N. Kurmanayeva G.
31 December 2021Birlesik Dunya Yenilik Arastirma ve Yayincilik Merkezi
Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences
2021#16Issue 62887 - 2900 pp.
It seems obvious that that educational activity establishes conditions for the development of a person capable of combining ancestral traditions and values while maintaining their distinctive ethnoculture. This paper investigates how integrating ethnocultural material into English for Specific Purposes (ESP) university courses contributes to nation-building and students’ identity development while at the same time exerting impact on ESP curriculum advancement. The empirical part of the research involved 104 first-year engineering students learning English as a foreign language for specific purposes. The experiment demonstrated that exposing students to regional material and enabling them to communicate in English about their region empowers them in their national and regional identity, while contributing to nation-building goals of university education. The findings of the study reveal that integrating ethnocultural material into ESP university courses positively impacts both students’ motivation and their national identity development. 2021 Birlesik Dunya Yenilik Arastirma ve Yayincilik Merkezi. All rights reserved.
Criteria , ESP , Ethnocultural material , Nation-building , National identity , Reflection , Students
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L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Foreign Languages Department, Satpayev Str., 2, Nur-Sultan, 010008, Kazakhstan
L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Social Pedagogy and Self-knowledge Department, Satpayev Str., 2, Nur-Sultan, 010008, Kazakhstan
L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Cultural Studies Department, Satpayev Str., 2, Nur-Sultan, 010008, Kazakhstan
L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Languages Department, Satpayev Str., 2, Nur-Sultan, 010008, Kazakhstan
Astana University, Foreign Languages Department, Abai avenue, 15k1, Nur-Sultan, 010000, Kazakhstan
L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
Astana University
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