«Шетел тілі: екі шетел тілі» мамандығы бойынша магистратура

Phone:  +7 (727) 270 43 68, ext. 2112
Email: juldyz@kimep.kz
Address: 2 Abai Ave., Almaty, Kazakhstan, Dostyk Building, office #228

CSc, Assistant Professor
LC Deputy Director

Karina Narymbetova received her Candidate of Philological Sciences from al-Farabi Kazakh National University (2009, Kazakhstan), and her MA in TESOL from KIMEP University (2016).

Her research interests are principally in the area of literary studies, language education, and teacher training. Her research on comparative literary studies was partly done under JFDP fellowship as a visiting scholar in 2004-2005 at the WSU and University of Washington, USA. She is a self-directed, action-oriented professional with over 20 years’ experience in education who has developed a diverse teaching and training record. As a British Council Researcher Connect Trainer she has worked in a training and consultancy capacity with teachers and researchers. She has made keynote and workshop presentations for many national and international conferences on various aspects of teaching & learning.

She teaches both undergraduate and graduate students and believes it is important to understand different learning styles and strengths that students bring to class. Her favorite part of teaching is searching for approaches to help struggling students to cope with challenging material.

Publications:

• Narymbetova, K. (2019, august). Elementary literacy program in Kazakhstan. Learning from the past for the future: Literacy for all. Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Babeshko, Y. & Narymbetova, K. (2019, august). Are you “instateacher”? Academic literacy through social network sites. Learning from the past for the future: Literacy for all. Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Narymbetova, K., Kulichenko Y. (2016). Literacy and Education: raising the intellectual potential of Kazakhstan. Symposium proceedings New trends in Science and Education. pp. 76-78
• Narymbetova, K, (2016). Literacy Assessment and Evaluation Practices in Kazakhstan: Teachers’ Perspective. Paper presented at the international conference 3rd Baltic – 17th Nordic Literacy Conference. Turku, Finland
• Narymbetova, K. (2016). Kazakhstan in the works of American writers. In Y.K. Kalizhanov (Eds), Kazakh-American Literary relations: Present and Future. pp. 82-115
• Narymbetova, K. (2016). American image in Kazakh literature. In Y.K. Kalizhanov (Eds), Kazakh-American Literary relations: Present and Future. pp. 116-138
• Narymbetova, K. (2016). Poetry of Kanapiyanov, Kenzheyev and Kodar in foreign publications. In Y.K. Kalizhanov (Eds), Kazakh-American Literary relations: Present and Future. pp. 212-231
• Narymbetova, K. (2017, April). Literacy assessment and evaluation practices in Kazakhstan: teachers’ perspective. Paper presented at the international conference “Governance and Communication: Between Modernity and Post-Modernity”, KIMEP. Almaty

Karina Narymbetova,
Senior Lecturer, CSc
LC Deputy Director
Language Center, KIMEP University
2, Abai Ave., 050010, Almaty
tel # 7 727 270-43-71, ext 2617
nkarina@kimep.kz

John Westbrook holds an MFA in Creative Writing, with a concentration in poetry, from the University of Florida (2012, USA). He completed an MA in English at the University of Tulsa (2017, USA) and a BA in English at the Rice University (2009, USA).

His research interests include contemporary Anglophone poetry, poetry in translation, and creative writing pedagogy. He formerly served as assistant poetry editor for the American literary journal Subtropics and now serves as co-editor of KIMEP’s new humanities journal Language, Culture, Environment. His poems and translations have appeared in publications such as the Manchester Review, the New Criterion, and the Southern Review.

Mr. Westbrook teaches Academic Reading and Writing II and Introduction to Films.

Кешіріңіз, беттің осы нұсқасын келесі тілдерде оқи аласыз: Американдық Ағылшын Тілі.

Кешіріңіз, беттің осы нұсқасын келесі тілдерде оқи аласыз: Американдық Ағылшын Тілі.

Кешіріңіз, беттің осы нұсқасын келесі тілдерде оқи аласыз: Американдық Ағылшын Тілі.

Кешіріңіз, беттің осы нұсқасын келесі тілдерде оқи аласыз: Американдық Ағылшын Тілі et Орыс Тілі.

Short Biography

Dr. Su Jin Lee is an assistant professor of Language Center, KIMEP University. She received her Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2009. Prior to joining KIMEP, she was a head researcher and director of Practical English Education Center at Hanyang University, South Korea. Her research interests focus on three interrelated areas of concerns: a) effective instructional methods to develop English as a Second/Foreign Language (ESL/FL) learners’ literacy skills; b) flipped learning strategies to engage ESL/FL learners; and c) young learners’ ESL/FL literacy development. Most importantly, Dr. Lee is passionate and enthusiastic about her teaching; she constantly improves her teaching skills to help students be knowledgeable and critical about content areas. Dr. Lee is currently teaching Academic Reading and Writing II, Academic English Speaking, Curriculum Design, Teaching English through Children’s Literature, Introduction to Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Acquisition Research.

Current Publications

• Lee, S. J. & Lee, D. (2016). Effects of Corrective Feedback on Grammatical Accuracy of EFL Writing. Learner-centered Curriculum and Instruction, 16(11).
• Lee, D. & Lee, S. J. (2017). Effect of Two Types of Feedback on Accuracy Development of L2 Writing. Learner-centered Curriculum and Instruction, 17(17).
• Lee, S. J. & Yoon, H. K. (2018). Input talks: a case study of one experienced preschool teacher’s use of English input. Learner-centered Curriculum and Instruction, 18(16).
• Lee, S. J. (in progress). Kazakhstani graduate students’ perceptions of flipped instruction. The Journal of Modern British & American Language & Literature 37(1).

MA in Interpreting and Translation, University of Bath, UK

Dariga Baktygereyeva has been a senior lecturer at the College of Humanities and Education since 2023. She received her bachelor degree in translation studies at the Suleiman Demirel University in 2011. She then continued her studies at the University of Bath, and is currently finalising her PhD in the same field from Durham University, UK.

Her research focuses on investigating the factors that contribute to interpreters’ positive mental states and promote lifelong learning in students. The study is a mixed method research that utilizes various psycholinguistic research methods such as eye-tracking, physiological data acquisition (heart rate variability, galvanic skin response), retrospective interviews, and subjective questionnaires to analyze cognitive, affective, and behavioral patterns in interpreters.

At present, three articles are undergoing preparation for publication:

1. The impact of time pressure on information acquisition and processing patterns in professional and student interpreters.
2. The influence of multimodal input modality on information retention and comprehension within the Working Memory Model.
3. The effect of perceived workload and skills on the intrinsic motivation of professional and student interpreters.

Olga Karpushina is a senior lecturer at the College of Humanities and Education. She is a graduate of Pittsburgh University, USA and a DELTA certified TESOL professional. Accomplished and caring bilingual teacher and instructor with more than 27 years of teaching and tutoring experience including 18+ years of teaching ESL and EFL in the U.S., Canada, Russia, and Kazakhstan.

Selected Publications:

1. “Teaching With Authentic Resources: Using Newspapers and Magazines in English Classroom.” East-West: Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Teaching European and Oriental Languages. Materials of the III International Conference on Scientific Applications, March 11, 2020. Novosibirsk, Russia: 2020.
2. “Play your Cards Right.” Bow Valley College on-line blog. www.bowvalleycollege.ca Sept. 23, 2017 “At the Intersection of Genres: Galich’s Generic Montage.” SISC, 4. Ed. Petrov, Petre and Seth Graham. Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and CREES. 2003. 20-32. University of Pittsburgh.
3. “The Military Body: Film Representations of the Chechen and Vietnam Wars.” SISC, 3. Ed. Goscilo, Helena and Seth Graham. Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and CREES. 2002. 33-52. University of Pittsburgh.
4. “Moral Hierarchy of Families in Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina.” SISC, 2. Ed. Goscilo, Helena and Petre Petrov. Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and CREES. 2001. 63-92. University of Pittsburgh.

August Garnsey is a senior lecturer at the College of Humanities and Education. He is a holder of a Master’s diploma from Northeastern Illinois University, USA and a CELTA certificate. Experienced U.S. Department of State English Language Fellow and international English teacher trainer with a MA TESOL and CELTA with over 4 years’ experience in Kazakhstan teaching and training at both the university level and secondary education level at reputable institutions. Current project work in Kazakhstan as a Fellow, has had an impact on the professional development of over 3,000 English teachers and professors and over 5,000 students across all 14 regions of Kazakhstan that integrated U.S. government programs, university partners, and multiple education departments. Skilled in academic writing, EAP, ESP, curriculum development, instructional design, CLIL, and educational technology for pre-service and in-service EFL teacher training programs in Kazakhstan.

Madina Kuvatova is a senior lecturer at the College of Humanities and Education. She is a MA in Translation studies graduate from the University of Birmingham. Previously she received her bachelor’s diploma from Pavlodar Pedagogical State Institute named after S Toraigyrov, specialising in foreign languages. She has more than 15 years of teaching experience.

In 2023 she received her CELTA certificate.

Кешіріңіз, беттің осы нұсқасын келесі тілдерде оқи аласыз: Американдық Ағылшын Тілі.

PhD in Linguistics, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (2015)

M.St. General Linguistics and Comparative Philology, University of Oxford, UK

Kara Fleming is an associate professor in the Language Center. She received her Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Hong Kong and her M.St. in Linguistics from the University of Oxford. Her research interests include language ideologies, language policy, multilingualism, and the relationships between language and ethnic and national identity. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in several international peer-reviewed edited volumes and journals, such as Language Ecology, and her monograph co-authored with Umberto Ansaldo, Revivals, nationalism, and linguistic discrimination: Threatening languages, is forthcoming with Routledge in 2020.

Dr Fleming teaches graduate courses including Introduction to Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; and Curriculum and Materials Development for TESOL; her undergraduate teaching includes Fundamentals of Linguistics; Language in Society, and academic English courses.

Selected publications:

Fleming, K., & Ansaldo, U. (forthcoming). Threatening languages: Revivals, nationalism, and linguistic discrimination. London: Routledge.

Fleming, K. (in preparation b). Poststructuralist approaches to language contact. In U. Ansaldo & M. Meyerhoff (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Languages. London: Routledge.

Fleming, K. (2019a). Language, scale, and ideologies of the national in Kazakhstan. In S. Dovchin & T. Barrett (Eds.), Critical Inquiries in the Studies of Sociolinguistics of Globalization. Multilingual Matters.

Fleming, K. (2019b). Who is “diverse”?: (In)tolerance, education, and race in Hong Kong. In J. Gube & F. Gao (Eds.), Education, ethnicity and equity in the multilingual Asian context. Springer.

Fleming, K. (2018). Transformative multilingualism?: Class, race and linguistic repertoires in Hong Kong. In J. Jaspers & L. M. Madsen (Eds.), Languagised lives: Fixity and fluidity in sociolinguistic theory and practice. London: Routledge.

Fleming, K. (2017). Hong Kong’s language ecology and the racialized linguistic order. Language Ecology, 1(1), 25–43. https://doi.org/10.1075/le.1.1.03fle

Fleming, K. (2015a). Constructing categories in a multilingual Hong Kong school. In M. O’Sullivan, D. Huddart, & C. Lee (Eds.), The future of English in Asia: Perspectives on language and literature (pp. 75–92). London: Routledge.

Fleming, K. (2015b). Ideology, identity, and linguistic repertoires among South Asian students in Hong Kong (Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.