Paper long abstract:

In contemporary society, the English language has acquired major significance and became prevalent in the education sphere. Since Kazakhstan has multilingual community English language has a dramatic impact on the approaches of teaching the Kazakh language. This research aims to provide analysis of integrative teaching approaches which could be used to facilitate learning Kazakh as a second language. One of the contemporary approaches considered to be effective is Task-Based Language Teaching method, which is mostly applied in the learning of the second or foreign language classes. In order to evaluate the formation of communicative competence in the Kazakh language, task-based teaching method along with code-switching would be involved as a tool for comprehensive analysis.

In this regard, the experiment was conducted within two Nazarbayev University Kazakh language classes, for the first class being applied a traditional way of teaching where teacher plays the main role and none of the innovative methods are applied. However, for the second Task-Based Language Teaching and code-switching approached are used. Consequently, both Task-Based Language teaching and code-switching allowed students to improve their interactive and communicative skills along with teamwork and presentation. Code-Switching between English and Kazakh was an interesting phenomenon to observe as Nazarbayev University is one of several institutions which implemented English policy education. Findings show that code-switching fosters quick comprehension of Kazakh language and forms socio-cultural identity while Task-Based Teaching eliminates the language barrier.

Keywords: Task-based learning Kazakh language English language

code switching integrative teaching