Attitudes of Astana People to the Establishment of Unique State Language in Office Work
KAZAKHSTAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, ECONOMIC AND STRATEGIC RESEARCH
COLLEGE OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
BACHELOR OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Course: Research, Reading and Writing Skills
Attitudes of Astana people to establishment of unique state language in the office work in Kazakhstan
Instructor: Aigul Kaikenova
20050614, Tsoy Andrey
20052078, Magzumova Umut
BAE-1, Summer-1 2006
Acknowledgement
We want to acknowledge our parents for participating and helping us to conduct a questionnaire in the state institutions in Astana. Also we would like to thank Saltanat – secretary of head of government – for distribution of questionnaires among respondents and operate actions in delivering results to Almaty.
Abstract Nowadays the issue of languages is one of the most actual, disputable. That is why government tries to improve the conditions of state language. This year new law was created; it states that all documentations must be written in Kazakh. This change cause many disputes and discussions and becomes more popular. As an actual issue this problem was chosen by the authors of research. The research question: what is the viewpoint of Astana citizens to establishment of unique state language in office work? Research objectives are to inquire into views of people to this law, find the advantages and disadvantages of change, to define the impact of transition on the process of work. After analyzing possible consequences, following research hypothesis was made: people would have negative point of view on the establishment. In order to achieve more efficiency the instrument of survey design – questionnaire – was chosen. It was conducted among 20 people - the inhabitants of Astana – who work in the state institutions, because change of language in the office work impacts them directly. Convenience sampling was used, because authors chose merely closest persons as
COLLEGE OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
BACHELOR OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Course: Research, Reading and Writing Skills
Attitudes of Astana people to establishment of unique state language in the office work in Kazakhstan
Instructor: Aigul Kaikenova
20050614, Tsoy Andrey
20052078, Magzumova Umut
BAE-1, Summer-1 2006
Acknowledgement
We want to acknowledge our parents for participating and helping us to conduct a questionnaire in the state institutions in Astana. Also we would like to thank Saltanat – secretary of head of government – for distribution of questionnaires among respondents and operate actions in delivering results to Almaty.
Abstract Nowadays the issue of languages is one of the most actual, disputable. That is why government tries to improve the conditions of state language. This year new law was created; it states that all documentations must be written in Kazakh. This change cause many disputes and discussions and becomes more popular. As an actual issue this problem was chosen by the authors of research. The research question: what is the viewpoint of Astana citizens to establishment of unique state language in office work? Research objectives are to inquire into views of people to this law, find the advantages and disadvantages of change, to define the impact of transition on the process of work. After analyzing possible consequences, following research hypothesis was made: people would have negative point of view on the establishment. In order to achieve more efficiency the instrument of survey design – questionnaire – was chosen. It was conducted among 20 people - the inhabitants of Astana – who work in the state institutions, because change of language in the office work impacts them directly. Convenience sampling was used, because authors chose merely closest persons as
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