On November 28, 2024, CARCEIT hosted an insightful seminar featuring Assel Sadykova, Teaching Fellow at the Center for Preparatory Studies (CPS), Nazarbayev University. The seminar focused on her research project, "Students' Transition and Navigation of Language, Identity, and Culture in Academic Texts: Exploring Systemic Functional Linguistics and Bourdieu."
Assel explored the experiences of students from diverse backgrounds in Kazakhstan as they engage with academic texts in English-medium university settings. The presentation delved into the cultural, linguistic, and identity-related challenges students face and highlighted how these factors influence their academic journeys. By applying Systemic Functional Linguistics and Bourdieu’s cultural capital framework, the research revealed the profound impact of socioeconomic status and prior schooling on students’ engagement with academic texts.
Attendees had the opportunity to discuss how insights from this study could inform policies and practices to better support students’ transitions to university life.
The seminar recording is now available below for those who missed the live session.
Assel explored the experiences of students from diverse backgrounds in Kazakhstan as they engage with academic texts in English-medium university settings. The presentation delved into the cultural, linguistic, and identity-related challenges students face and highlighted how these factors influence their academic journeys. By applying Systemic Functional Linguistics and Bourdieu’s cultural capital framework, the research revealed the profound impact of socioeconomic status and prior schooling on students’ engagement with academic texts.
Attendees had the opportunity to discuss how insights from this study could inform policies and practices to better support students’ transitions to university life.
The seminar recording is now available below for those who missed the live session.
