Conference 11/26/2026

MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND HIGHER EDUCATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

ASTANA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Astana, Kazakhstan)

M. AUEZOV SOUTH KAZAKHSTAN UNIVERSITY (Shymkent, Kazakhstan)

BAKU SLAVIC UNIVERSITY (Baku, Azerbaijan)

TERMEZ STATE UNIVERSITY (Termez, Uzbekistan)

8 Kabanbay Batyr Avenue, Astana 010000, Republic of Kazakhstan

INFORMATION LETTER

Dear Colleagues!

We invite school principals and teachers, educational methodologists, faculty members of colleges and higher education institutions, undergraduate, master's and doctoral students to participate in the International Web Conference "PHILOLOGY IN THE WORLD OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONS."

The purpose of the conference is to establish an international academic platform for discussing current trends and future prospects for the development of philology in the digital era, as well as to exchange research findings and practical experience in linguistics, literary studies, language education, and the application of innovative technologies in the humanities.

The main conference topics are:

1.      Functioning of Turkic Languages in the Digital Environment: Education and Communication.

2.      Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies in Philological Research and Teaching.

3.      Digital Educational Resources in Foreign Language Teaching at Higher Education Institutions.

4.      Teachers and Modern Educational Multimedia Resources.

As part of the conference, participants' workshops entitled "Philology Online: New Guidelines for Innovative Practice" will be organized in the following areas:

1.      Teachers and Modern Educational Multimedia Resources.

2.      Transformation of Reading: New Forms of Literature in the Digital Environment.

3.      Digital Linguistics: Studying Language Transformation in the Digital Environment.

The conference will be held in a hybrid format using distance-learning technologies.

Links for online participation will be sent together with the Conference Programme on 23 November 2026.

Working languages of the conference: Kazakh, Russian and English.

Following the conference, an electronic volume of conference proceedings will be published. The originality of the paper must be at least 70%. Participation in the conference and publication of papers in the electronic proceedings are free of charge.

All required materials should be submitted to the Organizing Committee in one e-mail by 20 November 2026 (inclusive). File names should be formatted as follows: Surname_Registration Form, Surname_Paper or Surname_Video

The electronic conference proceedings will be available for download from 20 December 2026 on the website of Astana International University:

https://www.aiu.kz/ru/science/conf .

Registration form (issued in the language of publication)

Requirements for the design of materials for publication

The text of the article is in doc format (Microsoft Word 2003-2007). A4 sheet size (297x 210 mm). Page format: all margins are 2 cm, pages are not numbered. Font: Times New Roman, size – 14 pt, for annotations, keywords and references – 12 pt.  The text should be formatted in width without hyphenation, paragraph indentation – 1.0 cm. The line spacing is single. The volume is 5-7 pages.

The title of the article is centered (14 pt, capital letters, bold). Indented to the right are the last name and initials of the author(s) (12 pt, plain font, bold), place of work, country, city, e-mail (12 pt, non-bold, plain font). On the next line, an abstract (no more than 100 words) and keywords (no more than 7 words) are formed in the language of publication and in English (12 pt, non-bold, italics). The quotation marks are arranged in the form of a Christmas tree («»). The examples given are highlighted in italics. A numbered list of used information sources at the end of the article, (12 pt) in the order of references. The source number and page are indicated in square brackets [1:17].

General requirements and rules for the compilation of tables and graphic materials:

- formatting tables. Each table should be numbered and have a heading. The table number and title are placed above the table on the left edge. The number is formatted as "Table 1" ("Кесте 1", "Таблица 1"), the font style is italics. The table header is separated by a dash;

- design of graphic materials. Graphic materials should be prepared using Microsoft Graph or Excel programs without using scanning. Graphic objects should be in the form of a drawing or grouped objects. Graphic objects should not extend beyond the margins of the page or exceed one page.;

- each object must be numbered and have a title. The item number and title are placed under the item on the left edge. The number is formatted as "Figure 1" ("Сурет 1", "Рисунок 1");

- formalization of formulas. Mathematical formulas are generated through the formula editor "Microsoft Equation". Their numbering is indicated on the right side in parentheses. If there are a large number of formulas, we recommend that they be numbered independently for each section.

Rules for making a list of cited literature:

Books by the same author:

Galichkina E.N. Computer communication: linguistic status, sign means, genre space: monograph. – Volgograd: Paradigma, 2012. – 322 p.

Books by two or three authors:

Nurtazina M.B., Kadeeva M.I. Functional principles of language description for applied purposes: a reference guide to the modern Russian language. – Astana: L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, 2015. – 236 p.

Article from the conference collection:

Aubakirova Zh.S., Shakarim S.B., Zhanybekova B.N. Gaming and interactive tools in teaching Russian language and literature // Collection of materials of the international scientific and practical conference "AIU – 2026: Artificial intelligence and digital transformation as a vector of development of science of young scientists". - Astana: Astana International University, 2026. – P. 580-584.

Article from the magazine:

Shakhmetova N.A., Smailova Zh.A. Intermediality in Students' Written Work: A Study of the Auxiliary Potential of Generative Intelligence // TOU Bulletin. Pedagogical Series. - 2025. - No. 4. - Pp. 202-219.

Voiskounsky A.E. Internet Metaphors // Questions of Philosophy. - 2001. - No. 11. - Pp. 64-79.

Internet sources:

Bakhtin M.M. The works of François Rabelais and the popular culture of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. - 2nd ed. - M.: Art. lit., 2000. - 543 p. // [Electronic resource] Access mode: http://www.philosophy.ruibrary/bahtin/rable.html.

Translated editions:

Bloomfield, L. Language / L. Bloomfield; lane from English E. S. Kubryakova and V. P. Murat. – M.: Progress, 1968. – 607 p.

The Organizing Committee reserves the right to select articles for publication. Upon receipt of materials, the Organizing Committee will send a confirmation of receipt to the author within 3 business days. Articles are not reviewed or returned. Authors are responsible for the content of submitted articles and any forms of plagiarism. Materials are published in the original version.

Sample article format

General requirements for conducting a master class

Select a leading teaching method, technology, and teaching aids. Develop and submit a master class script to the Organizing Committee in Microsoft Word format: font: Times New Roman, 14 pt; paragraph indentation: 1.0; all margins: 2 cm; tables, illustrations, and photographs should be numbered and titled. The document should be no more than 5 pages long.

Format of the master class

Develop and submit to the Organizing Committee a video (5-7 minutes long) of a single lesson segment related to the topic of the course. The teacher will pre-record the lesson segment (Video Tutorial) and edit the video step-by-step to briefly show the process of organizing and delivering the segment. The demonstration will be conducted online (ZOOM). After the demonstration, the author will answer questions from the jury and audience in real time.

Optimal video structure

A brief overview of the necessary materials and tools. Introduction (10-15% of the time) – presentation of the topic, setting the goal. The main part is a demonstration of a fragment of the lesson, showing the process in close-up with commentary or voiceover.

Evaluation criteria:

Ø  Effectiveness of the assignment(s) content in applied learning;

Ø  Unique experience, simple and accessible presentation; ability to demonstrate mastery and the most interesting ways to work with educational material;

Ø  Interactivity; ability to demonstrate multimedia files (audio and video files, presentations), electronic documents, websites, applications on your device, etc.;

Ø  High-quality sound, no technical glitches.

The organizers will notify about the approval of the master class no later than November 20.

For any questions, please contact the Conference Organizing Committee.

Responsible Secretary: Aliya Nurlanovna Nugumanova, PhD, Senior Lecturer at the Pedagogical Institute.

Е-mail: aliya-mj@mail.ru

Mobile phone: +7 (705) 7713436

Plenary session:

Nugumanova Aliya Nurlanovna, aliya-mj@mail.ru

Thematic session:

Section 1. Akhmediyakyzy Aliya, ahmediyakyzy.95@gmail.com

Section 2. Bakhytzhan Nazerke Abaykyzy, ruslit_auezov@mail.ru

Section 3. Zhaumytbaeva Aiman Adilovna, aimanjaumitbaeva@gmail.com

Section 4. Janybekova Bagdagul Nurkhatovna, zhanibekova_89.24@mail.ru

Master-classes:

1.    Narmanova Razia Ibragimovna, razianarmanova@gmail.com

2.    Bakhytzhan Nazerke Abaykyzy, ruslit_auezov@mail.ru

3.    Baltabaeva Ulbusin Kendirbekovna, offflahertie@gmail.com