Lecture for book-reading amateurs

11 february, 2024

On February 23, 2024.  the Farabi reading club organized a meeting with Argynbek Kunanbayuly,  an editor-translator and the lecturer   of  the Faculty of Philology of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. The meeting was dedicated to the continuity of language and knowledge, the influence of reading and writing on the brain, stylistics, and writing etiquette.  The speaker also   mentioned about  the enormous work of the Alash intelligentsia in publishing and writing  books and  textbooks, and the role  of the generous rich people of the Kazakh steppe who made a great contribution to the development of  enlightened and intellectual community of our country. The  students from Afghanistan and  the students who like to read books came to the lecture. The lecturer emphasized in his speech the influence of reading books on the development of intelligence, overcoming empathy and achieving success in the field of scientific research.  He  recited  a few wisdom  words by  Abay, as well as other wise statements  that  the writers Berdybek Sokpakbayev and Rakhimzhan Otarbay used to reveal the personality of their main  characters.  The speaker  ended his lecture by  recommending  the books of Mortimer Adler and Marianne Wolf to conduct successful research. At the end of the lecture, the students also showed activity, recommending a list of books that, in their opinion, could also help in researching a scientific problem.