On 17 April 2024 o the Department of Turkology and Language Theory of the Faculty of Philology of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University held XI Republican Olympiad: "The Best Linguist". The master's degree students from all universities of the country were invited to participate in it. The master’s degree students from Abai KazNPU, KazNWPU, Al-Farabi KazNU majoring in "Linguistics", "Kazakh Philology", "Russian Philology", "Foreign Philology", "Foreign Language: two foreign languages" took part. The organisers of the Olympiad were the teachers of the Department of Turkicology and Language Theory, Doctor of Philological Sciences Ibraeva J.K. and Candidate of Philological Sciences Mambetova M.K.
The Olympiad consisted of 2 stages. At the first stage the participants took a test. The test tasks included questions on general linguistics, language theory, genealogical and typological classification of languages. At the second stage, the participants made the reports on the topic: "Digital linguistics in Kazakhstan: future and trends of development" which were a homework assignment.
The participants sshowed their profound knowledge and were well- prepared. The Olympiad was held at a high level. According to the results of the Olympiad, the first place was taken by the master’s degree student of Abai KazNPU Tulegenova Moldir, the second place was taken by the master’s degree students of Al-Farabi KazNU Arinov Alisher, Karymkhan Akmaral, and the master’s degree student of KazNWPU Baikenova Togzhan, the third place was taken by the master’s degree students of Al-Farabi KazNU Mamanov Bolat and Nurlangazy Balnur. The winner and prize-winners of the Olympiad were awarded the diplomas and the memorable prizes.
