Teaching English to young learners within new requirements of primary education in Kazakhstan

Abstract

This research briefly introduces the education system in Kazakhstan, mentioning the recent changes in primary education. Early foreign language teaching has been accorded much importance in the Republic of Kazakhstan in the last years. Its importance increases in the Kazakhstan context and with the ideas of trilingual education. The authors examines the recent changes in primary education, focuses on policy efforts directed towards improving the quality of English learning and teaching, mentioning the aims and expectations in the Curriculum. Despite the major progress that has been made in early English language teaching in Kazakhstan many problems still remain to be tackled and deserve serious attention from policymakers.