Directions of scientific researches of the faculty
• Mythology and modern kazakh literature;
• Sociolinguistic direction of studying language units in a multicultural society;
• Comparative and juxtapose direction of studying languages and literatures;
• Problems of the relationship between language and consciousness, the role of language in the categorization and conceptualization of the world, the relationship of individual cognitive abilities of a person with language;
• Scientific lingvodidactical school.
Scientific schools
At the faculty there is a scientific school "Folklyer men uttyk madeniet", "Myfologiya zhane kazirgi kazak adebieti" under the supervision of Doctor of philology, Professor S.А. Kaskabasov. The faculty's teaching staff are working on research projects under the leadership of the leading doctors of science:
• "Development of the principles of scientifically based nominative policy in Astana in the context of the formation of Kazakhstan's onomastic space" (head: Doctor of philological science, Prof. Zharkynbekova Sh.K.);
• "The functioning of languages in the multicultural space of Kazakhstan: dynamic trends, possible risks and prospects" (head: Doctor of philological science, Prof. Zharkynbekova Sh.K.);
• "Development of methodology and scientific and methodological foundations for the formation of linguistic competencies of students in the context of the modernization of vocational education in the Republic of Kazakhstan"" (head: Doctor of philological science, Prof. Nurtazina M.B.);
"Cultural and linguistic adaptation of the younger generation of Kazakh repatriates in the conditions of modern Kazakhstan" (head: Doctor of philological science, Prof. Agmanova A.E. );
• "Language model of multicultural education: interlingual and cultural aspects" (head: Doctor of philological science, Prof. Zhuravleva EA);
• "Language consciousness of ethnic groups of Kazakhstan in the aspect of ethnocultural interaction and the formation of Eurasian tolerance" (head: Doctor of philological science, Prof. Agmanov AE);
• "Scientific foundations of the organization of continuous linguodidactical education of foreign language specialists in the Republic of Kazakhstan" (head: Doctor of philological science, Prof.A.E. Bizhkenova);
• "Kazakh lingofol-kloryristika (research on the material of the language of the epic)" (head: Doctor of philological science, Prof.. Zhakyp Zh.A.).