The story behind the Learner's Corpus of Kazakh
The platform emerged from the Kazakhstan–UK collaboration including the Birsöz initiative at Oxford University.
The database includes texts for A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 levels, lexical and grammatical references, picture dictionary, video materials, exercises and tasks.
It provides comprehensive information about Kazakh phonetics, vocabulary, grammar while offering in-depth introduction to Kazakh culture.
Collaboration between Oxford University and A. Baytursynuly Institute of Linguistics begins.
Linguists compile graded texts, vocabulary, and grammar references across CEFR levels.
Interactive web platform built on the National Corpus of Kazakh Language infrastructure.
Speech recognition, text-to-speech, and AI conversation practice integrated into the platform.
Learner's Corpus of Kazakh opens to learners worldwide with 58 reading texts and full exercise suite.
Materials aligned with CEFR, ensuring a structured and progressive learning experience from beginner to advanced.
Basic phrases, greetings, introductions, simple questions about personal details.
Routine tasks, simple descriptions of background, immediate environment, and needs.
Main points of familiar matters, travel situations, personal interests and experiences.
Complex texts on concrete and abstract topics, fluent interaction with native speakers.
Demanding, longer texts with implicit meaning, fluent and spontaneous expression.
Related institutions and platforms supporting Kazakh language education.