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Why do Kazakhs resist learning their mother tongue 12 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union?
Twelve years ago Kazakhstan became an independent republic with the national language – Kazakh. In spite of the time that has passed, most of the nation speaks Russian and doesn’t even want to talk in their mother tongue. ... So I decided to focus on the question of why Kazakhs resist learning their mother tongue 12 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union. I also became interested in this issue, because I’m Kazakh and I don’t know my mother tongue either.
Part of me thinks that I didn’t act wisely when I resisted learning Kazakh language in school, but another part of me thinks that I didn’t loose anything with the fact that I don’t know my mother tongue, except a couple of times when I was riding the bus. ... ’ And we always answered yes, and then they would start asking us ‘why are you speaking Russian if you are Kazakhs? ... After the collapse of the Soviet Union we had to start everything from the beginning and of course we did not have a lot of qualified Kazakh teachers. ... So Maybe that’s one of the reasons why a lot of Kazakhs resisted learning their mother tongues. ... My mom thinks that Kazakhs should not resist learning the language, because a language is a nations cultural background, and it also shows the power of the nation. ...
So the problem of Kazakhs resisting learning their mother tongue set me to thinking. Maybe Kazakhs are resisting learning their mother tongue because they don’t know that language is the nations power and only when the nation knows it’s language and it’s culture will it be able to grow as a prospering nation. ... Most of them are Kazakh and most of them resist learning their mother tongue just like me.
Approximate Word count = 1537
Approximate Pages = 6.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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