Language Centre announces the winners of the Words of Love festival

April 1- 15 2021, ALMAU Language Center organized the online art contest “Words of Love” devoted to the Kazakh Day of «Kozy-Korpesh and Bayan-Sulu».  

The program was focused on poetry and songs composing, it included three categories: the poems or songs of own composing; poems or songs translation from a foreign language into a native one; poems or songs translation from a native tongue into a foreign language.

There were 14 video posted on Instagram # almau_words_of_love where a professional jury of LC could watch and evaluate the linguistic talent along with the video design of ALMAU participants. The results were announced on the 15 April, the ceremony of awarding took place in Zoom on the 19 April. All the participants received the certificates and small university gifts. The first-place winners were honored a special bonus to be published in the ALMAU Colloquium.

The best composed poem was Amangul Sherniyaz;

second went Zhanel Abdrakhmanova ;

followed by Amina Bazarbek taking third place.

The best translator from a foreign language was Gaziza Darizhan;

next was the Aruzhan Matymov’s team;

third place was given to Akmaral Abdimutalipova.

In the category of the translation from a native language the prize winners were Zhaneal  Takenova – 1 place; the Aruzhan Matymova’s team – 2 place; and Milana Iskhanova – 3 place.

The most impressive video was by the team of Aruzhan Matymova (Ilya Kremenesh, Kristina Klaus, Ihsan Imermzayev, Alina Akimzhanova, Nina Khegay, Aigerim Sakenova, Aiday Melissova, Alibi Amit).