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Syed Abdul Manan is Associate Professor of Multilingual Education at Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, Kazakhstan. His research, teaching, and supervision interests include language education policy and planning, English Medium Instruction (EMI), multilingual practices, World Englishes, and policy issues related to the curriculum, instruction, politics, coloniality, economics, identity, and sociology of languages, linguistic rights, and social justice. His research has been published in the top-tier journals that include Language Policy, Language & Education, Language Problems and Language Planning, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, Multilingua, Current Issues in Language Planning, International Journal of Multilingualism, Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, TESOL Journal, World Englishes, International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Asian Englishes, Language Sceinces, and others. He is co-editor of the books:
- Multilingual Selves and Motivations for Learning Languages other than English in Asian Contexts (Anas & Manan, 2024, Multilingual Matters),
- Agency in Multilingual Education Policy and Planning in Asia (Manan & Anas, 2025, Routledge),
- Towards Student Mobility in Asia: International Students' Multilingual Identities, Interculturality, and Future Selves (Anas & Manan, 2025, Routledge).
- Towards a Critical English Medium Instruction (EMI): Perspectives, Practices, and Prospects in Post-Soviet Contexts (Manan & Anas, 2026, Routledge)
Education/Academic qualification
Applied Linguistics, PhD, University of Malaya
Award Date: Oct 17 2015
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Graduate students' challenges with academic reading and writing in English medium universities in Kazakhstan
Tajik, M. (PI), Manan, S. (Co-PI), Shegebayev, M. (Co-PI), Zhassipbek, T. (Co-PI), Schamiloglu, U. (Co-PI) & Shamatov, D. (Other Faculty/Researcher)
1/1/21 → 12/31/24
Project: CRP
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Tensions between policy aspirations and enactment: investigating institutional and ecological concerns about English Medium Instruction (EMI) in the public schools in Kazakhstan
Manan, S. (PI), Tajik, M. (Co-PI) & Hajar, A. (Co-PI)
1/1/21 → 12/31/24
Project: FDCRGP
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Agency in Multilingual Education Policy and Planning in Asia
Manan, S. A. & Hajar, A., Jan 1 2025, Taylor and Francis. 216 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Agency in Multilingual Education Policy and Planning in Asia
Manan, S. & Hajar, A., Aug 1 2025, United Kingdom: Routledge.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Elite bilingualism in the linguistic landscape of Quetta, Pakistan
Manan, S. A., Apr 14 2025, The Handbook of Linguistic Landscapes and Multilingualism. wiley, p. 273-289 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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EMI and Students’ Academic Writing Challenges: A Social Practice View to Support Policy and Practice
Manan, S. & Tajik, M., 2025, Exploring Academic Writing as Social Practice: Institutional Goals, Complexities and Possibilities in Central Asia. Bedeker, M., Makoelle, T. & Manan, S. (eds.). Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 247-268 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Englishisation of Sindhi: mapping the impact of English on Sindhi in the linguistic landscape of Sindh
Channa, L. A. & Manan, S., Nov 15 2025, In: International Journal of Multilingualism.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review