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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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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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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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From reluctant multilingualism to strategic translanguaging: instructors’ languaging practices and dilemmas in EMI universities in Kazakhstan
Tajik, M. A., Manan, S. A., Shamatov, D., Ablayeva, M., Shegebayev, M. & Zheldybayeva, M., Dec 2026, In: Language Policy. 25, 2, 30.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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From reluctant multilingualism to strategic translanguaging: instructors’ languaging practices and dilemmas in EMI universities in Kazakhstan
Tajik, M., Manan, S., Shamatov, D., Ablayeva, M., Shegebayev, M. & Zheldybayeva, M., Jun 3 2026, In: Language Policy (The Netherlands).Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Minority parents and medium of instruction policies in Kazakhstan: insights into language ideologies, family language planning and management
Mamysheva, K. & Manan, S. A., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Current Issues in Language Planning.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Minority Parents and Medium of Instruction Policies in Kazakhstan: Insights into Language Ideologies, Family Language Planning and Management
Mamysheva, K. & Manan, S., May 20 2026, In: Current Issues in Language Planning. p. 1-21Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Re-examining the ‘E’ in EMI: towards a ‘pragmatic multilingualism’ for STEM subjects teaching in Kazakhstan
Manan, S. A., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Pedagogy, Culture and Society.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review