The Russian language holds a strong position in Kazakhstan. It has a status of an official language, the language of international communication, and it continues to perform important social and humanitarian functions. But the purposeful displacement of Russian with the Kazakh language is still in progress, though this process lasts for a long time being held back because of satisfying the needs of society. The aim of this work is to show how much the sphere of Kazakh language use became widened after gaining the independence. In Kazakhstan, the future of the Kazakh language is shaped by activities of masses and by dignity level of Kazakhs in power. Therefore, the Kazakh language acquisition becomes a compulsory for government officials. Free Kazakh language training courses are provided in all public institutions to this effect. So from now on career growth issues also directly depend on state language acquisition, and this gives a great stimulus to its learning. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
