PRESENTATIONS

REFEREED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

 

Tastanbek, S. (2025, June 2-3). Translanguaging stance among EAL Teachers: Critical, flexible, and resilient manifestations [Paper presentation]. Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (ACLA/CAAL) 2025 Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Kalizhanova, Z., Tastanbek, S., & Kazymbek, A. (2025, June 2-3). Developing situated socially just praxis through a dialogic community [Poster presentation]. Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (ACLA/CAAL) 2025 Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Tastanbek, S., Gupta, C. (2025, May 31-June 3). “NO! We want to push them!”: Engaging in a translanguaging praxis of discomfort [Paper presentation]. The Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE) 2025 Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Tastanbek, S., Kalizhanova, Z., & Kazymbek, A. (2025, March 21). Creating “decolonial cracks” in Qazaqstani ELT [Paper presentation]. LLED Graduate Student Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Tastanbek, S. (2025, March 22-25). Becoming a proud translanguaging advocate: An intersectional exploration of an EAL teacher’s translanguaging stance development [Poster presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2025 Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA.

Tastanbek, S. (2025, March 18-21). Not “just a topic”: Infusing translanguaging into a TESL course [Paper presentation]. TESOL International Convention & Expo 2025, Long Beach, California, USA.

Kalizhanova, Z., Tastanbek, S., & Kazymbek, A. (2025, March 21). A Qazaq teacher’s situated practice to decolonize teaching EFL [Paper presentation]. The 12th Education Graduate Students Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Van Viegen, S., Zappa-Hollman, S., Neumann, H., Gharibi, F., Tastanbek, S., & Griffiths, E. (2024, June 12-14). Language socialization experiences of multilingual students across three post-secondary institutions [Paper presentation]. Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (ACLA/CAAL) 2024 Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Tastanbek, S., & Shad, S. (2024, June 12-14). “We’re not experts”: A duoethnography of doing antiracism in TESOL [Paper presentation]. Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (ACLA/CAAL) 2024 Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Tastanbek, S. (2024, May 10). Negotiating multiple identities: A sociocultural discourse analysis of a Qazaq EFL teacher educator's translanguaging beliefs [Paper presentation]. Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Research Day, UBC Language Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Tastanbek, S., & Schmorr, R. (2024, May 3). Implementing critical multilingual materials: Examples from Canada and Qazaqstan [Paper presentation]. BC Teachers of English as an Additional Language (TEAL) 2024 Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Tastanbek, S., & Kowkabi, N. (2024, March 16-19). "What are your thoughts?” Collaborative course development to raise CLA among Canadian EAL in-service teachers [Paper presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2024 Annual Conference, Houston, Texas, USA.

Tastanbek, S. (2023, May 27-29). Transcription and translation of translanguaging interview data: Following or subverting monolingual norms? [Paper presentation]. Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (ACLA/CAAL) 2023 Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Tastanbek, S. (2023, May 2-4). Exploring translanguaging-informed genre pedagogy for English academic writing instruction in multilingual settings [Paper presentation]. CCERBAL 2023 Biannual Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Zappa-Hollman, S., & Tastanbek, S. (2023, March 18-21). "I want to be inclusive, but how?" University instructors' beliefs and practices teaching multilinguals [Paper presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2023 Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, USA.

Tastanbek, S. (2023, March 18-21). “Even though I’m not a native speaker”: A Qazaq EFL teacher educator’s identities [Roundtable presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2023 Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, USA.

Tastanbek, S. (2021, July 10-14). Translanguaging for transforming Kazakhstani undergraduate students’ academic writing [Paper presentation]. International Symposium on Bilingualism ISB13, Warsaw, Poland.

Tastanbek, S. (2021, May 13-14). A critical analysis of curriculum and assessment of “Advanced English for Education Professionals II” from a plurilingual perspective [Paper presentation]. Central Asian Language and Education Conference (CALE) 2021, Almaty, Qazaqstan.

Goodman, B., & Tastanbek, S. (2019, December 14-15). Making the shift from a codeswitching to a translanguaging lens in English language teacher education [Paper presentation]. Multilingual and Multicultural Learning: Policies and Practices (MMLPP19) Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.

Tastanbek, S. (2019, April 18-20). Citizen sociolinguistics: Development of students’ linguistic awareness and research skills [Workshop]. 9th Central Asian Teachers of English Conference, Almaty, Qazaqstan.

Tastanbek, S. (2019, April 11-12). Kazakhstani pre-service teacher educators’ beliefs on translanguaging [Paper presentation]. 3rd Translanguaging Conference, Växjö, Sweden.

Tastanbek, S., & Kazymbek, A. (2018, October 25-26). Changes in teachers’ attitudes towards translanguaging [Paper presentation]. 10th International Research-to-Practice Conference, Astana, Qazaqstan.

Tastanbek, S. (2018, May 10-11). Japanese speech community in Brazil [Poster presentation]. 8th Annual Conference on Foreign Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics (FLTAL), Almaty, Qazaqstan.

Tastanbek, S. (2018, June 15-16). Kazakhstani pre-service teacher educators’ perception of translanguaging [Poster presentation]. 15th International Conference KazTEA Integrated Learning for Values of Human Development, Aktobe, Qazaqstan.

 

NON-REFEREED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

 

Tastanbek, S. (2025, April). EAL teachers’ development of translanguaging stance: Addressing critical and flexible manifestations [Paper presentation]. Plurilingual Lab GradTalks Series, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Tastanbek, S., Gupta, C. (2025, April 14). Co-enacting translanguaging praxis of discomfort in a sociolinguistics course [Paper presentation]. Rits Research Day, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Tastanbek, S., Aldan, G., & Kaleshova, M. (2024, October 19). Navigating the PhD application process [Invited panel discussion]. Kazakh Association of PhDs in North America: Starting and Advancing Careers in Science and Research.

Tastanbek, S. (2023, March 16-19). A multiple case study of EAL teachers’ translanguaging stance development [Roundtable presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics 2024, Houston, Texas, United States.

Tastanbek, S. (2023, September 29). Questioning language ideologies: Toward critical language awareness [Invited keynote address]. Multilingual Education Student Symposium, Astana, Qazaqstan.

Tastanbek, S. (2023, April 28-29). Translingual TESOL teacher educators' translanguaging beliefs: Hegemonic, resistant, or transformative? [Invited presentation]. Language and Literacy Education: Creating Access for All, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Shad, S., Tastanbek, S., Yamamoto, M., & Zhuravleva, A. (2023, April 28-29). Three years of the LLED Antiracist Caucuses: Students’ reflections [Invited panel discussion]. Language and Literacy Education: Creating Access for All, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Tastanbek, S. (2023, March 18-21). Translingual TESOL teacher educators' translanguaging beliefs [Roundtable presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics 2023, Portland, Oregon, United States.

Tastanbek, S. (2018, March 14-15). Translanguaging in pedagogy [TEDx talk]. Teaching and Learning English in Transition to TriLingual Education: Research, Challenges and Successes, Shymkent, Qazaqstan.

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS

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​Tastanbek, S., & Kazymbek, A. (2025, May 17). Nurturing Social Justice in (Language) Education through (Collaborative) Practitioner Inquiry. Astana IT University, Department of General Education Disciplines, Astana, Qazaqstan.

Tastanbek, S. (2025, May 15). On building a career in education as a Qazaq ғалым. Auezov University, Department of Modern Languages and Translation Studies, Shymkent, Qazaqstan.

Tastanbek, S. (2025, February 19). Shift to translanguaging (stance development) in EAL teacher education. APLI 621 Issues in Second Language Acquisition, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Tastanbek, S., & Kang, I. (2024, November 5). Creating positive educational spaces for multilingual success: Implementing translanguaging pedagogy for refugee and immigrant learners. The Edith Lando Virtual Learning Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Tastanbek, S. (2024, November 4). Translanguaging pedagogy in EAP writing: A multilingual Qazaq instructor’s perspective. LLED 572: Theory and Research in Teaching English as a Second Language, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Tastanbek, S. (2024, June 5). Giving feedback to in-service EAL teachers: Leveraging identities as a teaching assistant. Auezov University Summer School “Cultural Connections: Teaching English and Translation Studies in a Diverse Global Context,” Shymkent, Qazaqstan.

Tastanbek, S. (2024, May 30). Academic writing instruction: Adopting genre pedagogy informed by systemic functional linguistics and translanguaging. Astana IT University, Astana, Qazaqstan.

Tastanbek, S. (2024, April 16). Developing critical language awareness and translanguaging pedagogies in Qazaqstan. LLED Research Seminar Series, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Tastanbek, S. (2024, April 12). “What are the practical implications?”: Choosing and doing impactful research in applied linguistics. NUGSE MA Alumni Series, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Qazaqstan.

Tastanbek, S. (2024, February 15). Bi/multilingualism: From codeswitching to translanguaging. LLED 489B: Applied Linguistics for Teachers, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Tastanbek, S. (2023, December 27). Reflect, connect, transform: A guide to lifelong professional development. Auezov University, Department of Modern Languages and Translation Studies, Shymkent, Qazaqstan.

Tastanbek, S. (2023, December 20). Access to higher education: Mastering the application process. English Access Microscholarship Program, Shymkent, Qazaqstan.

Schmor, R., & Tastanbek, S. (2023, November 28). English mostly: Co-creating plurilingual classroom policies. TESL Dialogue, TESL Ontario, Toronto, Canada.

Tastanbek, S. (2023, November 9). Stimulating critical language awareness through linguistic portrait. Visuals of Love, Care, and More: Graphic Facilitation for EDID Pedagogy, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada.

Tastanbek, S. (2023, June 19). Translanguaging genre pedagogy for Academic English instruction in Qazaqstan. Auezov University Summer School “Bringing the Latest Research and Practical Ideas to EFL Classroom,” Shymkent, Qazaqstan.

Tastanbek, S. (2022, June 8). Our stories: A living library of antiracist pedagogy. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Tastanbek, S. (2022, June 7). Feedback in teaching English as an additional language. Auezov University Summer School, Shymkent, Qazaqstan.

Tastanbek, S. (2022, February 28). Kazakhstani pre-service teacher educators’ beliefs on translanguaging. LLED Research Seminar. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Goodman, B., & Tastanbek, S. (2021, October 15). Making the shift from a codeswitching to a translanguaging lens in English language teacher education. Gakuishin University, Tokyo, Japan.

Tastanbek, S. (2021, August 24). Pedagogical translanguaging: How to? Suleyman Demirel University Summer School, Almaty, Qazaqstan.

Tastanbek, S. (2021, June 24). Road to Q1: Publishing in impactful journals. Astana IT University, Astana, Qazaqstan.

Tastanbek, S. (2021, January 27). Technology for teaching (English) online: Safe for use. Auezov University and Astana IT University, Astana, Qazaqstan.

Tastanbek, S. (2020, December 2). A critical analysis of curriculum and assessment of ‘Advanced English for Educational Purposes II’ from a plurilingual perspective. Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education Alumni Talks, Astana, Qazaqstan.

Tastanbek, S. (2020, April 29). Motivation letter for graduate school. Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, Astana, Qazaqstan.​​