Abstract
The role and status of English in Kazakhstan is often considered in the context of governmental language policy and language planning implemented in the republic. Being historically a multiethnic, multilingual, and multicultural country in Central Asia, the Republic of Kazakhstan, since the late 2000s, has expanded national language policy formula including not only Kazakh and Russian, but also English. English has been primarily assigned to assist the Kazakhstani state in achieving sufficient competitiveness to fit in the international economy. All three languages in aggregate are needed to represent Kazakhstan as the intelligent nation in the world arena. Therefore, English has become an integral part of educational reforms in Kazakhstan as well as being regarded as the language of international and business communication in the framework of developing Kazakhstani citizens' linguistic capital.