A journalist from Turkestan TV asked me to speak on camera about English education. I had been thinking about this for a long time so I said yes. Singapore, South Korea, Rwanda. All three made English a national priority before their economies took off. Language policy and economic growth moved together every time. In Kazakhstan we carry three languages at once. Kazakh, Russian, English. For most students English ends up last because it feels the most distant. But the global job market doesn’t adjust for that. It just asks whether you can compete. I made a direct appeal to the Akim of Turkestan region. We already have Woosong University in our city, a South Korean university bringing international education here. But if students can’t speak English, Woosong becomes a building they walk past, not a door they walk through. And honestly, English solves another problem too. People who refuse to speak Russian and people who grew up speaking it can both meet in English without the conflict. In a country where language still starts arguments, that’s not a small thing. #English #Kazakhstan #Turkestan #Education #Agartu #KAEF