Education and Role of Foreign Languages

Education and Role of Foreign Languages

Education is very important in our life. An educated person is one who knows a lot about many things. He always tries to learn, find out, and discover more about the world around him. He get knowledge at school, from books, magazines, from TV educational programs. The pupils can get deeper knowledge in different optional courses in different subjects and school offers these opportunities. They can deepen and improve their knowledge by attending different optional courses in different subjects. The result of the educative process is the capacity for Further education. Nowadays the students of secondary schools have opportunities to continue their education by entering, gymnasiums, lyceums, colleges.

But the road to learning is not easy. There is no royal road to learning. To be successful in studies one must work heard. It's for you to decide to learn and make progress or not to learn lose your time. The role of foreign languages is also increasing today. Thanks to the knowledge of foreign languages one can read books, magazines in the original, talk to foreigners, translate various technical articles. Moreover, joint ventures which have recently appeared in our country need specialists with profound knowledge of foreign languages like English, German or French. To know foreign languages is absolute necessary for every educated person, for good specialists. Our country is transferring to a market economy. Research and innovations should improve living, working conditions of our people. That is why it is so important to be persistent in students. A language that came from nowhere to conquer the world… The movement of English around the world began with the pioneering voyages to the Americas and Asia, continued with the 19th century colonial developments in Africa and the South Pacific, and took a significant further step when it was adopted in the 20th century as a official or semiofficial language by many newly-independent states.

English is now the dominant or official language by many newly-independent states. English is now the dominant or official language in over 60 countries, and is represented in every continent and in the three major oceans - Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific. It id this spread of representation which makes the application of the term "world language" a reality. The present-day world status of English is the result of two factors: the expansion of British colonial power, which peaked towards the end of the 19th century, and the emergence of the United States as the leading economic power of the 20th century. There are many different reasons why people study foreign languages, English in particular. Here are some of them: to travel abroad; to get good job to have something to do in your spare time; to be better educated; to be familiar with social and cultural life in other countries; to be able to participate in conversations with people from English-speaking countries. English is the language of international air traffic control, and is currently developing its role in international maritime, policing, and emergency services English is the chief language of international business and academic conferences, and the leading language of international tourism. English is the main language of popular music, advertising, satellite broadcasting, home computers, and video games. A foreign language is not just a subject learnt in the classrooms. It's something which is used in real life situations.

There are many reasons why we begin to study foreign languages. First of all it's an effective medium of international communication. I'm convinced if we are working in any brunch of science we must read books and magazines in other languages. Learning foreign languages opens up opportunities and careers that didn't even exits some years ago. Knowing foreign languages can help us to find a job in such fields as science and technology, foreign trade and banking, international transportation communication, teaching librarian science and others. A more general aim is to make our intellectual and cultures. Learning a foreign language including learning also culture, traditions and mode of thought of different people. Of course speaking and writing in a foreign language is a difficult art and it has to be learned. It has replaced French in the world of diplomacy and German in the field of science.

As for me, I'm completely convinced that to know a foreign language is absolutely necessary for all educated person and modern specialists. Everything depends on our own efforts.

Education System in Uzbekistan

The system of education and training of personnel, which had developed before the proclamation of independence in Uzbekistan, absolutely did not correspond to the essence of the democratic transformations that began to be carried out in the republic. Fundamental reforms were also caused by the crisis in the world education system that arose back in the 1980s.

A democratic and developing state headed by the president was well aware that hopes for the future were associated with the younger generation, therefore the head of state proposed a program to the people and society that would radically reform the entire education system.

In full accordance with the National Program for Personnel Training, education in the country is implemented in the following forms: preschool, general secondary, specialized secondary, vocational education, higher, postgraduate education, advanced training and retraining of personnel, out-of-school education.

The main feature of the program is the continuity of education. Each person has the opportunity to acquire knowledge, professional skills and specialties throughout his life. This program creates an effective mechanism of the educational system, in which the main components are present:

the formation of a free-thinking person, his moral, spiritual and physical development;

respect for the individual, disclosure of creativity and abilities;

progressive training, obtaining professional skills and full self-realization of the individual in life.

A characteristic feature of the National Program for Personnel Training is the introduction of a system of continuing education of compulsory levels:

nine-year general secondary and

three-year secondary specialized, vocational education.

These two stages ensure the continuity of the transition from general education to professional programs.

In higher education, a full transition to a two-tier system has been made: bachelor's and master's degrees.

Bachelor's degree is one of the areas of obtaining basic higher education. Master's degree - higher specialized education in a specific specialty, which lasts for two years on the basis of a bachelor's degree.

Principles of state policy in the field of education.

Education is proclaimed a priority in the field of social development of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The main principles of state policy in the field of education are:

humanistic, democratic nature of education and upbringing;

continuity and continuity of education;

compulsory general secondary, as well as secondary specialized, vocational education;

voluntary choice of the direction of secondary specialized, vocational education: an academic lyceum or a professional college;

general accessibility of education within the limits of state educational standards;

the secular nature of the education system;

unity and differentiation of approach to the choice of training programs;

encouraging education and talent;

combination of state and public administration in the education system.

The right to education in Uzbekistan.

Everyone is guaranteed equal rights to receive education, regardless of gender, language, age, race, nationality, beliefs, attitude to religion, social origin, occupation, social status, place of residence, length of residence in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The right to education is ensured:

development of state and non-state educational institutions;

organization of on-the-job and on-the-job training;

free training in state education and training programs, as well as paid

professional training in educational institutions on a contractual basis;

equal rights of graduates of all types of educational institutions when entering educational institutions of the next level;

by granting the right to citizens who have received education in a family or through self-education to attestation as an external student in accredited educational institutions.

Citizens of other states have the right to receive education in the Republic of Uzbekistan in accordance with international treaties.

Stateless persons living in the republic have equal rights with citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan to receive education.