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THE IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH IN BUSINESS
Students: 
Mamatov Sirojiddin Asomiddinovich,
a second-year student of master degree,
Tashkent State University of Economics
Anvarova Durdona Akram qizi,
a student of master degree,
Webster University in Samarkand
Annotation:
English is a lingua franca that is widely used all over the world and is dom-
inating almost all spheres covering the business domain as well. Furthermore, the current age 
we are living in is business-oriented, and it means that there is a need to interact with various 
people to be successful in business. English is implementing for a plethora of business purpos-
es such as marketing (advertising, promoting are crucial components of marketing), business 
communications (verbal, non-verbal, written, electronic types of business communications), 
partnerships, and the like. English plays a crucial role which is impossible to neglect its impor-
tance. Additionally, it serves as a key to open the window to the world for developing business 
and enlarging its branches through communities. 
Keywords:
business-communication, cross-border business communication, lingua franca, En-
glish in marketing, English in promotion, English in advertisements, the language of media.

Introduction 
A language is a common tool for everyone to communicate, and it is undeniable fact. Although 
two types of communication are verbal and non-verbal, the former one is much more effective as it 
gives a chance to fully and clearly express the ideas and opinions as well. People around the world 
use a lot of languages to communicate with each other.
English is one of the international languages and is becoming popular in almost all countries of 
the world. This language has fast spread among communities and this spread can be traced back to the 
era of English colonies over other countries. Currently, the English language is widely used in almost 
all spheres, and business is not an exception.
Undeniably, English is a lingua-franca that plays a vital role in communication in many 
developed and developing countries. It means that the English language is an official language 
for communicating with the represents of the different countries for a plethora of reasons and 
purposes. So, people around the world whose native language is not English are learning this 
language for a better job and knowledge. There are several reasons to learn English, and the 
prime one is prestigious of the language, and it means that knowing this language opens the 
window to the modern world. 
According to the statistics, well above 1 billion people speak English as their native language, 
ESL (English as a second language), and EFL (English as a foreign language). English is used as an 
official language for 68 countries out of them while it is a secondary official language for more than 
thirty countries. So, it means that if somebody who wants to run his/her business does not know this 
language well enough to communicate he/she will not be able to get the set targets.