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Also, English has got official language status, for around sixty countries and fifteen countries
are using English language as a de facto official language. According to the recent statistics, English
is the official language of fifty-four countries. As English is the international language, it is also the
language used not only by the diplomats of foreign countries, but also
by lots of world organiza-
tions such as UNESCO, UNICEF, ASEAN, WTO, WHO, UNO, INTERPOL, BRICS, ILO, EFTA,
OPEC and others. One third of the international organizations use English as an official language.
In addition, 90% of Asian international organizations use English, too. With the high development
of modern technology, English is playing a fundamental role in every sphere. Even robots can speak
in English now. For instance, in medicine the instructions of medical technologies are in English. In
engineering, lots of technics and machines are constructed in English. Most of the technical termi-
nology is based on English words. In
order to know how to use them, we should know or understand
English. In education, most of the innovations related to education are created in English. Such as
smartboards, e-books or e-diary are latest innovations in education. Moreover, in this century, lots of
scientific papers are written in English. The most popular best-seller books and scientific books are
published in English. Also, English is the language of the Internet. More than half of the contents on
the Internet written in English. Social networks such as Instagram, YouTube, Telegram, Facebook,
Twitter and others were founded in English. Through the websites an individual can find everything
in English. Another advantage of English language is that to create a huge number of opportunities
for work and career. When you apply for a job, If you know English and speak in English fluently,
the possibility of accepting you for a job will be higher. In this modern world, knowing English is a
quality and it will give us an opportunity to create our business or to get well-paid job.
As a developing country Uzbekistan is paying a great attention to learning English. Uzbek gov-
ernment are creating opportunities to teach English to young generation. For example, President of
the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev adopted a resolution on
measures to further improve
the quality of foreign language teaching in educational institutions. Ensuring the quality of teaching
foreign languages to the younger generation at all stages of the system of continuing education, radi-
cally improving the system of training specialists fluent in foreign languages, ensuring the continuity
and continuity of curricula in this area In order to provide benefits and incentives to pupils, students
and teachers who have a qualification certificate on the basis of the development of a national test
system for assessing the level of knowledge of foreign languages, the Cabinet of Ministers decides:
To the State Testing Center under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the
Ministry of Public Education, the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, the Center
for Secondary Special and Vocational Education:
From the 2017-2018 academic year, the level of foreign language acquisition at all stages of the
system of continuing education is determined by the state educational standards “Listening”, “Rea-
ding”, “Writing”. Develop and implement an evaluation mechanism
based on Speaking skills
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Black South African writer Harry Mashabela said that: ‘Learning and using English will not only
give us the much-needed unifying chord but will also land us into the exciting world of ideas; it will
enable us to keep company with kings in the world of ideas and also make it possible for us to share
the experiences of our own brothers in the world…’
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Thus, in this article, role of English as a global
language, as an official language and as a second language, the importance of learning English, the
advantages of English language in every field have been clearly discussed. Importance of English
in education, in travelling, in business and in science has been comprehensively discussed. In brief,
English language has a great reputation in every sphere and the world is trying to learn and speak in
English language.
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REFERENCE:
Crystal, D. (2003).
English as a Global Language.
USA,New York: Cambridge University Press.
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www.lex.uz
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(Crystal, 2003)