Authors

  • Muqaddam Ibrohimova
    EFL teacher of Namangan State University, Uzbekistan
  • Sevara Ziyaboyeva
    EFL teacher of Namangan State University, Uzbekistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37547/tajssei/Volume04Issue01-02

Keywords:

English global language

Abstract

English is currently described in many different ways: as "world language", "global language", "lingua franca", "connected language", etc. This article highlights the role of English that is being taught from three perspectives, namely as a first or native language (L1), a second language (L2), as a foreign language (FL) and some challenges as a global language.

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