The role of English in various fields: trade, economy, industry, business, sports

Learning a foreign language in the modern world is one of the most important components of a modern successful person. Knowledge of at least one foreign language broadens the mind, allows you to learn the culture and customs of another people.

Everyone wants to be successful and successful in business. In this case, knowledge of a foreign language is necessary. First, it is additional knowledge, and secondly, employers prefer a specialist who speaks a foreign language. However, this is not the most important thing. The main point is the opportunity to plunge into the world of the mysterious and incomprehensible, the ability to communicate with people and with another layer of worldview and mentality.

Today, English has become an international language of communication, it is one of the most common in the world. It is the mother tongue of more than 400 million people, it remains the second language of 300 million, and 500 million more speak English to some extent.

Picture. 1. Prevalence of English in English-speaking countries.

This chart shows the percentage of English speakers in English-speaking countries. The largest percentage is in the United States, the smallest in New Zealand. English has become an international language not as fast as it seems. It all started back in the XVII century, when Britain ceased to be the country that win, and was the country of the conqueror, a very having succeeded in this case. The English fleet was one of the strongest in the world. All sea routes were subject to the British. English has penetrated into all corners of the globe. At that time, the most important task for England was to establish trade relations.

Naturally, the language of the dominant and more developed country has overshadowed the local languages. Here worked the old rule: who has the gold rules, and therefore chooses which language to speak. Most European States and international organizations have adopted regulations relating to higher professional education. The main idea is to intensify the efforts of the States of the region to develop conditions for free access of young people to intellectual resources of other countries, members of the Council of Europe, in order to solve the problem of lack of highly qualified personnel. For example, the European Convention on the academic recognition of University qualifications of 14 December 1959 — approves the conditions for the academic recognition of University qualifications obtained abroad; the European Convention on the equivalence of diplomas of 11 December 1953— defines the conditions for admission at the end of General secondary school education at the University of any member state of the Council of Europe.

This situation, which requires consideration of the study of foreign languages as a very important aspect of professional self-realization of the individual, its free integration into the multicultural space.

The reasons for the popularity of the English language at present (in addition to the above) are the following facts:

English is the language of trade and business. In many countries, English occupies a very important place as the language of diplomacy, trade and business. 90 % of global transactions are concluded in English. World financial funds and exchanges work in English.

English is the language of education. English is the most popular foreign language in schools. The most prestigious universities in the world are Englishspeaking. In countries where English is the second official language, students prefer to study in English

English is the language of travel. Large-scale travel of the British for two centuries bore fruit. In whatever country you are in, you will be understood in English everywhere.

English is the language of science and technology. English has become the language of the XXI century — the century of technological progress and information technologies. Today, all instructions and programs for new gadgets are written in English. Scientific reports, articles, reports are published in English. 90 % of Internet resources are in English.

English is the language of sport. Useful and valuable experience in the field of linguistic support of international sports competitions. For example, in Russia, the preparation and holding of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games has become one of the strong motivators for learning English among young people

(and not only). First of all, a Functional working group "Linguistic support of the Games" was established in Sochi, which as the main direction of its activities put the creation of a single multilingual information environment to ensure effective communication between the host country and foreign guests.

The action plan of the program of linguistic support for the XXII Olympic winter games and XI Paralympic winter games of 2014 included the creation of information-reference, call-centers, which in the course of the competition carried out services for guests and participants of the Olympic games on foreign languages.

The materials of the unified information base were translated into ten foreign languages (English, French, German, Chinese, Turkish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Arabic). It included information on facilities providing hotel, Spa and excursion services, transport and communication services, trade, catering and consumer services. All this was done, including for economic purposes: with the availability of information for tourists, sales are growing significantly. Therefore, the information in English makes it possible to buy tourists of all nationalities in Uzbekistan.

Thus, an important component of success in almost any field of activity in modern conditions is the possession of foreign languages, in particular — English.

The ability to speak English is a must in a globalized economy. Knowledge of English will be an undoubted bonus in employment and will give great prospects for career advancement.