FOREIGN LANGUAGE AS A NECESSARY TOOL FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GLOBALIZATION

Abstract

Globalization as an inevitable phenomenon of society is revealed in the article. There is made an emphasis on the positive and negative signs of globalization. The dominant use of English as a consequence of the wide influence on the world political and economic processes of the United States and the British Commonwealth is highlighted. The interrelation between economics, politics and language is discovered. Much attention is paid to the need of the Ukrainian state language policy reformation in accordance with EU standards that is explained by European integration vector of Ukraine. It is indicated that learning a foreign language is not only a prerequisite for the continuation of studying or working abroad, but also the key to a successful career in the domestic labor market. There are given examples concerning the European Union anxiety about the English language dominance and the need to learn not only English but also a second foreign language. There is given some advice regarding the uselessness of so called “fashionable” use of the foreign origin words on a condition of the words-matches existence in the Ukrainian language.