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NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN UZBEKISTAN 
 

Dilorom Babajanova 

Professor, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Uzbek State University of World Languages, Uzbekistan 

 

INTRODUCTION 

In today's process of globalization, the effect of 
the radical reform of the education system of 
Uzbekistan is evident in all areas related to this 
area. The state pays special attention to the 
teaching and further development of foreign 
languages in the education system, which is a key 
sector of socio-economic, political and cultural 
life of the country, one of the vital factors that 
directly affect the morale of the population. at 
the policy level. At a video conference chaired by 
the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sh. 
Mirziyoyev on May 6, 2021 on measures to 
improve the system of teaching foreign 
languages, the problems in the system were 
analyzed in detail and priorities were identified. 
On this basis, the issue of attitudes to foreign 
language teaching is addressed in the Resolution 
of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan 
dated May 19, 2021 No PP-5117 "On measures to 
bring the promotion of foreign languages in the 
Republic of Uzbekistan to a qualitatively new 

level": "... education in foreign languages It is no 
coincidence that the need to develop as a policy 
priority, radically improve the quality of 
education in this area, attract qualified teachers 
to the field and increase the population's interest 
in learning foreign languages "[1]. 

THE MAIN FINDINGS AND RESULTS 

Today, there is a so-called independent 
Uzbekistan in the world, which has its own high 
potential and unique prestige, and a high-spirited 
nation with a rich culture lives in this country. 
Emphasizing that the role, prestige and position 
of this nation in the world community are 
changing radically, President of the Republic of 
Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev said: we will 
mobilize all the forces and capabilities of our 
state and society ”[2.146]. Therefore, in the 
above-mentioned video conference, the real 
situation in some parts of the country does not 
correspond to the planned grand plans, in 
particular, the vacancy of more than 2,000 
foreign language teachers in the education 

ABSTRACT  
 
The article analyzes the introduction of teaching foreign languages in Uzbekistan, the processes associated 
with new opportunities for teaching languages, as well as the problems of training specialists in foreign 
languages on the basis of archival data and government decisions. 
 
 
KEYWORDS: - Foreign language training, new opportunities, government, foreign language, school, institute, 
specialist, teacher, education, program, local staff. 



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system, the absolute unsatisfactory quality of 
foreign language teaching in 1,400 schools. it was 
noted that only 4% of teachers had a national 
and international language certificate, and 49% 
did not pass the test [3]. 

This is a sad situation, of course. Uzbekistan's 
policy of openness, active entry into the world 
market, expanding international cooperation in 
all areas increase the need for knowledge of 
foreign languages. Today, 25 higher education 
institutions in the country teach in foreign 
languages. In 2016, there were only 7 of them. 
The number of graduates who have received an 
international language certificate has increased 
10 times in the last 3 years [4]. 

In recent years, as a result of diplomatic relations 
with foreign countries, there has been a growing 
need for personnel with a deep understanding of 
foreign languages, a correct understanding of the 
socio-economic situation, political processes and 
international relations. As a result of changing 
attitudes to the study and teaching of foreign 
languages, the issue of training, educating a 
harmoniously developed generation, continuous 
teaching of foreign languages in the 
demonstration of their talents in science has 
risen to the top. Pedagogical institutes have been 
established in many cities of the country, and 
with the opening of foreign language faculties, 
there have been positive developments in the 
training of foreign language specialists. 

In the process of globalization, a foreign language 
specialist is required to have a thorough 
knowledge of one of the foreign languages, 
regardless of the field in which he / she works, 
and the legal basis for success is reflected in 
laws, decrees and programs. The Uzbek State 
University of World Languages, which is the 
main institution of higher education, is 
responsible for the implementation of these 
documents and the training of specialists fluent 
in foreign languages. At the same time, many 

educational institutions are equipped with 
language equipment and modern pedagogical 
technologies. 

As a result of the measures taken, the Uzbek 
State University of World Languages published 
63 textbooks in the field of foreign language 
education and specialties in 2009-2012. In order 
to introduce modern information technologies in 
the educational process, teaching technologies 
have been developed and applied to the 
educational process by specialists in each 
subject. The Uzbek State University of World 
Languages was preparing bachelors in 
international journalism, translation theory and 
practice, English, Russian, French, German, 
Spanish and Chinese. The increase in the number 
of foreign languages taught at the university over 
the past years was an indication of the growing 
need for specialists in various foreign languages 
in the country [5.3]. 

Based on the current situation, in order to 
prevent such problems, a center for teaching 
foreign languages and preparing applicants for 
higher education has been opened at the 
Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages. 
Each year, more than 2,000 entrants study 
foreign languages at these centers. Based on the 
President's instructions, it is planned to increase 
the number of foreign language learners in the 
centers to 5,000 each year. These centers are 
staffed by foreign teachers in collaboration with 
the British Council, the US Embassy, the Goethe 
Institute, the Alliance Française, KOICA, the 
Confucius Institute and the DAAD. 

In 2021 alone, 350 students were awarded 
scholarships to study at prestigious foreign 
universities through the El-Yurt Umidi 
Foundation. This is 5 times more than in 
previous years. However, the situation on the 
ground is not in line with the intended grand 
plans. In particular, more than 2,000 foreign 
language teachers remain in the education 



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system. The quality of foreign language teaching 
in 1,400 schools is absolutely unsatisfactory. 
Only 4% of teachers in this system have national 
and international language certifications. There 
are no such certified teachers in Khanabad and 
Quvasoy, Zafarabad, Mirishkor, Turtkul, 
Sherabad and Uzun districts. Issues such as 49 
percent of foreign language teachers in schools 
failing the test were analyzed in detail at the 
meeting, and priorities were identified. “It is time 
to establish a new system of foreign language 
teaching in our country, which will be a solid 
foundation for the future. Since we have set 
ourselves the goal of building a competitive state, 
from now on school, high school, college and 
university graduates must be fluent in at least 2 
foreign languages. This strict requirement should 
become the main criterion of the activity of the 
head of each educational institution, - said the 
President [6]. 

The above resolution emphasizes the task of 
popularizing the study of foreign languages 
among the population and creating the necessary 
conditions for their perfect mastering, 
coordinating the introduction of internationally 
recognized programs and textbooks for teaching 
foreign languages at all levels of education and 
developing modern teaching skills. Undoubtedly, 
as the President said in the video conference, the 
Uzbek State University of World Languages and 
Oriental Studies, along with the Samarkand State 
Institute of Foreign Languages, one university in 
each region has been designated as a base for 
foreign languages. Through the basic educational 
institution established in each region, new 
opportunities will open for foreign language 
teachers in all districts of the region, even in 
remote villages, to increase their qualification 
and methodological capacity, enrich their 
knowledge, skills and abilities, to teach foreign 
languages to schoolchildren. It was noted that 
this will increase the quality of foreign language 
teaching. For example, the Samarkand State 

Institute of Foreign Languages has established a 
complex scientific-methodical center for 
advanced training and retraining in foreign 
languages for all levels of education. It is planned 
to train 1,304 people, a total of 2,704 foreign 
language teachers and educators from the 
system [7]. 

It is no coincidence that the President said, "It is 
time to establish a new system of foreign 
language teaching, which will be a solid 
foundation for the future." As stated in the 
Address to the Oliy Majlis on December 29, 2020, 
"following the acute requirements, priority 
should be given to the study of physics and 
foreign languages next year" [8] and on May 6, 
2021 in a video conference on improving foreign 
language teaching. and by analyzing the results 
obtained, it is important to conduct research 
aimed at overcoming the problem of “the real 
situation on the ground in foreign language 
teaching is unsatisfactory” [9]. 

In Uzbekistan, the issue of training competitive 
personnel who have mastered foreign languages, 
modern science, radically change the educational 
process, update the quality of education on the 
basis of international experience has risen to the 
level of state policy. In this regard, the President 
said that "we are all proud that our young people 
are rightly able to take responsibility for the 
future of our country, becoming a decisive force 
for today and tomorrow [10.145]. 

Today, the most important condition for the 
development of the intellectual potential of the 
youth of independent Uzbekistan is the 
acquisition of broad knowledge and professional 
skills, as well as active communication with 
peers abroad, comprehensive awareness of all 
events, innovations and changes in the world. 
Great importance is attached to the in-depth 
study of foreign languages. 

Recently, the interest in learning foreign 
languages is growing. The fact that the future of 



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the country in the construction of a democratic 
civil society depends on knowledgeable, wise 
and spiritually mature personnel increases the 
importance of improving the education system in 
line with modern requirements in the 
implementation of the tasks set out in the 
regulations. It is very important that the young 
people of the Republic of Uzbekistan, who are 
modern specialists and confidently enter the 
world community, have a perfect knowledge of 
foreign languages and be able to communicate 
freely in them. Therefore, as noted at the meeting 
chaired by the President on the mass study of 
foreign languages, from now on graduates of 
schools, lyceums, colleges and universities will 
be required to be fluent in at least 2 foreign 
languages. 

The 21st century has been called the “age of 
multilingualism” by the European Union, and the 
problem of effective learning and teaching of 
foreign languages is becoming increasingly 
important. In particular, raising the intellectual 
potential of young people in Uzbekistan, gaining 
a wide range of knowledge and professional 
skills, as well as active communication with 
peers abroad, keeping abreast of all events, 
innovations and changes in the world today, is 
the most important condition for acquiring great 
intellectual wealth. great opportunities have 
been created for them to study foreign languages 
in depth. 

Like many other countries in the world, 
Uzbekistan pays special attention to the teaching 
and learning of foreign languages as a social 
direction of the state. there is every opportunity 
to keep abreast of the news. 

In order to overcome the existing shortcomings 
in the teaching of foreign languages, many 
decisions have been made, measures have been 
developed and practical work has been done to 
train foreign language teachers, to improve the 
teaching of foreign languages to students. In 

particular, the Uzbek State University of World 
Languages, as a base institution of higher 
education, which has made a significant 
historical contribution to the further 
improvement and improvement of foreign 
language teaching, solves the problem of 
shortage of foreign language teachers throughout 
the country, especially in rural areas. , led the 
work on problem solving such as the creation of 
training and methodological manuals. In this 
regard, the state, as the main reformer, has 
fulfilled a number of important tasks. In 
particular, the National Training Program has 
been developed, areas and specialties that are 
important for the future of our country have 
been identified, and the tasks of higher education 
in the training of quality personnel have been 
identified. However, a number of shortcomings 
in the next stage, including the fact that the 
knowledge, skills and competencies to be 
acquired by graduates in each specialty are not 
clearly developed by basic universities, which, 
first of all, do not always take into account 
modern requirements and employer's needs. It 
should be noted that the plan is an obstacle to 
the training of quality personnel, such as the 
excess of general humanities and the inability to 
study in-depth specialties, increasing the number 
of classes and less attention to independent 
education [11]. Each higher education institution 
in the country has close cooperation with the 
world's leading scientific and educational 
institutions, the widespread introduction of 
advanced pedagogical technologies, curricula 
and teaching materials based on international 
educational standards in the educational process, 
teaching activities, master classes, qualifications. 
Active involvement of highly qualified teachers 
and scientists from foreign partner educational 
institutions in training courses, on the basis of 
which on a systematic basis to organize 
internships, retraining and advanced training of 
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higher educational institutions of the republic. A 
“Road Map” has been developed. 

So far, a wide range of opportunities have been 
created for young people to develop in all areas, 
to acquire modern knowledge and skills, foreign 
languages, to be healthy and well-rounded in all 
respects, to find a worthy place in life, especially 
to know foreign languages. It was a great 
historical event that in 1992, as one of the fruits 
of independence in our country, the Uzbek State 
University of World Languages was established 
and rebuilt on the basis of a special decision. In 
particular, young people are proud of the fact 
that more than 80% of girls are educated in the 
school, which was originally taught in 4 
languages and today, more than 20 foreign 
languages. Here students get acquainted not only 
with the language of other nations, but also with 
their history, culture, spirituality, customs. 

Actions on five priority areas of development of 
the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2017-2021: to 
determine the future of the country, to educate 
the younger generation to be physically healthy, 
intellectually developed, independent-minded, 
strong-willed, loyal to the Fatherland, deepen 
democratic reforms and develop civil society 
identified as important tasks in the strategy [12]. 
The document also pays special attention to the 
development of education and science, support 
of state youth policy, in-depth study of foreign 
languages and integrated learning of languages 
into sciences. 

The meeting also paid special attention to the 
training of specialists in the higher education 
system, noting that today the level of foreign 
language proficiency of 78% of professors and 
teachers in universities is unsatisfactory. It was 
also noted that starting from the new academic 
year, the number of admission quotas for foreign 
languages will be doubled to 16,000, and the 
state grant will be tripled ”[13]. In this regard, all 
higher education institutions in the country are 

setting their own plans and have begun 
preparations for the admission of the 2021/2022 
academic year. In particular, construction of 
educational buildings and complete overhaul of 
existing ones, creation of new literature and 
textbooks, construction of modern information 
and resource centers, as well as student housing 
with all conditions for students to live in modern 
buildings, investment in modern information 
technology including. 

One of the most discussed topics these days was 
the quality of foreign language teaching, which 
was raised by the President during a video 
conference. Introduce bonuses for teachers with 
international language certificates to improve 
the situation in this area; introduction of the 
requirement for new (or re-hired) teachers to 
have a national and international language 
certificate; reimbursement of a portion of tuition 
costs for teachers with high scores; allocation of 
funds for each district and city in order to 
improve the quality of foreign language teaching; 
opening of specialized schools with the 
involvement of foreign teachers; measures have 
been announced to introduce a presidential 
award to encourage schools that achieve the best 
results in foreign language proficiency. 

It was also said that every school graduate 
should have perfect knowledge of two foreign 
languages. It was noted that it is necessary to 
introduce textbooks and methodologies that 
meet international standards, as well as to teach 
special subjects in foreign languages in 
universities. At the same time, they spoke about 
the introduction of a foreign language as a 
mandatory requirement for employment and 
appointment to new positions in government 
agencies, as well as the introduction of additional 
bonuses for employees who have a deep 
knowledge of a foreign language. It was 
announced the establishment of the Agency for 
the Promotion of Foreign Language Learning 
under the Cabinet of Ministers. 



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Many of the announced measures are reflected in 
the Presidential Decree "On measures to bring 
the promotion of foreign language learning to a 
qualitatively new level." However, attempts to 
improve the quality of foreign language teaching 
were made some time ago - on the basis of a 
large-scale presidential decree of December 10, 
2012 "On measures to further improve the 
system of learning foreign languages." Despite 
"excellent" reports and reports in the press at the 
time that "this decision is being successfully 
implemented," the president's press service said 
that "the situation on the ground does not 
correspond to the planned grand plans." 

CONCLUSION 

In short, the current focus on science, investment 
in education will be programmed to help the 
younger generation to become self-sacrificing 
professionals for the future development of our 
country. After all, knowledge of a foreign 
language penetrates into the inner world of the 
nation, which, in turn, plays an important role in 
enriching the thinking of a spiritual person and 
increasing the intellectual potential of a 
harmoniously developed generation. 

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