Nigar Fikrat Habibullayeva

THE ROLE OF ENGLISH IN INTEGRATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: MULTILINGUALISM AND LANGUAGE LITERACY

Abstract. The article analyzes major domains of sustainable development, brings its focus on socio-cultural sustainability. As human contacts and negotiation are essential to serve the purposes of sustainable development worldwide, language as a shared means of communication is worth paying attention to. Language mobilizes people and enables the exchange of ideas on a global platform in order to work together for the betterment of all. Language skills inculcate better communication that is requisite in the development of countless aspects of the modern society ranging from economic issues to health and education. The central objective of the paper is to deliberate on the significance of language and literacy in sustainable development.

Keywords: multilingualism, sustainability, language, environment, development