Journal of English Language Teaching

Sustainable Development through English Language: The Global Scene

Janaki Srivastava

Assistant Professor, Amity University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Keywords: sustainable development, English for sustainable development

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Abstract

Language is one of the factors that helped in the development of the human race. The purpose of this article is to find out ways of using English language in our everyday life for skill development and sustainable growth. The idea of sustainability, its emergence and prevalence in international discourse have been discussed. English can be understood almost everywhere, among scholars and educated people, as it is a global medium of communication, which is used in movies, music and the world of computers. There is a connectivity between sustainability and English language learning, which helps in skill development. Hence, this article will study the various ways of skill development for sustainable growth with the help of the English language. It will also focus on the progress of English as a language of skills from text to the world of work with the help of some international projects like ‘The Mekong: A Living Classroom’. This will make us understand and improve our ability to think about sustainable development critically, to solve problems creatively, and to apply new ideas to new situations.

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