Tashkent, April 22 -- According to data, more than 1.35 billion people around the world currently speak English. The figures show that the demand for this language is growing year by year. Based on this, new opportunities for language learning are emerging in the country and teachers' knowledge and skills are being enhanced. One example of this is the English-Speaking Nation program launched four years ago. This initiative, in cooperation with the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, the Ministry of Preschool and School Education, and the American Councils for International Education, has served to improve teachers' qualifications, as well as to introduce effective methods of teaching English.

This program covered more than 18 thousand English teac...