Author:
O. K. Mzhelskaya,
Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor at the Department of Social and Humanitarian Subjects and Foreign Langusges, e-mail: mzhelskaya@yandex.ru Omsk humanitarian Аcademy, 2а, 4th Cheluskintsev street, Omsk, 644105, Russian Federation
Abstract:
The following article focuses on the functional aspects of contemporary English as a language of in- ternational communication. The author also points some possible difficulties and solutions when teaching and learning English targeted at effective communication.
Keywords:
lingua franca, mother tongue, foreign language, national variants.
