To the use of English as a learning tool

The author highlights the global trends observed in the system of higher education: the growth of mutual influence and interdependence of the people of the planet; increased commercialization of life, the emergence of new perspectives. It is shown that the English language takes on new educational functions; new, more attractive places for training and scientific research appear due to changes in status and rating; the diversity of training areas and pedagogical approaches is increasing; new opportunities open up in the study of programs and languages; value guidelines change. Promising opportunities and styles of using the English language as a source of education and learning tool are revealed.