LEARNING ENGLISH AS A FACTOR OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATION: A PHILOLOGICAL APPROACH

The article explores the potential of English language learning as a tool for promoting sustainable development within the educational environment. It highlights philological aspects of integrating sustainability-related topics into English language instruction, focusing in particular on linguistic features characteristic of sustainability discourse and the opportunities for their use in both classroom and extracurricular activities. The importance of developing critical thinking, intercultural communication, and a value-based approach in the language learning process is emphasized as a means of shaping learners’ active civic engagement. One of the effective ways to achieve these goals is the COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) program, which allows students from different countries to collaborate in an online environment, discussing and working on projects related to sustainable development and global challenges. Special attention is given to the role of English as a global communicative tool that facilitates access to quality education, exchange of innovative practices, and dissemination of sustainability ideas.