The draft bill tabled in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine’s parliament) in June by President Volodymyr Zelensky defines English as the language of international communication in Ukraine. Considering the international community’s interest in Ukraine, its leadership is seeking to raise the level of Ukrainians’ command of English.
In a recent poll conducted by the Razumkov Center of Economic and Political Studies, a mere 1 percent of Ukrainian respondents claimed they were fluent in English, while 44 percent admitted they did not speak English at all.
The draft bill specifies the government agencies and industries in which the use of English is mandatory. Some of the proposed amendments to the draft bill have raised protests. One of them suggests removing Ukrainian dubbing from English-language films to be shown in Ukrainian theaters. Naturally, dubbing actors protested against the bill and demanded to withdraw this amendment. Their criticism seems to have been heeded.
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