Abstract

When an individual is trained to acquire language skills, it helps to facilitate his/her ability to cope with other skills, which results in personal development that leads to his/her participation in physical, economic, political, social, infrastructural and every other aspect of development. Language education qualifies and enables an individual to apply the skills learnt and acquired into work to achieve sustainable development. It is with language that manpower is built, the workforce responsible for making sure that sustainable development is actualized in a given society. Language imparted by professionals is applied into use. Evidently, the people involved in development and its sustainability must communicate at one time or the other in order to achieve their purpose. Hence, language learned or acquired is needed. The paper therefore, examines the role of language and language education in the attainment of sustainable development. It explicates the concepts of language education and sustainable development. It goes on to examine the impact of language education on sustainable development. The paper concludes with recommendations that would promote language education and ensure development and its sustainability.

Keywords: Language Education, sustainable, sustainability, development

How to cite

Grace, Chioma Onwuka (2026). LANGUAGE EDUCATION: TOOL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. NATELCEP Journal of Languages and Communication Studies (NJLCS), 19(1), 32–42. https://www.natelcep.org/journal/articles/6aa86bcafb7801ec0358d0b4