THE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY OF ENGLISH TEACHERS IN TRANSCARPATHIAN HUNGARIAN SCHOOLS
Abstract
The article examines the relationship between the level of English language proficiency of teachers and their ability to teach English in schools with Hungarian as the language of instruction in Transcarpathia: the higher the teacher's level of language proficiency, the more successful the teaching of English in the educational process.
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