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РусскийThe paper discusses some current issues related to the dissemination and perception of English among Russian academe as a medium of international scholarly communication. The content of the paper is based on the available statistical data and the author’s experience of teaching English for academic communication to postgraduates and master students. Particular attention is paid to the sociolinguistic characteristics of a foreign language proficiency and levels of competence characteristic for students and lecturers in various types of speech activity.
Key words: English as the language of international academic communication, the role of English-language publications in the academic career, personal and university ranking, interlanguage competition, prospects for its development.