TEACHING PROFICIENCY LEVELS OF THE UZBEK LANGUAGE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSES USING A TYPOLOGICAL APPROACH

Abstract

The Uzbek language, a Turkic language spoken by over 30 million people in Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Russia, has gained increasing attention among foreign learners due to Uzbekistan's growing economic and political significance. However, teaching the Uzbek language to foreign learners presents unique challenges due to its complexity and the scarcity of resources. One promising approach to address these challenges is the typological approach, which focuses on the typological features of the Uzbek language and how they differ from the learner's native language.