importance of english in international business

8/3/2019 Importance of English in International Business

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y English is spoken around the world. It has beenestimated that out of the roughly 6 billion peoplethat are alive today about 350 million speakEnglish.

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When you look at the importance of English forInternational Business, you must look at morethan just the number of people who speak it. Youmust also look at what the language is used for.


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y English is the ideal language for many governments

around the world, and it is also prominent in business,education, world news, and communication. Inaddition to this, Western pop culture is also carried toforeign countries in the form of music or movies. If

you wish to be successful in International business,learning English is incredibly important.


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y In many places such as Asia, Africa, and SouthAmerica, the ability to learn English will determinewho will increase their living standards, and who willremain in poverty. There are a number of powerfultools that have allowed more people to learn English

than ever before. One of these tools is the Internet.


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The Power of the Internet inSpreading English


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y Before the Internet, it was hard for you to learn English

if you didn't attend a college or university. These werethe only institutions where the language was widelyspoken. If you lived in a community so poor that itdidn't have a college or university, your chances of ever

learning English were remote.


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y the Internet has opened upnew career opportunities.These people are now able tolearn English, and they can use

their English skills to get betterpaying jobs at home, or theycan use them to find jobsoverseas. In any event, theInternet has played a powerfulrole in allowing English tospread across the world, andthe number of people learningit is likely to increase in thefuture.


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The Importance of Englishfor Business


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yMany companies have discovered early inthe 21st century that they can cut their costsof production by sending their jobs

overseas. The proper term for this isoutsourcing, or offshoring. Some companieshave also found that they can cut costs by

bringing immigrants into the country onwork visas


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y The employees will work for the company for agiven period of time, and once their visa hasexpired, they can return home. For someoneliving in a country where English is not the

native language, they will need to master thislanguage if they wish to travel to the UnitedStates to find a high paying job.

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As you can see, learning how to speak Englishopened up a large number of doors, doors thatwould normally be closed.


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