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mm 200) amajor ano Japan decided to make Enghish the offial
TheoHieeyfhe company started to cey its employees free English
Hasses E 避so put menus tm its cafeteriastn the same year) a large
dothingmanufctunersnii lihatii too would make Bnghish itsofhcial language//
The iaea waslo use PP beeGn Highlevel meetings)ana Gn papers/that
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employees wo
較Why 昌 make these decisions2/The anawer stthat they
anted to inorease business amd meke Hheir companies more globaif5 achieve
this goal HHeirempioyees neeaed ob able to commiunicatein Enghish/ LackGf
soeh abihioysamld lead them to pay a lt ef money in "iafguage costs.//These
cests melude not Chy frameaton coste bf the damage that can result from
mmistnderstandimng tooy/T 上806 te companies wanted their
employees to be able to work smoothly with non.Japanese staffin their cfhces」
四Rey also Yanted them to be able to negotiate in Enghish with companies
SverseasZAl these things consdered, the benefits would be more than just cost
sa
回 Ofcouree there are many levels oFabihity in using a language/ How good
di employees of these companies need to become at English27The president of
GRe ofthe companies says that the English that businessmen need is "Globish
THieh is diferent from the Enghish of pative speakers/He believes that ater
Special Bnglish expressions for business, his employees should have
拓may create an *English divide" 一 a sphit between those
amd those yho do not. For example, someone who is
but not very good at English may not have the respect
36her problem is "avoidance which sometimes happens
1anguage/ They may stay slent if they find it
jo express their thoughts//This defeats the
for eommunication//
jo make English an official language in their
opportunity for the Japanese to think about the
HanguageThe company president mentione
