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了 L ロ man * meiorcompany6n Japan dedded to make Enghiah th
em the oficeyThe company weared tncBer employees free
So qleo pnt Enghiah menug in its cafeteria9fin the same ye
"JoHhing manufacturersmidthat it too、would make Englishite ficiallangee
Thc idea waslto use Bnghh bauu Gn highylevel meetinge)6na 6n pt い
mployees wrote ⑭ @ざ
Why did snch companies make these dedsions2/rhe anawer近bet
yanted to increase business amd make thetr Companies more gsiai achiewe
hie odD ther emimioyeei seedse bo quieto munieie6n BmgieiTaeEGW
such abihity)sould ead them to pay a lot of money in "1anguage cost92
costs include jo only translatiot costs bt the damage hat can kegult om
rmisunderstandings。 too)/T avoid stch coate。 the companies wanted th
employees to be able to work smaothiy with non。Japanese ttafEin theme ofices
They also wanted them to be able to negotiate in Enghish with companies
overseas/All these things considered。the benehts would be more than inst coSも
savings/
還 Ofcourse, there are many levels oFabihity in using a language『How goodl
did employees of these companies need to become at English2/The president of
one ofthe companies says that the English that businessmen need is RGlobisbii
which is diferent from the Enghish of native speakers/He beheves that atten
mastering special English expressions for business, his employees shold
jittle trouble communicating in the 1anguage at work/
[国 Some people have questioned this new way: ofthinking/They』
emphasis on English may create an *Englhish divide" 一aa
who understand Enghish and those who do not. For examp
ery good at their work but not very good at Bnglish ma
of other employees/Another problem is "avoidance』lwh
among lerners of a foreign language They may
difficult to use a foreign language to express their
てery purpose oFhaving language for commun
向 The decision by companies t0 make
offces has certainly provided an opportunity
importance of speaking a foreign
