English Proficiency Case Study

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From a business perspective, English proficiency has become a must tool to implement ongoing business in global settings. In addition, business recruiters expect innovative capacity and creative mind as well as communication skills from new employees. These abilities have become more significant due to the expansion of business boundaries to the world so called market’s globalization. However, these abilities are by no means totally new when it comes to deal with people. For example, we cannot find a single person who fits only in one category. We all are subjected to various categories such as a nationality, gender, age, economic class, a family structure and so on. By realizing these differences, making a decision based only on one’s own …show more content…

The globalization has brought the idea more apparent. In order to survive in the globalized world, English proficiency is one of the main keys, but the foreign language skill alone is not sufficient for university students. In addition to teaching English skills to university students, delivering the importance of having broader views of the world is necessary for their future contribution to a highly globalized society. In order to implement these challenges, my work experience in the international business field and my university major in political science can be advantageous. I genuinely believe that cultivating the ability to recognize various perspectives is the first step for university students to take an important role in globalized world. Without recognizing it, the next step, which is to appreciate other perspectives, cannot be achieved. Therefore, I would like to take a part of achieving this goal by using not only my teaching skill, but also by sharing my experiences in past …show more content…

Rather, we, as individuals, have enormous responsibility to make the system work efficiently. To do so, education takes a significant role. On the way of pursuing a master‘s degree, I became to think that the educational purpose should not be just for making students profitable in terms of economy. One of its purposes should be making students more open to the world that might have completely different value systems. Learning foreign language itself is already a chance to expand one’s view. Therefore, taking a part of helping students to become a person who can appreciate the complexity of the world’ various value systems is my own pleasure and my

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