PREVIEW To read the full article: Sign in or Register for free. HBR Subscribers activate your free archive access » http://hbr.org/2012/05/global-business-speaks-english/ar/1 Global Business Speaks English by Tsedal Neeley Ready or not‚ English is now the global language of business. More and more multinational companies are mandating English as the common corporate language—Airbus‚ Daimler-Chrysler‚ Fast Retailing‚ Nokia‚ Renault‚ Samsung‚ SAP‚ Technicolor‚ and Microsoft in Beijing‚ to name a few—in
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Tavis Smiley Tavis Smiley was an African American who was born in Gulfport‚ Mississippi. He is well known for his successful career in in television‚ radio‚ and print. Today‚ he has his own show called the Tavis Smiley Show‚ which has been functioning since 2000. Tavis Smiley has also written numerous books. This leads up to his successful life. Tavis Smiley was born in Gulfport‚ Mississippi‚ on September 13‚ 1964. Smiley ’s mother‚ Joyce Marie Roberts‚ was single when she had
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Career Goals Heather Ford English 111 Professor Becca Agee October 20‚ 2014 Choosing a career is one of the most important decisions a person has to make in their life. It is so important because that is what we will have to do to support ourselves throughout life. Imagine being stuck in a dead end job and having to go to work every morning and dreading it. Life is too short to work 35 years and be unhappy with it. If a person likes their job‚ then it is not work‚ because finding satisfaction
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Written Paper Number 1 Topic: Why is it important to learn English? Almost every pupil in Germany learns English in school. Most of them start to learn this language in the 4th grade of elementary school and don’t stop to learn it until the 10th grade of secondary school or 12th grade of gymnasium. There are some reasons why pupils learn English from the beginning of their school live. It is very important to learn English. First of all English is the most used language. When people with
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When I was a child‚ I always wanted to be a combat pilot. Was that what I really wanted? No it was not. I noticed that I just wanted it because my uncle was combat pilot. So‚ I stayed one year off after I graduated from the high school to know where I am really heading. Before the yearend finally I chose what I want to study and in which country; from that time my success story has began. At first‚ I have set my academic plans in order to know what I am going to study and where I am going to go because
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English is an important language English is an important language because in today’s global world‚ the importance of English cannot be denied or ignored since English is the most common language spoken everywhere. Solomon Island is a developing country and everyone has to learn English because today everything seems to be English. Language plays an important role in human life. Out of all the languages in the world‚ English is considered as the international language. There are some reasons why
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5. James town was the first successful English colony and the people part of the colony had to follow certain rules to survive. The colony was first established by the Virginia Company London Group in May 6‚ 1607. The colony was located on the banks of the James River and when it began the people relied on the Indians to teach them how to plant and harvest crops. As the colony continued and slowly became independent from the Indians they built a three sided fort to protect themselves from the Indians
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the business they did together. Brady soon ran away‚ and within a few years he found his first real job as a equipment salesman for the New York Central Railroad Company. The life of a salesman suited Brady very well and would start his outstanding career as a charming‚ and ostentatious businessman. As a man Brady was a symbolic figure of the
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the nation to adopt English as the official language of the company and taking into account the economic importance of Brazil as a developing country‚ the dominance of English has become synonymous with survival and integration global. Learning English opens doors for personal‚ professional and cultural. The market is now considered a basic requirement at the time of hiring the candidate to master English. Often the knowledge of English‚ a salary of up to 70% higher. English skills have become essential
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English Language is Globally Important English is the major language in such fields as international diplomacy‚ business and commerce‚ science and technology‚ and the travel industry. How did English become such an important global language? British Colonialism Took English to North America‚ the Caribbean‚ Africa‚ Australia‚ New Zealand‚ and the Indian sub-continent U.S. rise as a strong economic and strategic power Pop Culture English became the language of diplomacy
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