The Use of English by Malaysian Business Executives in the Commercial Sector
This study is part of a larger survey on the issue of the importance and extent of the use of the English language in the Malaysian economy. While the use of English has often been said to be important, large-scale studies to support and to provide details about the situation are lacking. This pre...
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| author | Goh, Sharon Seng Pang Chan, Swee Heng |
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| description | This study is part of a larger survey on the issue of the importance and extent of the use of the English
language in the Malaysian economy. While the use of English has often been said to be important, large-scale
studies to support and to provide details about the situation are lacking. This present study presents
information from the perspective of business executives who use the English language in their jobs. The data
obtained confirm the importance of the use of the English language in the commercial work-place. The
business executives claim to have confidence in the use of the language. Thus potential employees must also
achieve a level of proficiency that would enable them to use the--language confidently and efficiently. The
most frequent language sub-skills used are: listening to social conversations in business, speaking on the
telephone, reading and writing routine letters and memos. In terms of order of importance, speaking was
ranked the highest. This attachment of importance to speaking suggests that job success is very much related
to the ability to speak well. This information would have deep implications for education and training
programmes |
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| spelling | upm-31482013-05-27T07:06:03Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3148/ The Use of English by Malaysian Business Executives in the Commercial Sector Goh, Sharon Seng Pang Chan, Swee Heng This study is part of a larger survey on the issue of the importance and extent of the use of the English language in the Malaysian economy. While the use of English has often been said to be important, large-scale studies to support and to provide details about the situation are lacking. This present study presents information from the perspective of business executives who use the English language in their jobs. The data obtained confirm the importance of the use of the English language in the commercial work-place. The business executives claim to have confidence in the use of the language. Thus potential employees must also achieve a level of proficiency that would enable them to use the--language confidently and efficiently. The most frequent language sub-skills used are: listening to social conversations in business, speaking on the telephone, reading and writing routine letters and memos. In terms of order of importance, speaking was ranked the highest. This attachment of importance to speaking suggests that job success is very much related to the ability to speak well. This information would have deep implications for education and training programmes Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 1996 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3148/1/The_Use_of_English_by_Malaysian_Business_Executives.pdf Goh, Sharon Seng Pang and Chan, Swee Heng (1996) The Use of English by Malaysian Business Executives in the Commercial Sector. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 4 (2). pp. 141-146. ISSN 0128-7702 English |
| spellingShingle | Goh, Sharon Seng Pang Chan, Swee Heng The Use of English by Malaysian Business Executives in the Commercial Sector |
| title | The Use of English by Malaysian Business Executives
in the Commercial Sector |
| title_full | The Use of English by Malaysian Business Executives
in the Commercial Sector |
| title_fullStr | The Use of English by Malaysian Business Executives
in the Commercial Sector |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Use of English by Malaysian Business Executives
in the Commercial Sector |
| title_short | The Use of English by Malaysian Business Executives
in the Commercial Sector |
| title_sort | use of english by malaysian business executives
in the commercial sector |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3148/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3148/1/The_Use_of_English_by_Malaysian_Business_Executives.pdf |