https://languageonthemove.com/not-knowing-english-good-for-business/ Multilingualism, Intercultural communication, Consumerism, Globalization, Gender & Identity, Migration & Social Justice, Language & Tourism Sun, 28 Jul 2019 05:40:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://languageonthemove.com/not-knowing-english-good-for-business/#comment-5024 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:06:21 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=6120#comment-5024 I think you have to turn it upside down. It’s not that not knowing English is good for business, but rather that knowing local markets, being aware of the local culture and speaking the local language is good for business. Here, the Japanese market seems to be too peculiar, so that temp companies ignoring or not being able to accommodate these specificities cannot succeed.

]]> https://languageonthemove.com/not-knowing-english-good-for-business/#comment-4830 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:45:10 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=6120#comment-4830 The businesses from the English speaking world as a calculated policy push for English in the Third World. Japan is a developed economy and so it can withstand this pressure. See http://www.zubeidamustafa.com/something-more-on-english#more-1037 for more information

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