In extreme cases, when it comes to "deep Ukrainian
companies," the authors ad modestly hinting that "the knowledge of
English is a plus." It is not surprising that today the aspirations of
people who decided to come to grips with the study of language, much more
mundane than the goal of Karl Marx learned Russian at the time, to read
"War and Peace" in the original ...
Future polyglots pose a very different purpose: to build a
career, changing jobs, travel abroad. However, there are many people who are
not going to either go abroad or contact with foreigners. Can you talk about
that today, in any way can not be without a foreign language? What is in our
time a foreign language - an objective necessity, without which success in the
modern world is impossible, or not more than a trendy bar or habitual stamp?
Why do it?
According to the Foreign Language Center Director Inga
Zubenko, set a goal to learn English, German, French and other languages is
tantamount to set a goal to learn to dance in general - polka, break or samba.
Unreal as one, and another, and therefore does not work. Some tend to just
"talk." The question then arises: what, with whom, where? Possible
answers may themselves be different: work or presentation, partners or Malta,
hotel or shopping. Despite the fact that the goal is the same - to speak, to
teach a different need. Ideally, the effort, time, money should be appropriate
for your purpose.
The goal of most language learners is to build a career. It
is clear that for those working in international companies, foreign language
(usually English) is a prerequisite for getting a job. But whether useful
knowledge of the language staff of the Ukrainian companies?
"Our shops are open in the format b2c (business to
customers), and end-users of our products are citizens of Ukraine. As the main
language of communication of our clients - Ukrainian and Russian, as we do not
focus on the mandatory language skills for our employees. When choosing
candidates for various positions, we, first of all, pay attention to the
knowledge of the applicant skills that are important for the retail of our
size: the ability to find a common language with clients, understanding of the
specifics of teamwork, time management skills and self-organization, possession
specialized software products ", - said the director of personnel stores
ProStor Elena Sychev. However, the expert added, as one of our most important
priorities is the continuous development and support staff, all knowledge
seekers,
Free English as a measure of capacity
"If an
employee can cope with their work without knowing the language, you should not
create barriers in the hiring. It's like that when searching the Secretary
imperative to put the ability to dance Latin American dances, "- said
Natalia Gerasimova, the representative office of the founders' productivity
School." However, he does not deny the expert, someone who knows a foreign
language, does look more attractive to the employer. "Knowledge of the
language at least indicative of a person's ability to achieve this goal, the
fact that such employee has the ability and he develops them. Also, it is an
indication that an employee can be easily trained and ready to learn. After
all, in order to proceed with the implementation of new responsibilities,
ability to learn, to absorb new information and put them into practice is
necessary ", - said Gerasimov.
Psychologist
Oksana Navrotskaya agrees, "In our time, specialists with knowledge of a
foreign language are trying to get almost everything - both international
companies and companies without foreign partners, even in the distant future. For
different reasons. For some employers' knowledge of the language is an indicator
of the overall development, for others - a tribute to fashion, and some rightly
believe that knowledge behind not wear, so why not take the work of a
specialist, who on occasion be able to understand the contents of a fax or
e-mail in English? "- she said.
My tongue - my friend?
Generally speaking, the knowledge of a foreign language, of
course, increases the cost of the specialist. An analysis of websites
publishing different positions in Ukrainian companies, one and the same
position with the knowledge of a foreign language and no knowledge thereof
involves a completely different wage.
However, according to Director of Personnel Center "My
Work" Natalia Stegnienko, knowledge of a foreign language is not always
the reason for a high salary. "Peremptorily declare that" no language
"specialist is cheaper, it would be wrong. Here is an example of a foreign
company, which in April can not find a qualified specialist with knowledge of
English. Specialists employed this narrow market, today potential candidates
for the position, and no English knowledge earn much more, so the proposal they
are not interested ", - said Stegnienko.
According to experts, it all depends on the particular post.
"I think we should not talk about the benefits of the knowledge of languages
for employees of international companies: it is obvious that candidates who
do not speak the language, are not even considered for most positions. If this
is the office staff at the level of administrative assistant, assistant,
preference will be given also to the candidate who knows the language, even if
the application of this knowledge will be very limited. At the same time, if a
person is a great expert in his field, it is easy to find a high-paying job,
and without knowledge of the language, including, perhaps, in an international
company. Simply it will not have prospects. Therefore, we can not say that a
specialist with knowledge of the language clearly felt in the labor market
better. While ideally need to know English. Not prevent German.
What not to do
Often, foreign language lessons do not give the proper
result. Experts note that considerable blame for this lies with the students,
who from the very beginning of the wrong approach to the choice of courses.
Meanwhile, some teachers teach courses which learning methodology to be
applied, what is the reputation of the firm, are not interested in more than a
third of prospective students. Most potential customers are concerned first of
all the cost and location of the courses. In addition, the most common errors,
experts called frivolous approach students allow themselves to absenteeism,
failure to comply with homework. In the study there are no miracles language,
so if a person has lost the desire to do, no one can guarantee him a decent result.
Interestingly, the opinions of experts about what lessons
preferable - group or individual - are diametrically opposed. Some believe that
the individual language training is the most effective as a 100% focus on
throughout the session strongly stimulates. Others say that learning in a group
is much more effective, as students are able to compare their results with the
results of colleagues. In addition, the group can easily simulate the
atmosphere of a real life, that of individual lessons is almost unreal.
Properly constructed training brings no less pleasure than
fitness, fishing or sauna, Zubenko said. However, according to her, it does not
mean that the road to the courses is open to all: "Do not go to courses
for those who have serious problems with any language, including Russian and
Ukrainian. In my head there is different parts of the brain are responsible for
different languages - one speech center. " Although the physiological
preconditions not learn a language is not present, there may be different
boundaries in the study, depending on the specific abilities of the person.
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