France's English skills are weakening when a weak economy demands stronger English skills. The winds of globalization buffet France and the question remains: Can France overcome its Business English skills gap?
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Three Factors Increase Demand for Business English
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3. Business English Divide / France
3 Factors Increase Demand for Business English
▪ FACTOR #1 – Economic stagnation, perhaps
recession, haunts 2014.
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4. Business English Divide / France
3 Factors Increase Demand for Business English
▪ FACTOR #2 – Globalization weighs on France and
its international competitiveness. English is the
language of the international economy.
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5. Business English Divide / France
3 Factors Increase Demand for Business English
▪ FACTOR #3 – France’s English skills are weakening
at a time of economic stagnation, when Business
English skills are a necessity.
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Can France span a Business English Divide?
▪ English First qualifies France as having a “low
proficiency” of English overall, and deteriorating.
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Can France span a Business English Divide?
▪ France scores 5.18 of 10 points in the 2013 Business
English Index by Global English, just behind Poland.
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Can France span a Business English Divide?
▪ France faces a Business English skills gap as English
grows as Europe’s language.
▪ Weakening English skills hinder embrace of
globalization, economic progress.
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▪ How are your Business English skills?
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10. About Business English Ace
▪ Business EnglishAce was conceived by author and
English instructor H. E. Colby to help business
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