Do you think English-speaker (language of the country) are luckier to have an international career than other?

Question

It's what I think. Unfortunately, my english is not fluent.

Answer 1

Only if they have a second language. Native English speakers are more likely to be lazy in that department than those of other tongues.

Go do the Cambridge certificates. If you get past Advanced, you will have a good ticket for future employment. Proficiency is a winner. Good luck.

Answer 2

As English is the primary language for International business communication there are plenty of opportunities for speakers of English around the world that are denied to other nationalities I'm afraid.

I work in the Middle East and all of my colleagues speak English but the only people who only speak one language (and that includes me I'm afraid - I'm starting Arabic lessons next month, can speak very, very basic french and know a few words in a scattering of other European languages) are my English colleagues.

Having said that, so many of my colleagues from other nations speak better English than I do it's a shaming experience and I think that an International career comes from fluency in English irrespective of your original language.

But if you want to become a senior manager - then you'd best be bilingual because as you go higher up in an organisation fluency in the language of the nation is as important (if not more so) than English.

Answer 3

Recent article in FT (can't find it now) mentioned research that shows meetings in English go smoother when there are no native speakers in them.

I think the reason why it seems more English speakers are going international is because most international companies are based in English speaking countries, US and Britain mostly....

Plus, English is a pretty simple language to learn, so it's not really a matter of luck in my opinion....

Answer 4

Only from the point of view of being able to travel to a wide range of countries all over the world where it is spoken. Perhaps this is what you had in mind?