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回m 2010) a major 間Pnin Japan/ )decided to make English the offcial
1anguagelin the cficeyThe company started to offer its employees free Enghish
classes t also put English menus in its cafeterias/| Tn the same year, a large
lothing manufacturer said that itoo、 would make English its official language/ /
The idea was to use English both in high-level meetings and in papers that
employees wrote
剛 Why did such companies make these decisions2/The answer js that they
anted to increase business and make their companies more global/To achieve
this goal, their employees needed to be able to communicate in English/Lack of
雪eh ability would lead them to pay a lot of money in "1anguage costs.!'These
で6sts include not only translation costs but the damage that can result from
misunderstandings, too,/'To avoid such costs,the companies wanted their
employees to be able to work smoothly with non-Japanese staff in their offices/
They also Wanted them to be able to negotiate in English with companies
overseas/All these things considered, the benefits would be more than just cost
5avings//
間和al ムahiity 5m ngimng an langnaoo/Hovr onnd
