| As far as international languages go for business | | | | type of English such as Canadian English or British |
| communication, English reigns supreme and high above | | | | English, you will be better able to interact with Canadian |
| all others. No other language even comes close to | | | | speakers than if you hadn’t bothered to learn British |
| being used in an international setting to close deals both | | | | English to its fullest. However if you learn the English |
| large and small. Something most people don’t know | | | | language at its basic levels without a cultural biased set |
| is that a lot of the time deals are bought and sold not | | | | of values as those expected if you learned Canadian |
| with native English speakers but rather with speakers | | | | English, American English or British English you will be |
| who use English as a second language. | | | | able to better communicate with English speakers in |
| English is a way to advance in the business world and | | | | those countries in which English isn’t a first |
| English as a second language speakers know this all | | | | language. |
| too well. Learners must go through all the necessary | | | | Everybody is expecting an increasing role in |
| steps from grammar to idioms to speaking, as every | | | | international communication in English, but it’s up to |
| other expert English speaker must do before | | | | you how you decide to go about in your training. Talk |
| becoming proficient. But is all this highly structured | | | | with your teacher or instructor and let them know your |
| learning necessary, the answer is both yes and no. | | | | expectations for using the English language. If you will |
| Students should understand a term known as | | | | be talking almost exclusively to other people who will |
| ‘linguistic imperialism’ which is defined by its | | | | be using English as a second language is it really |
| creator Robert Phillipson as "the dominance asserted | | | | necessary to learn a specific type of English be it |
| and retained by the establishment and continuous | | | | Canadian, American or British. Highly skilled tutors can |
| reconstitution of structural and cultural inequalities | | | | be found on the Internet that can work with you in a |
| between English and other languages". What this | | | | comfortable online live meeting environment and |
| means to non native English speakers is that native | | | | provide all the necessary skills you need to succeed |
| English speakers may expect other people who do | | | | without bogging you down in the unnecessary parts of |
| not speak English as a first language to understand | | | | the English language. |
| their expectations and culture. By learning a specific | | | | |