The importance of English language skills in securing a job in the Brazilian market

By Cristiano Lima – teacher, translator and theologian

Globalization is a fact in our world nowadays and to learn a new language is very beneficial in this globalized world. In Brazil, nowadays, it is necessary to learn English as a second language to secure a job in the Brazilian market for three main reasons: big Brazilian companies need to sell their products abroad; Brazilian employees need to grow and position themselves in the global economy; and emerging – market companies are becoming equally important global players.

Firstly, it is profoundly necessary that employees learn English to help companies just to sell their products abroad. If a company has staff who speak English as a second language, it will be easier for this company to sell their products worldwide because the English language is considered a lingua franca – a spoken language in the entire world.

Secondly, employees must be aware of the necessity of speaking English as a second language in the Brazilian companies because employees need to grow and position themselves in the global economy. It is said there is a very low English proficiency in Brazil, so it is necessary that an employee who wants to be on the top of the world in his career needs to learn English as a second language in order to make inroads into global market. It is important that workers keep their eyes on the ball having fluency in the English language in order to get their message across to the world.

Thirdly, it is so important to learn English since Brazilian companies are becoming equally important global players and because of this employees need to gain ground in big companies and one way to access a marvellous job in a company is just to learn English to help this company with its trade worldwide.

In conclusion, learning English as second language is a reward to employees who want to learn about the world and who want to maintain their jobs in this competitive world. Learning English is a marvellous adventure that can make someone bilingual giving to this person an opportunity to access better positions in the Brazilian market and in the global market.