Transcript Lysbilde 1 - Access to International English Vg2

A World of
Opportunities
(Chapter 5 – pp. 207-262)
PEOPLE IN MOTION
• Migration
– Economic reasons
– Study purposes
– Refugees
• Emigrant
• Immigrant
• Migrant
PEOPLE IN MOTION
• Immersion
– Exposure to English
– Socialize
– ‘Small talk’
• Popular countries:
UK / Poland / Hungary /
USA / Denmark /
Sweden
PEOPLE IN MOTION
• Working abroad
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Pros
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Mobility
Drain
Work for unemployed foreign workers
Supplement domestic workforce
Cons
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Pressure on wages
Threatened livelihoods
FOCUS: EDUCATION AND WORK
Why study abroad?
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Top-rated universities
Experience abroad
English skills
Cultural understanding /
savvy
• Leg up on competition
• Moving out
FOCUS: EDUCATION AND WORK
Disadvantages to
studying abroad
• Culture shock /
homesickness
• Financial concerns
• Quality of the
English in some
countries
• Decisions about
where to live
GLOBAL BUSINESS
• Globalization
• Language skills /
intercultural savvy
• English as bridge
GLOBAL BUSINESS
Cons
• Exploitation
– Poor working
conditions
– Poor wages
– Trafficking
– ‘Black economy’
• Pressure on welfare
systems
– Pensions and other
benefits
GLOBAL BUSINESS
Pros
• Supplement labour
force
• New impulses
• Prop up social
welfare systems
• Raise skills level
GETTING IT RIGHT IN BUSINESS
• How to act and
communicate
• Level of formality
• Be sensitive to
cultural differences
• Be aware of the
effect of language
• Typical Norwegian
behaviour?
• The effect of less
than perfect English