This morning when I read news on Chinatimes.com.tw, there are allot news regarding to 英檢. Do you know why so many people (approx. 120,000 people) took 英檢? What has happened to Taiwanese people, have them gone mad? What's up with this 英檢 maniac? Well, I think I have the answers for all these questions.
Taiwan entered WTO few years back and from that point on, Taiwanese people was no longer just competing among themselves and from that point on, Taiwan has entered the competition with countries all around world. Let’s not go too far around the world, just ask yourself this one question: Can you compete not just with your classmates, your colleagues, but people from mainland China who is at your age? Can you win? The rule of “survival of fittest” has just sounded whole lot bitter. So, what does WTO has anything to do with 英檢?
As matter of fact, it has absolutely everything to do with英檢! Let’s me explain to you why: Every business man knows, if you have a business that provides goods/services, you need to sell your goods/service, to make transactions, and ultimately to make money. Can you sell something if you can’t not communicate or negotiate deals effectively? No! You can’t run a successful business if you can’t communicate effectively and guess what, US is the world’s largest consumer, US consumes 80% of world’s resource and US is an English speaking country. If you can’t communicate with this Consumer (U.S.) effectively, you will lose your business to someone else who can!
Now you may be asking: what I care, I don’t do business with anyone in US. That, my friends, is the attitude will make you lose your job at your middle age and you will be sorry because of this attitude! Mark my words! Look at the big picture: who are you working for and who is your company working for? The food chain is linked and economies are related. Any idea why when U.S. goes into depression, the rest of world follows? If you don’t know why, let me know, I will BLOG an article to explain it to you. I really hope you know why.
Taiwan is a very small country with not much of nature resource compare to China, we not only need to work hard but we also need to work smart. One of the biggest resources of China is their labor power, if we can't out work them, we need to out smart them. I have went to China and I been Shanghai, and trust me, they are catching up with us. English is one way to out smart them. High English literacy will transform Taiwan into some sort of service hub or the switch between China and western country and only with high English literacy will we be able to better compete. So, my friends, it’s time to start learning English!
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