Let me bring things back to basics. I will not deal in anything beyond the necessary basic guidelines to those who are considering of being posted or are currently being posted out of your country of residence.

The key component is communication. If you cannot communicate with the locals, then you are nothing more than just a decoration in the office that does not contribute to anything. In ensuring clarity, comprehension and acceptance to an idea or opinion, two or more parties involved in that discussion must understand each other.

An interesting thing to note is that most Malaysians, based on their background of multi-ethnicity, are capable of multilingual capabilities and despite being in the cultural situation where one has to learn multiple languages, most Malaysians do undertake the initiative to learn an additional language to be more conversant and competitive in an international environment - English, and thus anywhere Malaysians go, despite our strong rooted favor or preference to use our own cultural language, we can still use English for the universal communication with other parties all around the world.

To summarize, the basic things before anything else considered for an international job opportunity is one must Learn English, Speak English, Write English and Read English, and most important is Understand English.

It’s a wonder at times, if most of the mistakes done by management or even in cases where technical situation is involved, could it be because they cannot understand the proposal papers? Or even the manual book?

This is not an advertorial for an English language course, just a basic and common knowledge that I need to impart to those who reads this blog.

And please… it’s English! Not Ingrish or Chinglish!

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