| My tip my hat for you who has initiated this forum.
I am an American working in Shanghai (well, about 60% of my time). We are an engineering and construction company and we do recruit good engineers. Now, going back to the English language issue, though many Chinese people (sorry for generalizing) understand, there appear to be a large gap between "speaking" and "communicating" in China. Therefore, we have conducted several training programs in our company to "teach" our Chinese engineers how to communicate in English. This is especially necessary since most all our clients are multi-national companies. Perhaps, this is due to cultural differences whereby communication in the Chinese culture is less direct. I will be willing to assist those who are seriously interested in improving their English. I can start by assisting those who would want me to provide feedback to their written English and for those who live in Shanghai, and time permitting, I can meet informally at Starbucks or so. |
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