WhystudyEnglish?

Thesecondmostspokenlanguageintheworldandthelinguafrancainmanyprofessions,Englishisa
culturallyrich,excitingfieldofstudy,withsome380millionnativespeakers.OnlyChineseandHindi
havemorenativespeakerswhileSpanishissimilarinnumber.Englishisalsothedominantmemberofthe
Germaniclanguages.Ithaslinguafrancastatusinmanypartsoftheworld,duetothemilitary,economic,
scientific,politicalandculturalinfluenceoftheBritishEmpireinthe18th,19thandearly20thcenturies
andthatoftheUnitedStatesfromtheearly20thcenturytothepresent.
ThroughtheglobalinfluenceofnativeEnglishspeakersincinema,music,broadcasting,science,andthe
Internetinrecentdecades,Englishisnowthemostwidelylearnedsecondlanguageintheworld,although
othercoloniallanguagessuchasFrenchandSpanishretainmuchimportanceworldwide.

SpeakingEnglishincreasesyoursalary35%BusinessWeekStatistics.

Globalizationiscreatingarapidlyincreasingdemandforengineerswhohavetheabilitytodealeffectively
withprofessionalsfromotherculturesandcountries.Theenglishlanguageisdefactostandardincross
nationalcommunicationbetweenengineers.

Multinationalcompaniescreatesmultinationalopportunities
Itusedtobethatifanyonedidleavethecountrytowork,thatpersonwashighuponthecorporatefood
chain,andtheystayedoverseasonlyafewyears.Notanymore.Opportunitiesaregrowingandbecoming
morereadilyavailableearlierinanengineerscareer.Careersarenolongerisolatedintospecificcountry.

Softwareoutsourcingindustryisgrowingfast.AfterChinaandIndia,Russiaisnowthethird
largestsoftwareoutsourcingdestinationintheworld.In2005,softwareexportsreachedanestimated$1
billion,upfromjust$120millionin2000anda33%increasefrom2004.TheknowledgeofEnglish
languageiscriticalforengineerwhowantsefficientlyworksinsoftwareindustry.Bigcompanieslike
SUN,Intel,IBM,GoogleofferingcompletivesalariesonlocallabormarketsofRussia,India,Chinaand
Englishlanguagerequiredtogetgoodpositioninthesecompanies.

Ukraine'ssoftwaredevelopmentindustryisunderdevelopedbutgrowingfast.However,as
domesticandforeignfirmspositionthemselvestotakeadvantageoftheglobaltrendtowardmore
outsourcing,theindustryisfeelingthepinchfromalimitednumberofprogrammersandrisingoperating
costs.
AlthoughUkrainehasanywherefrombetween300and400softwaredevelopmentfirms,thecountry's
marketisfarfrommature.About70percentofthesecompaniesaresmallormediumsizedbusinesses

YoucommonlyheartwophrasesinChina'stechnologyworld:"there'ssomuchopportunity
here"and"thisisthenewSiliconValley".
Whetherthere'struthineitherwillbeseenovertimebutChina'ssoftwareindustryspanningindigenous
softwarevendors,overseasarmsofforeigncompaniesandoutsourcingoperations,forexampledoing
applicationdevelopmentforusersinChinaandoverseasiscertainlygrowingatphenomenalspeed.