A língua inglesa e os estudantes de Secretariado Executivo: um estudo sobre crenças e valores

Abstract

The growing internationalization of markets has brought nations to adopt English as their language for international communication, a sort of lingua franca of the business world. The English language is regarded as the language of globalization, being used by the entire global community. This advent has brought to the market the need for a differentiated professional, able to communicate in English in a proficient manner. For the Executive Secretary, who is inserted that environment, the command of that language becomes essential, because organizations have been demanding professionals with this requisite. Both companies and Executive Secretaries need to have a command of several areas, including English. The teaching of this language in this context becomes essential to everyone, because regardless of the reason, be it political, economic or social, the need to speak a global language is present in our daily lives. This work has goal to study and seek to understand the beliefs and values of the pupils of the Executive Secretary course of the Federal University of Ceará in the English language. The goal of this work has been achieved through the bibliographic research and field research, where questionnaires were applied to students of the Executive Secretary course of the Federal University of Ceará. The survey data reveal, amongst other findings, some beliefs and values of students regarding English, which demonstrate that they are aware of the need of the use and the requirement of the language in a globalized society. Additionally, English is seen by most as an element of consolidating a cultural imperialism by imposing dominance over other cultures, whether politically or economically.