A survey and analysis of English use in oversea manufacturing factories from ESP aspects

本文对在制造业工作的日本和外国工程师的英语交流情况进行了调查。美国三家工厂的工程师。S.在2004年和2005年，对澳大利亚的两名学生进行了访谈和问卷调查。美国的工程师们回答了一个基于网络的问卷调查。美国，英格兰和澳大利亚。结果发现，工程师认为“技术指导”是最重要的工作沟通任务，其次是“内部非正式会议”和“与上司或下属面谈”。他们认为“展示”不如这些任务重要。此外，日本工程师认为，他们没有足够的沟通，在抱怨和赞扬在工作场所，相比，指示和解释的情况。这些结果表明，在制造业中，不仅需要直接的表达，而且还需要间接的表达，日本的工程师认为他们不擅长间接表达。 ...更多信息 2006年对亚洲国家的需求进行了调查。在越南的七家制造工厂，泰国的六家和马来西亚的一家工厂工作的日本工程师接受了采访，并进行了问卷调查。结果显示，企业的英语需求因其业务伙伴是否仅为日本企业、生产工序是劳动密集型还是技术密集型而有所不同。在泰国和越南，当地工人和日本工程师之间的沟通是用日语和当地语言进行的，在制造业中有一些英语单词。然而，在工厂的行政和业务部门，英语交流被认为是重要的。在日本的公司进行的调查发现，几乎没有海外工作经验的工程师显示出对工作场所英语需求的高度认识，尽管他们在工作中很少使用英语。此外，在与人事经理的采访中，他们指出了在国外制造工厂基于真实的话语的英语课程的重要性。少

A survey of English communication among Japanese and foreign engineers working at manufacturing factories was conducted. Engineers at three factories in U. S. and two in Australia were interviewed and given a questionnaire in 2004 and 2005. A web-based questionnaire with the same questions was answered by engineers in U. S., England and Australia. The results showed that engineers regarded "technical instruction" as the most important followed by "in-house informal meeting" and "interview with the boss or a subordinate" among job communication tasks. They viewed "presentation" as less important than these tasks. Also, Japanese engineers felt that they did not communicate well enough in complaining and praising at workplace, compared to instructing and explaining situations. These results indicate that not only straightforward expressions but also indirect expressions are needed at manufacturing factories, and Japanese engineers feel that they are not good at the latter.English communic … More ation needs in Asian countries were investigated in 2006. Japanese Engineers working at seven manufacturing factories in Vietnam, six in Thailand and one in Malaysia were interviewed and given a questionnaire. The results showed that English needs differed according to whether their business partners were Japanese companies only, and to whether their production processes were labor-intensive or technology-intensive. In Thailand and Vietnam, communication among local workers and Japanese engineers were conducted in Japanese, local languages with some English words at manufacturing sectors. However, English communication was regarded important at administration and business sectors of the factories.The survey at companies in Japan reviled that engineers with little experience of working abroad showed a great awareness of English needs at workplace, even though they did not use English much in their jobs. Also, in interviews with personnel managers, they pointed out the importance of English course based on real discourse at manufacturing factories abroad. Less