What is the aim of IT companies that provide English training through in-house systems?

Hello.

and before I knew it , I was in charge of English training

Beyond has an in-house system called English training are taught English ``online'' during business hours .

English training is held twice a week

 

This time, we will talk about ``Why does Beyond, an IT company, provide English training?''

I wrote an article about my thoughts as an English training staff.

 

 

The training staff thinks “Why IT company Beyond provides English training”

In conclusion,

We believe that this is ``acting in accordance with the corporate philosophy and achieving the corporate mission.''

 

 

What made me think about ``Why do English training?''

I started thinking about the reason for doing English training was when I became an English training officer.

 

Actually, until I became an English training manager, I had never thought about why my company was providing English training .

This is because English training already existed as an in-house system when I joined the company a year ago .

( English training started three years ago .)

 

Therefore, until now I

「This company offers English training for people who want to study English.」

I didn't really care about the purpose of the English training .

 

However, now we need to know and think about the purpose of our English training .

because

「It's a great deal to be able to take English conversation lessons for free! !」

I was a heavy user of English training because of this idea (+I felt a sense of mission because there were too many participants...),

At that time, there were almost no attendees , but I stood out and was appointed as the person in charge of English training.

 

Therefore, I became the person in charge of English training and encourage employees to participate in English training .

Because we are saying, “Please join us for English training!”

I felt that I needed to understand the purpose of the English training

 

 

We asked the president, ``Why did we start English training?''

Why did I pay for English training in the ?

When I asked the president, the answer I received was more moving than I expected.

 

reason Beyond started English training was to `` achieve Canada ''

(My guess is that in order to open a branch in Canada, it was something like, "Let's learn to use English, Canada's official language!")

 

Now that we have achieved our goal of opening a branch in Canada ,

It's moving to think back to when we were all united in our goal of opening a branch in Canada.

 

However, the fact that I achieved my goal means that the reason I started English training has finally come to an end

is it necessary to continue English training even now that things have settled down

I believe that there are English training staff, including myself

 

*Exterior photo of Canadian office

[Conclusion] Why do English training?

As I wrote at the beginning, as someone in charge of English training, I think reason BEYOND does English training is

 

Our corporate philosophy is to continue to create and support together.

We act in line with this idea and our mission is to make the world a little easier.

 

I think this is to achieve the following.

 

“Together” in the corporate philosophy ”

This includes not only our customers and partners, but .

 

As mentioned above, our company currently has a branch in Canada, and we currently have two locally hired employees.

At present, there are no members at our Canadian branch who cannot speak Japanese.

There is someday someone who needs to communicate in English will join the company

 

When this happens, in order to communicate with the friends we create together ,

I think it is necessary to be able to communicate in English

 

So why does Beyond have a branch in Canada?

The purpose of establishing the Canadian branch was to ``eliminate night shifts due to the time difference,'' but it was not only about that.

because it is set in the " as stated in the mission of "making the world a little easier .

 

In order to make the world easier, there will be situations where we will use English, the universal language

In order for Beyond be required.

 

As someone in charge of English training, these are the reasons why our company provides English training.

 

 

[Bonus] What led us to this conclusion was the voice of our employees

I had the opportunity to look at the responses to a survey regarding English training that was previously administered to all employees

The survey items included the following: (I will introduce the survey results loosely)

 

• Do you use English in your work (approximately 90% of respondents answered that it is “somewhat necessary” or “essential”)
• Are you interested in learning English (about 80% answered yes)?
• Reasons why I am interested in learning English (I want to be able to read English documents used at work, I want to expand my life options, I want to interact with people from other countries, I want to maintain the English skills I gained through studying abroad, I want to be able to read English documents used at work, Because it will increase, etc.)
• What you are looking for in English training (Want to learn about foreign cultures, learn from beginner level, have speaking opportunities, learn English that will be useful for programming, learn business conversation, do reading, etc.)

 

My first impression when I saw the results was, ``There's a lot going on.''

Do you use English in your work, are you interested in learning English, why do you want to learn English, what are you looking for in English training...

there were on each , I was wondering what the reason was for all employees to participate in English training

*All participation is a new system starting in June (excluding employees who already have sufficient English proficiency)

 

At that time, I heard the president say the words "corporate philosophy/mission" at an English training meeting.

thing that all participants have is that they work under the same "corporate philosophy and mission."

I found out that it is.

 

Therefore, in order to aim for the common goal of Beyond's employees, ``Together we continue to create and support, and make the world a little easier.''

I thought that I would receive English training as part of my job and learn what was necessary for the "philosophy/mission."

 

I think some people feel embarrassed to speak English in front of others.

(Because I am like that...)

In order to ``create together in the world,'' I think there will be opportunities to speak English in front of multiple people.

I feel that it would be a good idea to practice this in English training.

( English training is a place where you can make as many mistakes as you like!)

[Bonus 2] Introducing the outline of our English training

Our English training is currently being operated as follows!

 

date and time：

Every Wednesday 12:30~13:15 / Every Thursday 12:30~13:15

*Conducted during business hours

 

Classification：

Beginner class (Wednesday) / Intermediate and advanced class (Thursday)

 

teacher：

Maaya-san (acquaintance of our director)

⇒I currently live in the United States with my American husband.

That's why I'm learning English online ^^

Well, the teacher's husband also works in the IT industry, so he seems to know the IT terminology perfectly!

 

Currently, we operate on the basis that all those who need to learn English must participate in the above-mentioned English training at least once a month.

 

lastly

In this article, we introduced the purpose of English training with a focus on its philosophy and mission.

When working as an engineer or in the IT industry, being able to access primary information in English will be very advantageous.

 

I hope to publish an article about English training someday.

We hope that the content of this article will be helpful to companies that are considering introducing English training.