Open AccessEnglish Needs of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH): The Multinational and National Companies’ Voice in Indonesia
Author(s) -
Sri Haryati,
Dewi Rochsantiningsih,
Dewi Wahyuni
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pedagogy : journal of english language teaching/pedagogy : journal of english language teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2580-1473
pISSN - 2338-882X
DOI - 10.32332/pedagogy.v7i2.1669
Subject(s) - multinational corporation , business , competence (human resources) , certification , foreign language , vocabulary , conversation , test (biology) , public relations , psychology , marketing , medical education , pedagogy , medicine , political science , linguistics , social psychology , philosophy , paleontology , communication , finance , law , biology
The vast growths of multinational and national companies to world-class companies in Indonesia result in the advanced demand for English mastery in every working sector including Occupational Safety and Health (OSH). This article aims at investigating the needs and actual use of English in a working environment specifically at OSH. This research adopted mix method which use questionnaire and open-ended interview to obtain the data on the needs of English in OSH field matching to the prerequisite test in recruitment as well as the use of English from fifteen multinational and national companies. The result of the investigation revealed that English certification positioned as a prerequisite test and getting a high priority in job recruitment. When recruiting, companies expect at least an intermediate level for English. Recruits at least have to be able to manage communicative competence for daily conversation and perform a solid knowledge and skills of general OSH vocabulary. Productive skills are more required for communicating to expatriates, leading the meeting, doing a presentation, writing a report and designing Standard Operational Procedure (SOP). This research implies that in spite of position as the foreign language in Indonesia, English has a vital role in the working environment.