THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES (ESP) IN LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING FOR EMPLOYERS IN HANOI, VIETNAM

Nowadays, English has taken a very important role in almost every aspect of human lives throughout the world, especially in the non-native countries. It has turned into a very vital tool in communicating. Not only because it is widely acknowledged as an international language, but also it has become an inevitable need that takes part even in the smallest part of our lives; in a large scope, it is a tool of communication between countries, cultural groups, various companies and organizations and communities, at school, English is a compulsory subject to be taught (since elementary level), while at works, the workers are required to be proficient in English, every line of household and electronic equipment’s instructions is given in English, even an instruction of how to cook an instant noodle is written in English. It is clear that it has been one of the effects of the globalization era that allows people from different countries to get into and out of any other countries; they want, for business, profession as guide or restaurant Leader, educational, leisure or any other purposes. This situation without doubt affects both the visitors and the local people in many cases; one of them is in interacting.