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Email(s): besmillahraqiq @[gmail.com](gmail.com) (BD); [asifakramy2013@gmail.com](asifakramy2013@gmail.com) (SAK); [amirmohammadbarati2019@gmail.com](amirmohammadbarati2019@gmail.com) (AMB)  \nCitation: Daqiq B, Akramy SA, Barati AM (2024) The Impacts of English Language Proficiency on Employment Opportunities.  \nAmerican J Sci Edu Re: AJSER-183.  \nReceived Date: April 10, 2024; Accepted Date: April 25, 2024; Published Date: May 01, 2024  \nAbstract  \nThis study mainly aimed to investigate the impacts of English language proficiency on employment. Therefore, it tried to present answer to the research questions. A questionnaire with 22 closed-ended items was utilized to collect the data from 250 individuals who were graduated from English department of Takhar, Kunduz, and Badakhshan universities. Some of the study participants were employed and some of them were unemployed. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. The result of the study revealed that the importance of English was associated with increased connectivity due to globalization. The study also concluded that the importance of English for finding jobs and making a career was wellestablished. To conclude, it can be said that English and employment are correlative with each other and English language proficiency is amongst the top global employment skills in the viewpoint of educated individuals in Afghanistan academia.  \nKeywords: Proficiency, English language, employment conditions, impacts, effects.  \nIntroduction  \nToday the world countries and Afghanistan in particular are witnessing a third industrial revolution namely communication revolution. This successively is having an important impact on business and workplace. In the international commercial sphere English has become lingua-franca of the business world regardless of geographical, social, political or religious differences (Pandey & Pandey, 2014) . It is being recognized as one of the sixth official languages of the United Nations. Previously people used to get a job if they possessed expertise in their respective fields, but in the current era the specific skills should be complemented with communication skills. The need for giving emphasis on English communication development is of utmost important in the present scenario with an objective to make the job aspirants gainfully employed (Granovetter, 1983) .  \nIn the last few decades, the importance of English raised to avast extent (Lucas, 2004) . It has become an important instrument of communication, both at the international and intra-national levels over the years. The importance of spoken English is even more because there are many cases where one knows their subject well, but they fail to communicate it in good manner (Batra, 2013) . Therefore, the practice of spoken English is absolutely necessary. Learning English in a country where it is not an original language like Afghanistan opens a series of opportunities for the individuals. In today’s corporate world, the need for operative communications have been recognized and accepted more than the technical knowledge (Adelman, 1990) .  \nGlobalization which has created an impact on all walks of life, has also helped the spread of English. It has transformed English into the predominant language of the world and it is the prominently used language in almost every walk of life. Further, globalization has a deep relation with English language (Antonia-Silles, 2018) . Globalization and English language both  \nhave insightful impact on employment (Debrah & Smith, 2002) . A language achieves a genuinely global status when it developsa special role that is recognized in every country. English is the langua","cbCaiehFBDsuiPAP","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiehFBDsuiPAP","pdf",413482,"English","# Abstract\n# Keywords\n# Introduction\n## Background and rationale\n## Globalization and English in employment\n## Afghanistan context and study significance","[{\"question\":\"What is the main aim of the study?\",\"answer\":\"To investigate the impacts of English language proficiency on employment opportunities.\"},{\"question\":\"How was data collected and from whom?\",\"answer\":\"A 22-item closed-ended questionnaire was administered to 250 English department graduates from Takhar, Kunduz, and Badakhshan universities.\"},{\"question\":\"What do the results indicate about English and employment?\",\"answer\":\"The study concludes that English and employment are correlative, and English language proficiency is among the top global employment skills for educated individuals in Afghanistan.\"}]","The Impacts of English Language Proficiency on Employment Opportunities | PDF"]