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Workplace  \nShinhye Lee  \nJonathan Schmidgall  \nOctober 2020  \nETS Research Memorandum Series  \nEIGNOR EXECUTIVE EDITOR  \nJohn Mazzeo Distinguished Presidential Appointee  \nASSOCIATE EDITORS  \nBeata Beigman Klebanov Senior Research Scientist  \nHeather Buzick  \nSenior Research Scientist  \nTim Davey  \nResearch Director  \nJohn Davis  \nResearch Scientist  \nKeelan Evanini Research Director  \nMarna Golub-Smith  \nPrincipal Psychometrician Priya Kannan  \nManaging Research Scientist Irv Katz  \nSenior Research Director  \nSooyeon Kim  \nPrincipal Psychometrician  \nAnastassia Loukina  \nSenior Research Scientist  \nGautam Puhan  \nPsychometric Director  \nJonathan Schmidgall Research Scientist  \nJesse Sparks  \nResearch Scientist  \nMichael Walker  \nDistinguished Presidential Appointee Rebecca Zwick  \nDistinguished Presidential Appointee  \nPRODUCTION EDITORS  \nKim Fryer  \nManager, Editing Services  \nAyleen Gontz Senior Editor  \nSince its 1947 founding, ETS has conducted and disseminated scientific research to support its products and services, and to advance the measurement and education fields. In keeping with these goals, ETS is committed to making its research freely available to the professional community and to the general public. Published accounts of ETS research, including papers in the ETS Research Memorandum series, undergo a formal peer-review process by ETS staff to ensure that they meet established scientific and professional standards. All such ETS-conducted peer reviews are in addition to any reviews that outside organizations may provide as part of their own publication processes. Peer review notwithstanding, the positions expressed in the ETS Research Memorandum series and other published accounts of ETS research are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Officers and Trustees of Educational Testing Service.  \nThe Daniel Eignor Editorship is named in honor of Dr. Daniel R. Eignor, who from 2001 until 2011 served the Research and Development division as Editor for the ETS Research Report series. The Eignor Editorship has been created to recognize the pivotal leadership role that Dr. Eignor played in the research publication process at ETS.  \nThe Importance of English Writing Skills in the International Workplace  \nShinhye Lee and Jonathan Schmidgall  \nEducational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey, United States  \nOctober 2020  \nCorresponding author: S. Lee, E-mail: [SLEE004@ets.org](SLEE004@ets.org)  \nSuggested citation: Lee, S., & Schmidgall, J. (2020) . The importance of English writing skills in the international workplace (Research Memorandum No. RM-20-07) . Educational Testing Service..  \nFind other ETS-published reports by searching the ETS ReSEARCHER  \ndatabase at [https://search.ets.org/researcher/](https://search.ets.org/researcher/)  \nTo obtain a copy of an ETS research report, please visit  \n[https://www.ets.org/research/contact.html](https://www.ets.org/research/contact.html)  \nAction Editor: John Davis  \nReviewer: Erica Schmid and Yeonsuk Cho  \nCopyright © 2020 by Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved.  \nETS, the ETS logo, and TOEIC are registered trademarks of Educational Testing Service (ETS) . All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.  \nAbstract  \nIn this paper, we discuss the multifaced role of English writing in the international workplace. Drawing upon previous research, we point out that English, as the main lingua franca, supports a variety of writing practices in the workplace, and so it presents both significant value and challenges for internationally operating individuals and organizations. In the initial sections of the paper, we review the importance and frequency of the English writing activities that facilitate communication and collaboration in the international workplace. 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