IMPACT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ON THE EMPLOYABILITY OF ENGINEERS IN NEPAL AND ABROAD: A STUDY IN BRIEF

Abstract

The paper aims at presenting the details related to the impact of the English language proficiency on the employability of engineers. Based primarily on the secondary sources of data, especially the review of the literature available in the websites, this paper highlights how important the proficiency of the English language is for the engineers to acquire employment in Nepal and a few other countries including India, Malaysia, Korea, Thailand, Baharain, China and Vietnam. From the present study, it has been revealed that the English language proficiency is deemed to be one of the basic requirements for engineers to be employed in these countries. English is found to be one of the most important employability skills for engineers in the countries which were studied.