NECESSITY FOR ENGLISH THRESHOLD FOR UNIVERSITY GRADUATION DEBATED|台六成企業招新人 參考英語測驗成績

English has become the modern lingua franca, and across the world, having good English skills does give you an advantage in the job market. In fact, in Taiwan, more than 60% of businesses say English is a factor when they consider who to hire. Which is probably why many universities in Taiwan have mandated that students prove their English skills before they can graduate, by taking part in standardized exams. If your scores are too low, you'll need to take remedial English lessons. But many are now questioning if this is necessary, and some of have argued for the abolishment for such a test-based practice. Students at recruitment fairs are eager to find good jobs after they graduate. Half of recruiting enterprises consider English ability as a basic requirement. ==WU SHAO-MING Operations Manager ETS, Taiwan== 64.8 percent of enterprises responded that they use our standard for English testing as a standard for recruiting new staff. TOEIC is a global standard used by many companies worldwide. Each year, there are 7 million students worldwide who take the test According to statistics, over 60 percent of enterprises consider English ability when recruiting staff and 40 percent look at TOEIC results. Enterprises and industry require different TOEIC levels. The average range is around 532 points. Up to now, the average TOEIC score for Taiwan university graduates is 501 points. There is quite a lot of focus on the debate about getting rid of the English threshold for university graduation. Some support this, others worry that students will lose their ability to study. Analysts think that the purpose of study should be clarified then it would be easier to measure this appropriately. ==LIAO HSIAN-HAO Professor, DFLL, NTU== When they graduate you should still have some kind of test to evaluate their English ability. As to what sort of English they should study and to what level, you can't just take any old test for evaluation, and make everyone do the same one. NTU foreign languages professor Liao Hsian-hao said that universities should set their own assessments, but the understanding of whether students have achieved the necessary expertise for local personnel requirements still needs to be discussed. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR 大學英文畢業門檻該不該廢止？當初各校會設立門檻，就是希望可以提高學生畢業後在職場的競爭力，據統計，台灣有6成以上企業，在招募新人時，會參考英語能力，但現行的畢業門檻要求，能不能真正評量出學生實力還有待討論。 大學生參加就業博覽會，想讓自己畢業後，就能有好的職場起步。而現在，想找一份好工作，有半數以上企業，把「英語能力」變成基本要求。 ==ETS台灣區總代理 營運長 吳紹銘== 有64.8%的企業回答就是說 我們公司的確用英語能力 來作為選取新進員工的標準 它(多益)在這個全球裡面 它現在被全球的非常多的企業使用 我們一年的考生 全球將近7百萬人 根據統計，有6成以上企業，招募新進人員時，會考量英文能力，其中超過4成，會看多益成績。而企業對多益成績的要求，依產業不同，有所差距，平均下來大約532分，至於目前，台灣大學生的多益成績，也有平均501分的水準。 但大學是否要廢止「英語畢業門檻」，引發各界關注，有人贊成，也有人擔心，學生會減少學習動力。學者認為，先釐清學習目的，再考慮如何評量會比較好。 ==台灣大學外文系 教授 廖咸浩== 你還是在畢業時可以有一個 就是說 怎麼樣去檢視他們的 畢業時候的英文能力的一個方法 針對 就是說我們的學生 到底要學什麼英文 要學到什麼地步 那甚至於說不同的科別 他們需要學什麼樣的英文 它(評量)不能夠隨便拿一個考試 就要所有的人來考 廖教授也表示，學校端可以設定評量，但如何進行，才能了解學生是否達到「應有」實力，而考試方式，能不能以符合台灣「在地」的人才需求來評鑑，這些都還要再討論。 記者 曹晏郡 沈志明 台北報導