English communicative competence of job applicants graduating from Foreign Trade University on Ho Chi Minh City Campus at three multinational companies: current situation and some suggestions

Tóm tắt

Recognizing the importance of how to train the human resources to meet the increasing demand of enterprises and the competitiveness of the labour market, the author has conducted three interviews with three human resources managers working in top multinational companies to study the English language communicative competence of university graduates from Foreign Trade University on Ho Chi Minh City Campus (FTU2). This article is to report the results of the interviews, based on which, the author suggests some solutions to improve the quality of English language training in FTU2 and other training institutions in Ho Chi Minh City in particular and in Vietnam in general.