The Impact of English Language on Business Communication in Asia: A Scoping Review

Abstract

In the current global era, English is becoming increasingly essential not only as a worldwide language but now widely used as a business language in native and non-native English-speaking countries. Particularly, English language proficiency is mostly required and recognized amongst the countries in the n continent. Thus, this review emphasises the importance of the English language, the dynamism of ways that may be utilised when teaching the English language and identifying the requirements of English language skills among business workers and students. Hence, the primary goal of this scoping review is to uncover previous research on the impact of the English language on business communication in Asia. This scoping review was reported according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines. Five databases, namely Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), Semantic Scholar, ScienceDirect, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), and SAGE Journals, were used for data scoping. A total of 10 studies were identified to be eligible for selection.