If you are a undergraduate, postgraduate student or a young professional and would like to improve your English to get a job, this competition is right for you.
You could win a two week English language course in the UK with our #SeeIntoTheFuture English4Employability competition. The competition is now closed.
The winners and runners-up of the English4Employability Competition will be contacted shortly via e-mail.
The winners of the English4Employability Competition:
| Winner | Country | UK school |
| Seda Bicici: "I am a PhD candidate. English is the language of the science. I want to be perfectly competent in using English for my work, academic career and relationships with people from different countries. I want to publish articles without receiving "poor English, needs to be edited", I want to apply jobs in other countries without fear of communication skills, I can think globally but I also need to express globally! Also, fundamental link between employer and employee is communication and this can only be provided with being good at English." | Turkey | University of Central Lancashire UCLan Language Academy |
| Halis Subasi: "I want to be the change I wish to see in the world! I work voluntarily at a multicultural youth centre which is a part of an NGO. Our aim is to promote interaction between students and backpackers who come from all over the world, from various cultural backgrounds so that they can understand values and opinions of each other, and thus, they can live in a diverse society in harmony and peace. In order to achieve our goal, we need to use English so that we can communicate with people from various countries." | Turkey | University of Liverpool English Language Centre |
| Kristina Djordjevic: "I am on my way of becoming an English teacher; therefore, my job revolves around the English language. As a future teacher who will teach, instruct and guide the students, I firmly believe that the knowledge of English is essential for communication, business and travel. Moreover, learning English opens up the possibility to familiarize with a different culture, customs and tradition. By learning a new language, one learns about a new culture: the two are intertwined. The trip to the UK is an excellent opportunity to experience the English culture and therefore improve both speaking skills and teaching skills." | Serbia | Languages United |
| Azatuhi Khachatryan: "I have a long-standing dream to work as a BBC correspondent, as the working culture of BBC has always been an inspiration for me. I grew up in a remote, rural village where young people are deprived of many opportunities, including learning English. Now I study journalism at one of the leading Universities in Armenia and in my journey I realised that language is a huge barrier for me to reach my dream. I find this program as an exciting opportunity to reach my dream and be an example for young people like me to dare to dream." | Armenia | Languages United |
| Danara Kunanbayeva: "I would like to start my answer with a phrase - Employability as a Necessary Goal for Life Improvement and Sustainable Happiness - which defines the abbreviation like ENGLISH. As you see, the phrase itself explains the reason why do I need English for my employment. I firmly can state that only by having an excellent command of English, one may get a challenging and promising job full of strong development and promotion opportunities. Obviously, English is the only key to a successful and prosperous life which is a dream come true for every citizen of the globe." | Kazakhstan | International City College Brighton and Hove |
| Leisan Shavalieva: ""Every single time you help somebody stand up, you are helping humanity rise", is what public figure Steve Maraboli said and this is exactly what I feel in my heart and bear in my mind. Everybody wants to be significant in this world, make something of use and importance. As I can best combine my skills, interests and wishes I became an English teacher to help people communicate, find friends, a better job, learn more about cultures and places. Teachers should always develop their skills, so I’m very interested in reaching higher levels in speaking English." | Russia | Bloomsbury International UK Ltd |
| Fatos Grubi: "The reason why I feel it’s important that I learn English first hand is because I am going to become a certified teacher soon and I need as much help and practice as possible before I graduate and start teaching. I remember my own teacher and her flawless pronunciation, her great accent and I remember aspiring to become a teacher like her. My goal is to better myself along with my English-speaking skills so that I can offer a more authentic feel to my future students and motivate them to become even better English-speakers." | Macedonia | Nottingham Language Academy |
| Victoria Sopachova: "'PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT'. A Perfect Pedagogue is a Person who Persists in Progressing and Perfecting their Professional Potential. A Perfect ENGLISH Professor is a Person who is Proficient at English. I Presume that my Position of an English Professor Presupposes my Permanent Progress in English. This Presented Possibility to Pursue a course Pronouncedly Promotes my Professional Properties and Prospects. Particularly, it will Pave my Path to my Principal Purpose – to Procure a Piece of Paper called CPE. I hope I'll Prove to be a Perfect English Professor due to My Patience, Persistence, Practice and my Participation in this course." | Ukraine | Alpha Omega College |
Runners-up
| Runner-up | Country | Prize |
| Guram Kokaia: "The world is “A stage where every man must play a part”- and it is done in English. With English you have a chance to play the whole business drama. Without it only few scenes of it. English is a mandatory requirement of the most employers in Tbilisi, Georgia. For me English language is - source of communication, innovation, transformation, progress. My English language teachers at school were the most communicative, innovative, transformative teachers. They implemented interactive, innovative learning methods. English – enables self-education. English- develops competencies and raises the chance of hiring." | Georgia | LearnEnglish Pathways online course from British Council |
| Manuela Prifti: "S.O.S…Help free my ideas from isolation. I’m a new researcher in Social Science. I published my first paper where someone else helped me to translate it in English. It was successful and I have received invitation to write other papers. I need to learn English because I would like to work as a researcher, go out in the world, talk with different people, analyzing existing data to try to understand what is going on in society and why. All these processes of researching, I can’t do it without English. Learning English, will give my ideas a voice!" | Albania | LearnEnglish Pathways online course from British Council |
| Antoneta Jashari: "I study economy but also im cake decorator.Why I need English for my employment?! English after all is a language of business so.I need to improve it to make possible to take professional trainings in uk, collaboration with foreign business companies because i want to open my own business. I dream to be a part of Global enterprises to change not only my life but also a life of a lot of unemployed women in my country.English is a ticket I need to have a success!" | Kosovo | LearnEnglish Pathways online course from British Council |
| Ana Rudic: "Nelson Mandala once said: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Knowledge of English language is the weapon that I need for building my future career and reaching personal development. As a student of economics, I am aware that many global changes are often influenced by economic forces. English is the passport which will enable me to experience the journey through the changes. I need it because it will make me a global citizen who is able to share knowledge and compete for employment in international companies with other young professionals." | Montenegro | LearnEnglish Pathways online course from British Council |
| Darija Zecevic: "I work in a highschool in a very small town in Bosnia, where the children that I teach are concerned about their future life and think that it is quite difficult to achieve your goals if you live in a small place like this. I would like to improve my speaking skills and visit an English speaking area, because I've never been to one before, even though I am an English teacher. I think it would help me a lot in my work and it would show the children that everything is easy if you try hard enough." | Bosnia and Herzegovina | LearnEnglish Pathways online course from British Council |
| Mehman Bayramov: "It is obviously that today English is considered integral part of most occupations. There are plenty of areas in our country that require fluent English in a daily activity. From this point of view my profession demands to improve language skill and to get in touch with different organizations from various countries. Simultaneously, it gives me chance to alleviate issues and respond any foreign letters frequently. Broadly speaking, progression of English contributes me being promoted in work and creates more comfortable condition for my future." | Azerbaijan | LearnEnglish Pathways online course from British Council |
| Azizjon Asatov: "I am an air traffic controller, it is vitally important for me to know English since I am responsible for the flights safety – the safety of hundreds of people. Well-used English must serve as a base of operative understanding in radiotelephony communication between pilots and controllers. So I have to speak English fluently and listen carefully. Unfortunately, aviation history is rich of such situations where misuse and misunderstanding of English between the professionals of different nationalities led to fatal aircrashes. After all, an ATC who doesn’t know English is a like a bird without wings." | Uzbekistan | LearnEnglish Pathways online course from British Council |
| Yasmin Bakri: "We live in a multilingual world where there are thousands of languages. Among all the world languages, English has the most dominant and prestigious position. It is an international language which is spoken by a wide range of people. Additionally, English is the academic language par excellence in colleges and institutions of higher education. It is also an important passport for good employment and social recognition. Therefore, I work really hard to improve my English language proficiency and communication skills. For me English is a language of opportunity. It is my passion and my future." | Israel | LearnEnglish Pathways online course from British Council |
