Chara has been in the United States for two years, and she loves living here. Since she was a young girl in Sweden, she has wanted to be a legal assistant. Chara graduated from high school in her native country. She entered a business school as soon as she arrived in the United States, and she graduated from Costal Banks Business College with a 3.5-grade point average. Her grades in English were very good. Now she is applying for her dream job a legal assistant.

Chara is going to her first interview. When she enters the law office, she is a little nervous. During the interview, Chara makes the following statement: When I lived in Sweden, I taked English in high school and received straight As. While in business school, I took courses that prepared me to be a lawyers assistant. Thus, I feel that I speak English good and that my thorough understanding of the law would enable me to function good in a law office.

Because the position will require a lot of writing, the law firm looked at Charas application form very carefully. When filling out the form, Chara quoted a friend, writing, A friend indicated that my English is real solid, and she do not think that I would have trouble being an excellent assistant to a lawyer.

• For this job, is speaking and writing English correctly important? Justify your answer.
• If you were the lawyer in this case, would you hire Chara? Justify your answer.