Report: Want the Job? Be Able to Say So in More than One Language

Read the article by Carmen Cusido on NBC News Report: Want the Job? Be Able to Say So in More than One Language      

Some excerpts from the article:

«Those looking for a job may want to emphasize their language skills. In the last five years,the demand for employees in the United States who know more than one language has more than doubled, according to a report recently released by the New American Economy.

"In today's global economy, businesses require employees who can serve customers in a variety of languages," John Feinblatt, chairman of New American Economy, said in a prepared statement. "This research highlights the growing need to attract and promote a multilingual workforce among both foreign- and U.S.-born talent."

Marco López, the executive vice president for client services at elemento L2, a Chicago-based multicultural marketing agency, said of the company's 15 employees, only two or three are not bilingual and two are not bicultural.

"Not being bilingual is not a deal breaker for us, but it is an extra added value that you (bring) to the table," López told NBC News.»

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"The multilingual brain might actually be better at doing business than the monolingual brain”

“The multilingual brain might actually be better at doing business than the monolingual brain,” says Antonella Sorace, professor of developmental linguistics at the University of Edinburgh.

Multinational companies have long recognised the functional benefits of multilingualism as a bridge between business cultures. Not speaking other languages may even be a block to promotion these days, according to early findings from the British Academy’s Born Global research into language policy in the UK.

Excerpt from an article by Tracy McVeigh, The Guardian:

“Maybe we are starting to see the first effects of people trying to avoid the risk factors. Bilingualism doesn’t make you immortal, it doesn’t cure dementia but it delays it. In stroke patients twice as many people in the bilingual group recovered their cognitive abilities completely after a stroke than monolinguals. The bilingual brain is better equipped to cope with the damage.” Thomas Bak.

Why Your Kids Should Learn A Second Language

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As Utah’s first dual-immersion students are prepping for college, so is their language program

Artículo de Benjamin Wood publicado el 8 de mayo en la edición digital de "Salt Lake Tribune". (link to the whole article at Salt Lake Tribune)

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«Campos said her students need to keep practicing to improve their Spanish fluency. But she added that she was and continues to be impressed with their confidence and mastery in the language.

"They're ready to study any subject in Spanish," she said. "They could travel abroad, work and they won't have any problem."

Beyond Spanish, Utah students in schools around the state are immersed in French, Chinese, Portuguese and German. Roberts said immersion programs are now at 20 percent of elementary schools, and the state continues to launch immersion programs at 20 to 25 new schools each year.[...] While dual immersion exists in some urban school districts and metropolitan areas, Utah is a national leader for its statewide program.»

«It's a feather in the state's cap that generates attention for education managers and policymakers, like in 2013, when Roberts was quoted in Time magazine saying that "monolingualism is the illiteracy of the 21st century."» 

«Utah students are competing for jobs against students in Asia, Europe, Latin America — the world — and guess what? Those kids aren't monolingual," he said. "It's not the future. Most people in the world are multilingual.»

«Roberts said he felt like a used-car salesman in the early days of the program, holding informational meetings around the state asking parents to enroll their children.

"Now I don't even do any more parent PowerPoints," he said. "We just open a [immersion] school and it's full overnight."»