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The U.S. Foreign Language Deficit: Strategies for by Kathleen Stein-Smith

By Kathleen Stein-Smith

This quantity explores why american citizens are one of the least most probably on this planet to talk one other language and the way this U.S. international language deficit negatively affects nationwide and monetary safety, enterprise and profession clients. Stein-Smith exposes how people are deprived via their lack of ability to successfully navigate the worldwide place of work and multicultural groups, how their profession ideas are restricted through the overseas language deficit, or even how their skill to get pleasure from trip out of the country and cultural targets is lowered. via exploring the influence of the U.S. international language deficit, the writer speaks to the stakeholders and companions within the crusade for overseas languages, delivering tips on what can and will be performed to deal with it. She examines the subsequent steps had to advance particular profession pathways that might meet the present and destiny wishes of presidency, company, and undefined, and empower overseas language rookies via curriculum and occupation preparation.

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S. economy. S. population. S-born population with passports drops even lower. S. travelers is even smaller that it appears because many of the 11 million Americans who travel overseas during the year are actually high-frequency business travelers. S. to areas where other languages are predominant because of their lack of foreign language skills and knowledge of other cultures—and because 40 K. STEIN-SMITH Americans are less likely to travel than many others, their desire to learn another language may be greatly diminished.

S. companies have international operations, and the skill sets in demand include both foreign language knowledge THE CAREER CONNECTION—FOREIGN LANGUAGES AS A CAREER ASSET:... 29 and intercultural skills. As far as foreign languages are concerned, 11% of these companies actively seek workers for positions requiring foreign language skills, 55% track employee foreign language skills, 35% give multilingual job candidates priority in hiring, and 14% report a loss of business opportunities due to lack of foreign language skills within the organization.

S. are China, India, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Canada, and Taiwan. S. students study abroad. S. students studying abroad are the UK, Spain, Italy, France, and China. S. students preparing for study abroad. S. and around the world, English is especially interesting in terms of the number and diversity of career opportunities for ESL teachers and for others employed in that sector. This is particularly true for those who plan and design online courses intended primarily for English language learners who choose not to come to study on site in an English-speaking area of the world.

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