The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) announced February is CTE Month (https://www.acteonline.org/why-cte/cte-awareness/cte-month/), and one technical school in Pennsylvania is launching an innovative credentialing initiative to kick the month off with style.
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Over half a billion people speak Spanish. Spanish is also the national language in 20 countries and one dependent territory. With its global reach, it’s no surprise that the language has variations across diverse regions and countries. Understanding the number of dialects is vital for native speakers, educators, linguists, and language learners as it impacts […]
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According to Statista data from 2023, Chinese is the second most-spoken language in the world, with more than 1.1 billion Mandarin Chinese speakers. As a result, the ability to speak Chinese has become an important skill in the workforce — many companies seek employees who can effectively communicate with clients and partners in China or conduct […]
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Is your proficiency in multiple languages the missing link needed to enhance the ability of the healthcare system to serve patients with limited English skills? What lies ahead for multilingual professionals in healthcare? Will ongoing training and assessments remain crucial for your career relevance in healthcare, even with the integration of artificial intelligence into the […]
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As a language learner, have you found yourself filled with dread when needing to speak in a new language? Your heart is racing, palms sweating, and words escaping your mind when trying to speak. If this scenario sounds familiar, you’re not alone. In fact, this heightened feeling of stress has a name: Foreign Language Anxiety […]
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A spoonerism is a mispronunciation of a short phrase. It occurs when a person swaps word sounds while verbalizing two or more words. “Take a shower” becomes “shake a tower” when the brain’s speech center momentarily causes confusion or a person loses focus while speaking. While spoonerisms are common in English, they can occur in […]
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“Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis” is the longest English word in the dictionary, and it is one of the many words that reveal how language works. English and other world languages can combine multiple words or morphemes to create new words, making them fluid communication forms. Long English words often consist of combined scientific words or words of Latin […]
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Periodic language proficiency assessments can help you become a better, more confident world language teacher. In fact, certified language proficiency can even earn you a higher salary. A recent paper published in the Empirica journal indicates, “the advanced command of a foreign language yields a wage premium of 11% on average,” with proficiency in Spanish […]
Continue readingLearning more than one language has many cognitive and social benefits. From improved empathy to enhanced memory, a second language can improve interpersonal and workplace skills. As the job market seeks more bilingual workers, people speaking more than one language have a unique advantage. You can find bilingual positions around the world, with certain areas […]
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Giving back to the community through volunteer language-related projects offers a remarkable opportunity to showcase your language abilities while gaining invaluable work experience if you are in between jobs or working for a company also in the business of helping others. Bilingual professionals can leverage projects led by nonprofit organizations to support social causes within […]
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