“What are you going to do with that?” has become an almost inevitable question for students studying world languages. Traditionally, the assumption has long been that language learning is enriching, but not necessarily practical; culturally valuable but not career oriented. Recent labor market data tells a different story.
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Why ACTFL Assessments Are the Gold Standard in Higher Education Language Assessment When it comes to language assessment, accuracy of scoring and credibility are non-negotiable. For institutions making key decisions about student placement, waiver, and graduation requirements, ACTFL assessments are one of the most trusted measures of language abilities globally. Delivered exclusively through Language Testing International® (LTI), ACTFL assessments deliver ACTFL scores and certificates, credentials recognized by […]
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Note: This article was written based on a recorded interview with Dr. Lucia Osa-Melero, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Hispanic Studies at Duquesne University. It was more than fifteen years ago when a simple question sparked what would become a transformative partnership at Duquesne University: Could nursing students take an elective in […]
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How many bilinguals or multilinguals are there in the US? In 2020, researcher François Grossjean suggested that the number of bilinguals is particularly hard to nail down because the Census Bureau doesn’t track the number of people who use multiple languages in their everyday lives. However, they do ask some specific language-related questions: “Does this […]
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Spoiler alert: language education is important for college and career readiness (CCR)! Recently, Education Week (EdWeek) launched an informal poll among K-12 language educators on LinkedIn and found that nearly 75% of the roughly 1,900 respondents listed “adaptability as the most important skill graduates need.” Other skills mentioned were ability to focus, empathy, resilience, critical […]
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