Are you looking for the best ways to practice and improve your language proficiency? Continued learning of a language, especially as a grown-up, can be a challenging task. However, it is an incredibly gratifying experience. Whether you’re looking to improve your language proficiency for professional or personal reasons, there are a wide variety of resources […]
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Many employers across industries are looking to hire candidates who can speak more than one language. If you are bilingual, then you may be interested in careers that will allow you to use your world language skills on a daily basis. Whether you are seeking the highest-paying bilingual jobs on the market or you simply […]
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Do bilingual people get paid more than monolingual individuals? Should you pay your bilingual employees more money for their world language skills? Bilingual differential pay is a topic you must consider as you seek to pay your employees fairly and attract more bilingual talent to your team. Test Your Employees’ Language Skills
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Understanding how to determine language proficiency during the hiring process is essential. Language proficiency testing provides accurate results employers can rely on. Administering a language proficiency test for employment purposes ensures businesses and corporations hire the best candidates for open positions. Test Prospective Employee Language Skills
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If you speak a second language, you may wonder how to highlight language skills on your resume. Being able to communicate in more than one language can be the key to opening new doors in your career, so you should showcase your language skills as much as possible. It’s also important to describe your language […]
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Today, workplaces across the United States require more than ever before a strong multilingual and multicultural workforce. A command of more than one language is a tremendous advantage for job seekers and people working in the United States because the population is continuously becoming more diverse. If you command two or more languages, the possibility […]
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Have you ever reflected on the continuous growth of the immigrant community in the United States and the positive and direct impact your bilingual or multilingual abilities may have on the lives of people with little to no understanding of English? Nonprofit organizations across the country that serve recent immigrants oftentimes struggle to meet the […]
Continue readingJacqueline DiCanio is a multilingual professional who currently teaches Spanish in a public school. She realizes the importance of multilingualism and how it helps her be a better teacher and a better individual: “While teaching in a school with a diverse student body, I can connect with more kids,” she said. Jacqueline commands English, Spanish, […]
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Nonprofit organizations are created to improve the lives of people in need. These organizations complement different aspects of society using their available resources either in health, education, or the arts to promote the social and economic development of all residents within a community. According to the National Council of Nonprofits, individuals who conduct or support […]
Continue readingStarting at the beginning of the twentieth century, researchers in the field of linguistic anthropology, notably Franz Boas and Edward Sapir, conducted experiments to try and determine what effect, if any, language has on a person’s perception. Though those initial studies have been hotly contested, the groundwork was laid, and we have made great strides […]
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