Advantages for America: America ranks 12th in the world in percentage of immigrants-this is an untapped reservoir of linguistic competence, More than 60 million people in the United States speak a language other than English at home. , One in five students nationwide comes from a home in which another language is spoken , Patterns of Change in the Global Economy: 2013 was the first year in which emerging markets accounted for more than half of the world's gross domestic product (GDP) , The growth of emerging markets (smaller or less developed non english speaking) has surpassed the size of the United States market, Negative Impact on America: The loss of these jobs to bilingual workers outside of the U.S. has made an impact on many industries-, bilingual workers can compete for jobs at home and in the US. Monolingual Americans can only complete for mostly local jobs, Economic Advantages of a Bilingual/Multilingual Workforce: Global business leaders understand the importance of providing services in the native language of their consumers, Business owners realize that the ability to communicate both in native language and English is an asset , Utah's language ability has helped lure (bring in) global business , Education: Developing countries educate their students in English to better leverage business opportunities in the U.S, Due to school objective, immigrant languages are lost at a rapid rate today , Personal Advantages of being Bilingual/Multilingual: Given equal technical qualifications, who do you think will get the job?. an executive with multilingual fluency or a monolingual, A recent survey of California employers showed that a majority of employers (small business, large business) want and prefer bilingual employees, Additional research shows that among the millennial generation, multilingual employees are earning more on average,

Part 2 Realizing the economic advantages of a multilingual workforce

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