Burn, Barbara B., and James A. Perkins. "International Education in a Troubled World." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 449 (1980): 17-30. The benefits of knowing a foreign language are undeniable in the current U.S. economy. In this article, the author successfully points out the national needs in foreign language and international studies. In addition, she uses analytical data to show how important it is to implement these skills in the U.S higher education.
In term of explaining the importance of knowing a foreign language in current U.S. economy, the article is not very useful since the main purpose of the article was to encourage the implementation of international education in schooling in the United …show more content…
Although the connection between foreign languages and jobs may not be as obvious as people might have assumed, knowing a foreign language can definitely help one to stand out and become more marketable in a competitive job market.
McGroarty, Mary E. "Bilingualism in the Workplace." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 511 (1990): 159.
In this article, the author presents occupational bilingualism in a completely different perspective, the perspective of speakers of other languages who need to acquire English to be able to work in the United States. However, the article mainly focuses on only three cases of occupational language use—in restaurants, in small retail businesses, and in hospitals. The need for bilingualism may vary from geographic locations, but in general, it plays an active role in U.S economy. This article is somewhat useful since it only provides evidences about foreign language needs in only 3 areas. However, by approaching bilingualism from a different perspective, it helps to illustrate the importance of foreign language in multiple …show more content…
labor force but also points out the opportunity cost and rewards of investing in a second language. He also suggests the implementation of foreign language in K-12 and higher education in the U.S after showing the earning gaps between a bilingual/multilingual and monolingual individuals.
Stone, Gregory B., and Stephen A. Rubenfeld. "Foreign Languages and the Business Curriculum: What do the Students Think?" The Modern Language Journal 73.4 (1989): 429. The study presented in this article is mainly focused on foreign languages study at college level and how students, business majors specifically, from different universities responded to it. At the end, the author discovers the relationship between students’ incentives to study foreign languages and their performances at the universities, primarily in business classes. Although the author interprets data to point out that foreign language course had not been implemented appropriately for business students, he makes it clear that it is important to study an additional language while students are still in school. However, this article is irrelevant to the research topic since it does not touch on the importance of foreign language study to potential earnings of college
In term of explaining the importance of knowing a foreign language in current U.S. economy, the article is not very useful since the main purpose of the article was to encourage the implementation of international education in schooling in the United …show more content…
Although the connection between foreign languages and jobs may not be as obvious as people might have assumed, knowing a foreign language can definitely help one to stand out and become more marketable in a competitive job market.
McGroarty, Mary E. "Bilingualism in the Workplace." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 511 (1990): 159.
In this article, the author presents occupational bilingualism in a completely different perspective, the perspective of speakers of other languages who need to acquire English to be able to work in the United States. However, the article mainly focuses on only three cases of occupational language use—in restaurants, in small retail businesses, and in hospitals. The need for bilingualism may vary from geographic locations, but in general, it plays an active role in U.S economy. This article is somewhat useful since it only provides evidences about foreign language needs in only 3 areas. However, by approaching bilingualism from a different perspective, it helps to illustrate the importance of foreign language in multiple …show more content…
labor force but also points out the opportunity cost and rewards of investing in a second language. He also suggests the implementation of foreign language in K-12 and higher education in the U.S after showing the earning gaps between a bilingual/multilingual and monolingual individuals.
Stone, Gregory B., and Stephen A. Rubenfeld. "Foreign Languages and the Business Curriculum: What do the Students Think?" The Modern Language Journal 73.4 (1989): 429. The study presented in this article is mainly focused on foreign languages study at college level and how students, business majors specifically, from different universities responded to it. At the end, the author discovers the relationship between students’ incentives to study foreign languages and their performances at the universities, primarily in business classes. Although the author interprets data to point out that foreign language course had not been implemented appropriately for business students, he makes it clear that it is important to study an additional language while students are still in school. However, this article is irrelevant to the research topic since it does not touch on the importance of foreign language study to potential earnings of college