Bilingual Should Be Taught In Schools

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Yes schools should offer bilingual programs because it can open doors to your career.”There’s a growing awareness that that studying a foreign language can help one obtain a really successful career and make them a lot more hirable”(Jerry Lampe 1).”This is stating that when you grow up learning a different language it can help you for a good career.I think it is very understandable why they want you to learn different languages.

“Being bilingual is one of those qualifications,in fact,just last year,CNN Money named bilingualism as the hottest skill for job speakers.This automatically eliminates the majority of people who are not bilingual and means that there is less competition for those key jobs”(Myler 5).This is stating that people that learn more foreign languages get more money.This helps you to get a better education to get more money in the future.

Being able to speak a second language will also increase your employment options.”This automatically eliminates the majority of people who are not bilingual and means that there is less competition for key jobs”(Mtualier 3).What they are stating is that if you are bilingual you will most likely get the job than not bilingual people since you speak more than one language.This is why people who are bilingual will most likely get the job than non bilingual people.So if

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