Bilingualism in the Workplace: Advantages of Bilingualism

BILINGUALISM IN THE WORKPLACE : ADVANTAGES OF Having the ability to speak several languages is a great asset, not only in your day-to-day life, but it could also improve employability and brain power. BILINGUALISM + Website: www.businesslanguageservices.co.uk Over It is estimated The British Isles that are home to 50% 1 in 8 350 over of languages. companies take UK companies has lost business There are languages into account when recruiting because of a lack over 6,000 languages and cultures in the world of language competence. Bilingualism is a form of brain training - a mental "work out" that fine-tunes the mind 2/3 of the world's children Learning a second language grow up in a bilingual environment can boost brain power Infants as young as 3 months of age are able to automatically detect and learn complex dependencies between syllables in spoken language 5 Million Have English as their mother tongue 3 Million Do not have English as their mother tongue London Population In a survey of international executives Modern linguists can often expect to earn at least 31% speak 2 languages 20% speak 3 languages 10% / 9% speak 4 languages 4% speak more than 4 more than their monolingual peers www.businesslanguageservices.co.uk