Second Language Acquisition, By The Numbers

SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION: BY THE NUMBERS Learning a new language can expand your understanding of the world – and help you excel at whatever you choose to do in it. Just like individuals, nations also benefit from speaking more than one language. In today's globalized, multicultural world, countries are more interconnected than ever before – making multilingualism increasingly vital to every nation's economic growth. LANGUAGES MOST STUDIED IN U.S. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS COLLEGE STUDENTS STUDYING A WORLD LANGUAGE: STUDYING A WORLD LANGUAGE: LESS THAN 1% 4% 18% 52% 69% 5% 6% 13% ARABIC, CHINESE, JAPANESE, FRENCH SPANISH GERMAN ITALIAN JAPANESE KOREN, RUSSIAN, URDU LANGUAGE LEARNING ADVANTAGES EDUCATION - ENHANCED LEARNING AND HIGHER TEST SCORES: On the SAT, students who studied world languages for four or more years score higher on average than their peers. FOUR OR MORE YEARS MATH ALMOST 140 PTS HIGHER CRITICAL READING 140 PTS HIGHER WRITING - OVER 150 PTS HIGHER CAREER - EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES AND HIGHER SALARIES: Bilingual workers earn 5% to 20% more than those who speak only one language 5% TO 20% MORE MONOLINGUAL WORKERS $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ BILINGUAL WORKERS The U.S. Department of Labor expects translation and interpretation to be among the fastest-growing occupations through 2020 TRANSLATION INTERPRETATION WORLD LANGUAGE LEARNING: EUROPEAN UNION VS. UNITED STATES EUROPEAN UNION UNITED STATES 53% 18% BILINGUAL CITIZENS BILINGUAL CITIZENS 44% 9% MULTILINGUAL CITIZENS MULTILINGUAL CITIZENS 6 TO 9 YEARS OLD 14 YEARS OLD AGE MOST STUDENTS BEGIN AGE MOST STUDENTS BEGIN WORLD LANGUAGE STUDY WORLD LANGUAGE STUDY 9. 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