February 7, 2023, 2:35 PM
February 7, 2023, 2:35 PM
Knowing English opens job doors. It is not a recurring slogan to promote a language school, but rather responds to a reality that has worsened during the pandemic. As an example, Google hired more than 3,000 positions globally to promote remote work. Among its priority requirements, it asked applicants to be fluent in the English language.
Fluent English speakers transcend physical and access better job opportunities. Statistics even show that they are growing and they ascend faster within any company.
What are the 10 most spoken languages in the world?
An article published on the portal “Only Educa” makes a ranking of the most spoken languages worldwide. Of the 7,000 languages that exist in the world today, very few have millions of speakers. The list presented by the digital portal is headed by the English with 1.5 billion speakers. Second, register the mandarin chinese (1,100 million) and ranks third on hindi (602 million).
The list goes on with Spanish, in fourth place, which is spoken by 548 million people. The list of the ten most spoken languages is complemented by the fFrench (274.1 million), toArabic (274 million), bengali (272 million), ruse (258 million), pPortuguese (257 million) yuRdu, a language spoken in Pakistan and India by 231 million.
Isabel (38 years old) is a communicator by profession, has a master’s degree and several diplomas, as well as enviable work experience. Almost two years ago, she was unemployed and was forced to look for work. She was shortlisted to work in a non-governmental organization with presence in Latin America and North American financing. As one of the requirements was mastery of the English language, it fell by the wayside.
Today’s young people must be more competitive to respond to the globalized labor market that demands permanent training and command of at least two languages as the most recurring requirements that they must meet. English, obviously, is par excellence one of those necessary languages.
“It has been shown that a student who accredits English language proficiency earns 25% more salary than the other competitors ensures the country manager for Peru and Bolivia of the British Council EnglishScore, Claudia Herrera. He maintains that this language allows access to better job opportunities not only in Bolivia but worldwide.
Meanwhile, Cecilia Muñoz, head of the Language Center of the Franz Tamayo University, Unifranz Santa Cruz, stressed that for the student to have an internationally recognized certification It allows you to include the document in your resume to apply for scholarships abroad or sources of employment.
English opens doors, not only on a professional and academic level, but also on a personal level. Eduardo Pinell, from the Unifranz La Paz Language Center, specified that the institutions demand that applicants have certification of the level of knowledge of this language before agreeing to a job interview.
Benefits of speaking a second language
Various studies carried out worldwide highlight the benefits associated with mastering a second language. Experts see a strengthening of the mind and greater empathy with other cultures. Both the knowledge of new words and the approach to the customs and culture of the learned language suppose an extension of the cognitive horizon.
Other advantages are linked to displacement factors. Learning a second language opens the options for tourism or travel To the exterior to continue studies academics.
In the workplace, studies show that there are greater job opportunities for those who are fluent in two or more languages. In the same work context, speaking languages encourages participation in networking and access to various documents.
