The United States Service Industry in the Global Economy: Maintaining the Comparative Advantage.

Autor/inn/en	Brecht, Richard D.; Walton, A. Ronald
Institution	National Foreign Language Center, Washington, DC.
Titel	The United States Service Industry in the Global Economy: Maintaining the Comparative Advantage.
Quelle	(1995), (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Competition; Educational Needs; Educational Policy; Educational Trends; Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Information Technology; Intercultural Communication; International Cooperation; International Trade; Language Role; Public Policy; Second Language Instruction; Second Languages; Trend Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wettkampf; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsentwicklung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Informationstechnologie; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Trade; International relations; Handel; Internationale Beziehungen; Öffentliche Ordnung; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Second language; Zweitsprache; Trendanalyse
Abstract	Recent developments making more urgent the need for second language skills among the United States' population are examined. Specifically, a meeting of representatives of service professions and U.S. trade representatives concerning the ramifications of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) for U.S. citizens is discussed. A major shift from provision of goods to provision of services is forecast, with substantial implications for language skills requirements on the part of U.S. citizens. It is suggested that currently, the effect of the trade agreements is to encourage importation of skills from abroad rather than exportation of skills overseas, because of imbalance in language skills; professionals from other countries commonly have English language skills, while American professionals do not have adequate foreign language skills. Advancement in information technology is seen to render this situation even more urgent. Language training at the school and higher education levels and public policy that is more supportive of international educational exchange are seen as essential in addressing this situation. (MSE)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC