Talking Business: How Increasing Languages Education in the UK Could Benefit the Economy. Research Brief. RB-A1814-1

Autor/inn/en	Ayres-Bennett, Wendy; Hafner, Marco; Dufresne, Eliane; Yerushalmi, Erez
Institution	RAND Europe; University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
Titel	Talking Business: How Increasing Languages Education in the UK Could Benefit the Economy. Research Brief. RB-A1814-1
Quelle	(2022), (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Economic Development; Educational Benefits; Outcomes of Education; Secondary School Students; Economic Factors; Global Approach; Declining Enrollment; Language Enrollment; Foreign Countries; Educational Finance; International Trade; Arabic; Mandarin Chinese; Spanish; Competition; Program Descriptions; Language Proficiency; Second Language Programs; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Bildungsertrag; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Sekundarschüler; Ökonomischer Faktor; Globales Denken; Ausland; Bildungsfonds; Trade; International relations; Handel; Internationale Beziehungen; Arabisch; Spanisch; Wettkampf; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Großbritannien
Abstract	A research report from the University of Cambridge and RAND Europe shows that investing in languages education in the UK could return more than the investment cost. Researchers explored a gap in the evidence relating to the economic benefits of extending languages education and found that an increase in secondary-school pupils learning one of four different languages could increase UK GDP by billions of pounds over 30 years. In a closely interconnected world, the ability to communicate in different languages has become increasingly important for the globally integrated business community. However, the UK has experienced a sharp drop overall in the number of pupils learning languages since 2004. At a time when the UK government seeks to reset its global economic relationships as part of its vision of 'Global Britain', this research shows that such a decline in languages could have negative effects on the UK's ability to compete internationally. [This work was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. For the Research Report "The Economic Value to the UK of Speaking Other Languages. RR-A1814-1," see ED625061.] (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01