![]() It’s true that, in isolation, your responses might not be particularly helpful to people. Even if you are retired we want to know about your career as a bilingual/multilingual person. Whether you use your languages every day, only occasionally, or not at all, please take this survey. Others may say, Well, I don’t really use my languages much at work, maybe I shouldn’t take this survey. Wrong again! One of the things we want to see is how many people out there are bilingual/multilingual but don’t use their languages at work. If you have a job you think is just okay then please take this survey. If you have a job that you hate then please take this survey. By all means, if you have a job that you love then please take this survey. ![]() Nothing could be farther than the truth. There may be some people who are thinking, Well, I don’t exactly love my job so maybe I should not take this survey. As long as the other person can understand you and you can understand him/her then please take this survey. It doesn’t matter to me that you can’t speak without making mistakes. ![]() If you can have an unscripted conversation with someone in a foreign language, for more than five minutes, then please take this survey. Who Should Take This Survey?įunctional and perfect do not mean the same thing at all. We are looking for people who are at least functional bilinguals. If all the Spanish you know is a handful of phrases like ❽ónde está el baño? then I’m not asking you to participate. If all the German you know is Guten Tag. and Wieviel kostet das? then I’m not asking for your responses either. If you have any significant work experience it was likely gained illegally. If you are under the age of eighteen then, I’m sorry, but I’m not asking you to participate. Please don’t mistake my enthusiasm for a lack of scientific rigor. Please, please, take this survey and share it with every bilingual and multilingual person you know. What languages are best to learn in France? Which jobs do polyglots enjoy the most in Brazil? Are polyglots more valued in the USA than they are in Russia? We can’t answer these questions unless we get enough responses from people in all of those places. The more accurate the information we get, the more we will learn about what works and what doesn’t for multilingual people in the work place. The more responses we get, the more accurate our information will be. Not only is it important that you participate in the survey, it is also important that you encourage other bilingual and multilingual people to take the survey as well. Please share it on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and on any other social media where you have an account. We want to go beyond the personal experiences of one or two people-who work in one or two industries-and gather thousands of responses from all over the world. The first step is for us to get a real understanding of how bilingual and multilingual people are doing at work. If you haven’t yet, please take a few minutes to participate in this important study. I’ve described this exciting project in the video below: ![]() What else could be done to help multilingual people find a good fit in the job market? What could I do to help more of them be happier and more successful at work? After talking this conundrum over with a friend of mine, he encouraged me to reach out and do something new. A video of that speech was eventually published on Youtube.Įven though I got some really good feedback after that speech I couldn’t shake the idea that something was missing. My goal was to show how conflict management could be a wonderful career choice for people who speak more than one language. Two years ago I participated in the first polyglot conference in Budapest. Nicole cheung on Brief History of the Chinese… Loving Language on How Do Multilingual People Wor… A New American Polyglot and Wise Words from Anthony Lauder.How Do Multilingual People Work? Groundbreaking New Research.How To Choose a Language to Study in High School.Celebrities Speaking English at Different Levels.How Many Languages Is It Possible to Learn?.
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