The ability to speak and write more than one language gives people more alternatives in the global market economy. I call these people Global Linguals. A Global Lingual is a person who not only understands the global market economy, but also has trained his/herself to think globally and to speak and write more than one language.
JOHNSON is a fan of the Freakonomics books and columns. But this week's podcast makes me wonder if the team of Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt aren't...
It is an honor to be here at the University of Maryland which has worked closely with the Department of Education for more than 20 years to advance the teaching of languages such as Hebrew, Farsi, Chinese, and Russian. As President Obama said on Monday: "Our generation's Sputnik moment is now."