While English usage is under attack in New Mexico, elsewhere English is rapidly becoming the global language in many areas.
If you want to pilot an airplane, you must learn English. All air traffic control globally uses English as the official language. If you cannot communicate with air traffic control, you cannot pilot any form of aircraft legally.
If you want to learn computer programming, it will be in English. Nearly all programming languages are composed in English.
For global trade, English is becoming the universal language. Millions of people in China are studying English. There are over 100,000 teachers of English in China.
Top languages to learn for international business (ranked by Bloomberg in 2011)are, in order- English, Mandarin Chinese, Arabic, French and Spanish
In Japan, one large company has made English only a policy for all meetings of upper management.
For medicine, English has become the unofficial but most used language internationally.
For science, same thing. Most physicists today speak English, no matter where they live.
One can assume that, by default, English is the most used language used in higher education.
In the US:
For workplace safety- While some universal symbols are used, in the US, electrical and chemical labels and MSDS sheets are not mandated to be in any language other than English.
For security- To be licensed, security guards must go through training. Most accredited training is only offered in English. Plus, the vast majority of employers will require English. To be a police officer, you must speak English. (And there is no guarantee that a police officer or security person who questions you will speak any other language.)
For employment- The vast majority of employers today require a high school diploma or GED as condition of employment above age 18. You cannot achieve a diploma or GED without English proficiency to a functional level.
For your children- Basic education is provided in English. Not all teachers speak English. Most textbooks are in English. How can a parent take active part in their child's education if the parent cannot understand the teachers or the books?
For self sufficiency- Considering English as a requirement for most employment, the opportunities for employment are drastically reduced for non-English speakers in the US (and, increasingly, globally). Chances for advancement basically do not exist in most cases.
For workplace morale- While diversity improves the workplace, multiple studies (and plain common sense) have proven that language barriers are a destructive force on workplace morale and customer relations. Language barriers also cause drastically increased business expenses and can decrease business opportunities.
Like it or not, this is an issue which spans many social and economic subjects. NOT included among those in any logical or intellectual form are race, prejudice, culture or Constitutionality. Those are completely separate subjects.
If you want to pilot an airplane, you must learn English. All air traffic control globally uses English as the official language. If you cannot communicate with air traffic control, you cannot pilot any form of aircraft legally.
If you want to learn computer programming, it will be in English. Nearly all programming languages are composed in English.
For global trade, English is becoming the universal language. Millions of people in China are studying English. There are over 100,000 teachers of English in China.
Top languages to learn for international business (ranked by Bloomberg in 2011)are, in order- English, Mandarin Chinese, Arabic, French and Spanish
In Japan, one large company has made English only a policy for all meetings of upper management.
For medicine, English has become the unofficial but most used language internationally.
For science, same thing. Most physicists today speak English, no matter where they live.
One can assume that, by default, English is the most used language used in higher education.
In the US:
For workplace safety- While some universal symbols are used, in the US, electrical and chemical labels and MSDS sheets are not mandated to be in any language other than English.
For security- To be licensed, security guards must go through training. Most accredited training is only offered in English. Plus, the vast majority of employers will require English. To be a police officer, you must speak English. (And there is no guarantee that a police officer or security person who questions you will speak any other language.)
For employment- The vast majority of employers today require a high school diploma or GED as condition of employment above age 18. You cannot achieve a diploma or GED without English proficiency to a functional level.
For your children- Basic education is provided in English. Not all teachers speak English. Most textbooks are in English. How can a parent take active part in their child's education if the parent cannot understand the teachers or the books?
For self sufficiency- Considering English as a requirement for most employment, the opportunities for employment are drastically reduced for non-English speakers in the US (and, increasingly, globally). Chances for advancement basically do not exist in most cases.
For workplace morale- While diversity improves the workplace, multiple studies (and plain common sense) have proven that language barriers are a destructive force on workplace morale and customer relations. Language barriers also cause drastically increased business expenses and can decrease business opportunities.
Like it or not, this is an issue which spans many social and economic subjects. NOT included among those in any logical or intellectual form are race, prejudice, culture or Constitutionality. Those are completely separate subjects.
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