Is There Really a Labor Market Advantage to Being Bilingual in the U.S.?

Gándara, Patricia

doi:10.1002/ets2.12054

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“…Furthermore, employability is one of the objectives of the Spanish Organic Law 8/2013, 9 December 2013, closely linked to plurilingualism as Gándara (2015) demonstrates. This is also connected with scientific literature, which has already identified the need to draw relevant conclusions regarding the economic value that bilingualism brings to society (Callahan and Gándara, 2014, p. 4).…”

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Key factors to evaluate the impact of bilingual programs: Employability, mobility and intercultural awareness

Parra¹,

Abril²,

Espejo-Mohedano³

2021

PortaLin

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The importance of bilingual education is widely debated in the scientific world; it represents an opportunity for millions of international students in the 21st century, endorsed with varied benefits, including cognitive, neurolinguistic, socio-cultural, academic or labor, among others. The main objective of this work is to evaluate the impact of bilingual education on students who graduated from bilingual programs by measuring three key factors (employability, mobility and intercultural awareness), and comparing the results with those from a group of students who graduated from non-bilingual programs. A factorial analysis was carried out to reduce the size of the original set of variables from 11 to 3, thus constituting a model of scientific efficiency. Finally, this paper shows a statistical evaluation of the real effects that bilingual programs have achieved since implementation, concluding that the three main factors identified here allow the scientific evaluation of the success of bilingual programs.

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confidence: 98%

Key factors to evaluate the impact of bilingual programs: Employability, mobility and intercultural awareness

Parra¹,

Abril²,

Espejo-Mohedano³

2021

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“…Bandura astutely noted that chance factors have been underemphasized in psychology as there is always risk and uncertainty in life. For example, balanced bilingual workers are more likely to be employed in fulltime jobs than those who only speak English proficiently (Gándara, 2015). In other words, there is some unknown advantage to maintaining a balance between one's original language and the language of one's adopted home country.…”

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Diversified Portfolio Model of Adaptability: A Natural History Perspective

Leong

2020

The Counseling Psychologist

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Using a natural history perspective, the diversified portfolio model (DPM) of adaptability developed by Chandra and Leong (2016) is described in this article as a representation of the latter author’s life work in researching diversity and adaptability. The primary thesis of the DPM is that a diversified portfolio of activities, roles, and experiences will lead to greater adaptability in life. The DPM was intended to address a gap in the literature by illuminating the antecedents of adaptive processes that have been studied in current models, including those for self-complexity, risk and resilience, and self-efficacy. This description is followed by an example of the application of the DPM in academic careers. The mechanisms underlying the DPM are then discussed in relation to mental models and mindfulness. Next, the negative effects of nondiversification are illustrated with examples of workaholism and loneliness. Finally, the DPM is linked to the author’s own diversified portfolio of roles and activities to illustrate its positive impact.

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“…Apoyado en estas cualidades, el es pañol se ha convertido en un gran puente eco nómico sobre el Atlántico desde el punto de vista de la internacionalización empresarial. Los resultados de la encuesta realizada en co laboración con el ICEX (ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Turismo) -y contestada por 1.769 empresas españolas con actividad en el exte rior-no arrojan lugar a dudas 15 . Dos conclu siones merecen destacarse aquí.…”

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El valor económico del español en Estados Unidos

Jiménez

2019

BICE

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El español es hoy la segunda gran lengua de comunicación internacional. Su potencia demográfica y crecientemente económica no se compadece, sin embargo, con su debilidad en otros ámbitos donde reina el inglés (la ciencia o las relaciones internacionales, por ejemplo). Pero el español cuenta con un valioso activo precisamente en Estados Unidos, donde las comunidades hispanas que mantienen su lengua materna exhiben una presencia demográfica y económica en alza constante. No solo el poder de compra hispano en Estados Unidos es ya una realidad incontestable, por encima del billón y medio de dólares. También en el mercado de trabajo comienza a valorarse al español como segunda lengua complementaria del inglés, aunque sea aún con una prima salarial modesta. Sobre ambas bases se asienta el futuro (no exento de incertidumbres) del español en Estados Unidos.

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Is There Really a Labor Market Advantage to Being Bilingual in the U.S.?

Cited by 11 publications

References 37 publications

Key factors to evaluate the impact of bilingual programs: Employability, mobility and intercultural awareness

Key factors to evaluate the impact of bilingual programs: Employability, mobility and intercultural awareness

Diversified Portfolio Model of Adaptability: A Natural History Perspective

El valor económico del español en Estados Unidos

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