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Download full textNational Skills Coalition, 2020
American jobs are undergoing massive technological transformation, with even entry-level workers now expected to use all manner of digital devices and equipment. To succeed in this rapidly transforming environment, workers need broad-based digital problem-solving skills that equip them to learn a wide variety of today's technologies and navigate…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Technological Literacy, Work Environment, Problem Solving
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Direct linkChiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2005
This paper develops a scalar or quantitative measure of the "distance" between English and a myriad of other (non-native American) languages. This measure is based on the difficulty Americans have learning other languages. The linguistic distance measure is then used in an analysis of the determinants of English language proficiency…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Language Minorities, Second Languages, Foreign Countries
