ERIC Number: ED625062
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 4
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Talking Business: How Increasing Languages Education in the UK Could Benefit the Economy. Research Brief. RB-A1814-1
Ayres-Bennett, Wendy; Hafner, Marco; Dufresne, Eliane; Yerushalmi, Erez
RAND Europe
A research report from the University of Cambridge and RAND Europe shows that investing in languages education in the UK could return more than the investment cost. Researchers explored a gap in the evidence relating to the economic benefits of extending languages education and found that an increase in secondary-school pupils learning one of four different languages could increase UK GDP by billions of pounds over 30 years. In a closely interconnected world, the ability to communicate in different languages has become increasingly important for the globally integrated business community. However, the UK has experienced a sharp drop overall in the number of pupils learning languages since 2004. At a time when the UK government seeks to reset its global economic relationships as part of its vision of 'Global Britain', this research shows that such a decline in languages could have negative effects on the UK's ability to compete internationally. [This work was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. For the Research Report "The Economic Value to the UK of Speaking Other Languages. RR-A1814-1," see ED625061.]
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Economic Development, Educational Benefits, Outcomes of Education, Secondary School Students, Economic Factors, Global Approach, Declining Enrollment, Language Enrollment, Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, International Trade, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Competition, Program Descriptions, Language Proficiency, Second Language Programs
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Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: RAND Europe; University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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