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Languages at Work 2002 A global survey by www.languageadvantage.com

Millions of dollars of business lost due to lack of language skills

The good news:

There's a rich skill base of languages at work
Many of you are learning a language

You realise that you're working in multicultural and multilingual workplaces
You realise that languages are important for your work
Many of you are now have language training, translations services and multilingual staff at work

The bad news:

Many of you are not having the opportunity to use your languages at work

Many of you are facing language and cultural barriers at work
Some businesses are losing millions of dollars due to these language and cultural barriers
Many organisations still haven't got a strategic or even co-ordinated view on using languages at work

For full results, read below...

detailed results

Languages at Work 2002: a global survey by www.languageadvantage.com

Rich diversity of languages spoken at home
Rich diversity of languages used at work
Loads of languages are being learnt
Loads of languages are being wasted at work
Workplaces are multilingual and multicultural
Language and cultural barriers at work
Companies are losing business due to languages
Organisations are using language services at work
Profile of respondents

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The final results of the Languages at Work 2002: a global survey by www.languageadvantage.com were released for Europe Day on 9 May 2003.

many thanks!

Many thanks to all of you who responded to the Languages at Work 2002 survey and forwarded it on to encourage your friends, family and colleagues to take part! We have had responses from over 50 countries of the world, covering over 100 languages of the world.

We ran a competition in association with Hodder Arnold who provided their Michel Thomas and Teach Yourself language packs as prizes. Find out more about Michel Thomas language packs and Teach Yourself language packs>>

We also made a donation to Plan International, to help with an education project.

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