The language diversity by Garish
The language of diversity is an evolving one that requires awareness, understanding and skill much in the same way as other areas of diversity competencies. Language provides a means for communication among and between individuals and groups. Language serves as a vehicle for expressing thoughts and feelings. The language of diversity is an evolving one that requires awareness, understanding and skill much in the same way as other areas of diversity competencies.
Language provides a means for communication among and between individuals and groups. Language serves as a vehicle for expressing thoughts and feelings. And when it comes to diversity, language can be a bridge for building relationships, or a tool for creating and maintaining divisions across differences. Having a common language for talking about and across difference is essential for breaking down divisions and working towards achieving understanding and partnership. In developing a common language around diversity it is important that language be affirming and not about creating blame, guilt or pity.
Historically our challenge with language as it relates to diversity is that it has often been used as a tool of oppression for the express purpose of establishing and perpetuating systems of dominance and hierarchies between and among groups. As a result, language has in many instances throughout our society’s history, served to advance the status of certain groups while relegating other groups to a status of inferiority.
Speaking or learning a native language allows you to understand technical references, acronyms, inferences, plays on words, jokes, slang and so many other things that are not conveyed through the written word along.
Why should one join Havilaah to learn a Foreign language?
Spanish. there are 425 million Spanish-speaking people worldwide. For English speakers, Spanish is considered an “easy language” to learn. Since so many people speak Spanish it is likely you will often be working with someone, in some capacity, who speaks it.
Portuguese. With Brazil becoming one of the most significant superpowers in the entire globe, Portuguese is the language to know. Brazil has positioned itself to be fuel independent (among other things), which means its important dependencies are reduced. And as a consequence of that, more business will stay within the country. If you want in, you better speak the language.
Russian. Russia capital, Moscow, has the highest billionaire population of any city in the world. It has rich in natural gas, oil, coal, precious metals and lots of highly educated, smart. The Russian language is based on the Russian alphabet, making it much harder for native English speakers to learn. This represents an advantage, because fewer people speaking Russian means the more you ll be in demand and able to tap into that market.
English, it remains the number-one language for business. With economic powerhouses like the U.S., England, Australia, and large parts of India, English continues to be a critical language.
This is your opportunity! Pick up an additional language and you will be able to out compete your competitors.
If you are really motivated, whats stopping you from learning a foreign language? Not only do we teach the above, Hindi, French and Arabic you name it.
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