The simplest form of communication when travelling in foreign countries may be a picture book.Summer is travel time, and trips to far-away locales are increasingly frequent. For many Americans, “going abroad” used to mean a trip to Mexico o…

The simplest form of communication when travelling in foreign countries may be a picture book.Summer is travel time, and trips to far-away locales are increasingly frequent. For many Americans, “going abroad” used to mean a trip to Mexico o…

There are plenty of good reasons to learn foreign languages, and some are related to national security and economic competitiveness.Foreign languages are still electives in most US school systems, and college students may find it impossible to get into…

A new study shows which countries are most influenced by digital content and identifies other digital media trends.According to a study released in June by Fleishman-Hillard International Communications in conjunction with Harris Interactive, the Inter…

The World Cup’s Spanish-speaking teams have occasionally been divided by a common language.So far, Spanish-speaking teams have dominated this year’s World Cup. Four of the eight teams in the quarter-finals were from Spanish-speaking nations: Ur…

About 80 percent of Vietnamese-Americans in the affected area have ties to the seafood industry.A CNN article and slideshow demonstrates how Vietnamese-Americans involved in the fishing and seafood industry are suffering from the Gulf oil spill. Along …

However, according to a recent report, the indirect economic benefits of the language industry are not always measured.A major report commissioned by the European Union shows the size and growth of the language industry in Europe. And when I say major,…