The News and Observer – Angela Jackson
“I was recently at a holiday party sharing my work with Global Language Project. As I explained our mission – to equip students with a second language in order to open the world to them and prepare them for the global workforce – the host, who is a mother of three, said, “I get it, I’m from Europe.” I gave her a look of knowing because 56 percent of Europeans consider themselves bilingual, versus only 15 percent of Americans. Speaking a second language in Europe allows people much needed mobility.”(more)