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What Is the Longest English Word?

“Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis” is the longest English word in the dictionary, and it is one of the many words that reveal how language works. English and other world languages can combine multiple words or morphemes to create new words, making them fluid communication forms. Long English words often consist of combined scientific words or words of Latin origin.

Some long words are fun but rare in typical conversations, while others are more common and useful. You may find similar patterns in long words from languages around the world. The longest Icelandic word is the name of a town, and the longest German word refers to an old law.

Understanding how language works is essential when learning a second language. Learn more about the world’s longest words to discover how fascinating and complex languages are.

Mitigating Your Business’s Language Challenges with an Onsite Multilingual Team

Is your company expanding its customer base into more diverse markets or forging partnerships with international associates? Is your business poised for growth? If so, it’s a strategic moment to consider establishing an internal translation and interpreting department, staffed with the right talent to meet your business needs.

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Embracing Linguistic Competencies to Boost Morale of a Diverse Workforce

Employee satisfaction significantly impacts a company’s success, and this includes bi/multilingual professionals. While employee turnover is inevitable, employers can be proactive in recognizing the linguistic skills and unique perspectives of bilingual employees, implementing different strategies to boost morale and reduce turnover rates that can be costly.

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The Benefits of Periodic Language Proficiency Assessment for World Language Teachers

Periodic language proficiency assessments can help you become a better, more confident world language teacher. In fact, certified language proficiency can even earn you a higher salary. A recent paper published in the Empirica journal indicates, “the advanced command of a foreign language yields a wage premium of 11% on average,” with proficiency in Spanish (32%), French (22%), and Italian (15%) yielding particularly high premiums. By regularly testing your world language proficiency — referring to your ability to use language in real-world or spontaneous contexts — you can accurately measure your current language skills, brush-up in any areas you may be lacking, and achieve the certification needed to impress employers.

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Top Places to Move for Bilingual Jobs

Learning more than one language has many cognitive and social benefits. From improved empathy to enhanced memory, a second language can improve interpersonal and workplace skills.

As the job market seeks more bilingual workers, people speaking more than one language have a unique advantage. You can find bilingual positions around the world, with certain areas offering more opportunities than others.

Learn more about the best cities and states for bilingual jobs in the United States.

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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn for English Speakers?

Becoming proficient in a second language enables you to connect with other cultures and demographics, can boost your cognitive abilities, and is a means to expand your linguistic repertoire. However, some languages can be more complex to learn than others. If you’re an English speaker who wants to become bilingual, you may be interested to know which languages will be the easiest for you to learn.

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Bilingual Volunteers: Always in High Demand

Giving back to the community through volunteer language-related projects offers a remarkable opportunity to showcase your language abilities while gaining invaluable work experience if you are in between jobs or working for a company also in the business of helping others. Bilingual professionals can leverage projects led by nonprofit organizations to support social causes within their communities or collaborate on language-focused outreach initiatives within their workplaces.

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Presenting Your Language Qualifications to Potential Employers

The power of first impressions in shaping opinions is widely recognized. Demonstrating your abilities confidently through tailored resumes and cover letters that emphasize your language proficiency can be the decisive factor in securing a role in a company that truly values your potential as a candidate and future team member.

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Finding a Language Mentor to Improve Your Language Skills

Whether you are a bilingual professional pursuing a career in a language-related field or working in a company with a strong foreign language focus, the advantage of knowing how to speak two or more languages can open various opportunities for professional development. Actively seeking to improve your linguistic skills, from improving grammar and vocabulary to enhancing your overall communication skills, can be the ace up your sleeve for career advancement.

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Language at Work: Performance and Proficiency – Guiding Learners to Success with the AAPPL

Have you found yourself asking any of these common questions pertaining to the AAPPL?

How can I prepare my students for the AAPPL?

Is the AAPPL a performance test or a proficiency test?

How do I prepare my students for the AAPPL if there aren’t set topics to learn?

The underlying motivation of these questions we often hear from educators is a desire to guide learners through a successful testing experience and to help them to demonstrate their maximum potential in the language. Knowing that proficiency is more than a set of vocabulary terms or grammar rules to know inside and out, let’s start by looking at how performance and proficiency are part of the AAPPL.

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