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Mandarin Chinese has the most native speakers, which is unsurprising given China’s huge population, but English is the world’s most widely used language with around 1.35 billion speakers. The study, published in Nature, Ecology and Evolution, shows the extent to which the world’s language diversity is under threat. It estimates the ...
While Chinese is the world’s most spoken language, at 16%, fewer than 2% of the top 10 million websites are written in Chinese, according to W3Techs, which analyzes websites. The nation also has the most internet users in absolute terms, at a whopping 772 million, according to the China Internet Network Information Center.
According to the 2018 Hays Asia Diversity and Inclusion report, improved company culture, leadership and greater innovation were the top three benefits of diversity identified by respondents. However, there was a perception among a significant proportion of participants that access to pay, jobs and career opportunities for those of equal ...
Digital technology is breaking down language barriers like never before, but even the most popular translation tools have barely scratched the surface of human linguistic diversity. Google Translate now supports 133 languages, a tiny fraction of the thousands spoken around the world.
“Even a one-week intensive language course improved attention and this effect remained stable nine months later in those who practised five hours a week or more,” say Thomas Bak, reader in Psychology at the University of Edinburgh, and Dina Mehmedbegovic, lecturer in Education at UCL, in a paper on the value of linguistic diversity.
Employee retention is essential if you want to build up diversity at higher organizational levels. Treat all employees as individuals, provide opportunities for them to express themselves, create a safe space and acknowledge their contributions. Ensure that your leader actively supports diversity, equity and inclusion across the organization.
The academics behind the work have launched an extensive database of language grammars called Grambank, which shows how much linguistic diversity we could be on track to lose. It indicates that South America and Australia are expected to lose all of their indigenous linguistic diversity, while others face dramatic decreases of 25%.
This age diversity will define the future workforce. In the US a quarter of men and 17% of women over 65 are expected to still be in the workforce by 2032. Jobs and the Future of Work
Major shocks exacerbate divisions within and across countries, with every wave of disruption impacting vulnerable communities the most. How can governments and businesses prioritize diversity, equity and inclusion to deliver durable solutions to the most pressing social and economic challenges in the decade ahead? This is a livestreamed session.
People monitor their memories more closely when using a second language, according to a study published by the Journal of Experimental Psychology, and that means they have fewer false memories. In fact, according to the researchers, thinking in a second language uses a different system of reasoning – one that’s less automatic or instinctive.