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*Only 25% of the world's population speaks English
*Contrary to popular belief, the demand for language skills is an upwards trend
*Language skills are no longer just "nice to have", but rather a necessity
*Research shows job postings directed at bilinguals more than doubled between 2010 and 2015
*No matter what one's career interest is, knowing another language can provide a huge competitive advantage

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~Bilingual doctors can communicate more readily with a greater number of people.
~Some hospitals and clinics will hire a bilingual doctor at a higher base salary.
~Sometimes interpreters will be hired to bridge the communication gap between doctors and patients.
~As of 2008, 74% of hospitals in the U.S. alone serve patients who don't primarily speak English.
~Without bilingual doctors or interpreters, wrong diagnosis or treatment could occur.
~Some colleges now require that medical students take some sort of medical foreign language.

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40% of the world is monolingual
43% of the world is bilingual
13% of the world is trilingual
4% of the world speaks 4 or more languages

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Are you thinking about learning a new language? Having the ability to speak and understand two languages-also known as bilingualism-has its fair share of perks. Besides the obvious social advantages, there are many other benefits of being bilingual. For example, speaking two languages enhances your cognitive skills, improves your mental health, and even boosts your salary.

Don't believe us? Check out these 15 statistics that prove being bilingual is awesome!

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It's never too late or too early to start learning a new language. While it can be difficult and frustrating at times, the benefits of being bilingual are worth it. So, what are you waiting for? Make the commitment to learn a new language today!

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15 Stats That Prove Being Bilingual is Awesome [Infographic]

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Are you thinking about learning a new language? Having the ability to speak and understand two languages-also known as bilingualism-has its fair share of perks. Besides the obvious social advantages, there are many other benefits of being bilingual. For example, speaking two languages enhances your cognitive skills, improves your mental health, and even boosts your salary.

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Salaries of Emergency Medical Technicians

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Salaries of Emergency Medical Technicians

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A monolingual EMT may make about $30,000 a year!
A bilingual EMT may make about $40,000 a year!

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Employees can earn 5 to 20% more than the position’s base rate if they can speak an additional language. Fluent government workers in the state of California earn an extra $0.58/hour. In addition, multilingual employees could make $10,000 a year more on average than employees who don’t speak a foreign language.

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http://takelessons.com/blog/-benefits-of-being-bilingual

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Speaking a second language improves problem-solving, multitasking and decision-making. Numerous studies have shown that bilingualism can improve brain functions, like the ability to focus attention and perform mental tasks. Constantly choosing which language to say a word in gives one a lot of practice choosing important information and ignoring extraneous details. Speaking another language can also help you make more rational decisions. A study run by a group of psychologists at the University of Chicago found that forcing people to rely on a second language when making decisions reduced their natural human biases. From this study, scientists concluded that using a foreign language provided increased cognitive and emotional distance that allowed people to focus on information instead of their own emotions.

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have more than one official language!
Places like South Africa, Aboriginal Australia and Zimbabwe have at least ten official languages each.

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Some people might not even be able to remember what they had for dinner last night, but bilingual people have a better chance of remembering. Studies have shown that when given memory tasks, bilinguals score higher than people who are monolingual.

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There are many benefits to learning multiple languages. It can affect your income as an adult, your memory, the type of job you have, and other psychological components.

Take a language! It's worth it!