PR Newswire – Staff Writer
“A joint initiative of the Globalization and Localization Association (GALA) and the National Council for Languages and International Studies (NCLIS), ALEA is pressing the case for national policies to promote language funding and competencies in the United States…”Language skills aren’t a nice-to-have, they’re essential if the United States wants to be at parity with other industrialized nations,” Rivers said. “It’s no longer possible to ignore the important role foreign languages play in American culture and business.”” (more)