What is your language strategy?

Languages

Part # 1: Mandarin Chinese.

Part # 2: English.

Part # 3: German.

Part # 4: French.

Part # 5: Italian.

Part # 6: Spanish.

Part # 7: How many languages are spoken in the world?

Part # 8: What are some advantages of learning languages?

Part # 9: The language of math.

Part # 10: The language of coding.

Part # 11: Sign language.

Part # 12: Body language.

Part # 13: Languages of love.

Part # 14: The language of music.

Part # 1 Mandarin Chinese

12 Chinese words / phrases English

Chinese pronounciation

Hello

Nihao?

How are you?

Nihao ma?

I am ok.

Haixing

And you?

Ni ne?

See you later.

Dzeye jyen

I would like

Wor yaoww....

Yes

Shrr

No

Boo-shrr

Thank you

Sshyeah-sshyeah

Sorry

Dway-boo-chee

My name is

Wo xing....

Bon appetit

Manman chi

Some sources of inspiration http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/phrasebook/ http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/mandarin.php http://www.standardmandarin.com/chinese-phrases http://translate.google.com/#en/zh-CN/person http://youtu.be/qR72RnEwl0M

Part # 2 English

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/English-2817429

Part # 3 German

Places where German is a key language

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:DeutschsprachigeWelt.png

Part # 4 French

Places where French is a key language

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Map-Francophone_World.png

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/IndoEuropeanTree.svg

French is part of the Italic languages

Part # 5 Italian

Italian is the official language of Italy and parts of Switzerland.

Italian is also used by some people living in, for example, Malta, Libya, Somalia, Slovenia, Croatia, USA, UK, Argentina and Australia. http://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/britishcouncil.uk2/files/languages-for-the-future-report_0.pdf

http://youtu.be/cMXrHJuGmI4

Part # 6 Spanish

Places where Spanish is a key language

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Map-Hispanophone_World.png

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/IndoEuropeanTree.svg

Spanish is part of the Italic languages

Part # 7 How many languages are spoken in the world?

6,000 to 7,000 languages are spoken in the world. http://www.scmp.com/infographics/article/1810040/infographic-world-languages http://www.ted.com/talks/mark_pagel_how_language_transformed_humanity.html, minute 14. https://youtu.be/VQRjouwKDlU

Each dot = the geographic center of the world’s languages

http://www.ethnologue.org/country_index.asp

On the island of Papua New Guinea, a country with a population of about 6 million people, more than 800 different languages are used.

Sources http://www.ted.com/talks/mark_pagel_how_language_transformed_humanity.html, minute 15. http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2013/01/10/168878237/jared-diamond-a-new-guineacampfire-and-why-we-should-want-to-speak-five-languag

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/11/worlds-most-multilingual-countries

The world’s 10 most multilingual countries

http://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_ryan_ideas_in_all_languages_not_just_english.html

Top 10 languages. Numbers in millions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers http://www.ethnologue.com/statistics/size http://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/britishcouncil.uk2/files/languages-for-the-future-report_0.pdf

Choosing a common language can dramatically improve how employees collaborate across borders - even though it also introduces new challenges.

The decision to adopt a common language must be balanced with the need to speak local languages and adapt to local cultures. https://hbr.org/2014/09/whats-your-language-strategy/ar/1

Part # 8 What are some advantages of learning languages?

Children, who learn to speak more languages, can be better at communication than children who speak only 1 language. Being exposed to more languages improves social abilities. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/13/opinion/sunday/the-superior-social-skills-of-bilinguals.html?_r=0

A study showed that bilingual children were better at guessing what people were thinking, perhaps because they are constantly monitoring who in their world spoke what language.

http://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21696489-advantages-working-your-own-language-are-obvious-those-working-foreign

Bilingual people are more efficient at higher-level brain functions such as

ignoring irrelevant information. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/study-shows-that-people-who-speak-two-languages-havemore-efficient-brains/2014/11/18/e027a27e-6a7c-11e4-9fb4-a622dae742a2_story.html

Bilingual children adjust to

environmental changes better. http://www.edudemic.com/learn-another-language-bilingual/

Because words in a second language, when learned later in life, do not carry the same emotional impact as the words of one's native tongue, individuals made more

rational decisions when using their second language. http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-knowing-a-foreign-language-results-in-more-rational-decisions

If you speak 2 languages, dementia

is less likely to set in.

https://youtu.be/VQRjouwKDlU minute 6.

Language training is an important investment in employees. However, to reach cultural fluency, more work is needed.

Language fluency does not equal cultural fluency. https://hbr.org/2014/09/whats-your-language-strategy/ar/1

Further inspiration https://www.duolingo.com/ http://www.pnas.org/content/112/5/1334.full

Part # 9 The language of math

http://www.ted.com/talks/jay_walker_on_the_world_s_english_mania.html

http://www.frankcalberg.com/matheducation

Part # 10 The language of coding

Why shouldn’t people understand how to “speak” JavaScript?

Chamath Palihapitiya

http://www.mckinsey.com/Insights/High_Tech_Telecoms_Internet /Managing_disruptive_technology_A_conversation_with_investor _Chamath_Palihapitiya

Sources of inspiration

https://www.codeschool.com/ https://github.com/

Part # 11 Sign language

http://signsrestaurant.ca/?page_id=16

Stop sign - Spanish

http://www.imagebase.net/Concept/object12-1365200375

Skype emoticons

http://www.skype.com/

http://www.thenounproject.com/

Research shows that when we look at a smiling emoticon on the Internet, the same parts of the brain are activated as when we look at a real human face.

http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2015/01/25/7-reasons-use-emoticons-social-media-according-science http://www.fastcodesign.com/3033794/evidence/the-neuroscience-of-emoticons

Further inspiration https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-brain-1500203

Part # 12 Body language

Google Images search on the word ”laughter” on March 16th, 2016. http://goo.gl/P35eCE

When we show our palms when talking, it means we are being honest and telling the truth.

http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/10/body-language-improve-patient-encounter.html

https://hbr.org/2011/04/boost-power-through-body-langu.html

Use of words 7% impact

Voice 38% impact

Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Mehrabian http://blog.doubleslash.de/richtige-kommunikation-im-softwareprojekt/

Body language 55% impact

While Westerners see direct eye contact as indicating honesty, it may be interpreted as threatening in East Asia. http://repository.cmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1149&context=tepper

Research shows that a firm handshake is positively related to being extrovert. https://hbr.org/2014/06/to-negotiate-effectively-first-shake-hands/

Further inspiration https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Introvert-and-extrovert-2037536

Part # 13 Languages of love

Further inspiration https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Love-2024572

Part # 14 The language of music

Further inspiration https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-power-of-music-1380375