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Let me break it down very succinctly.  One component of Globalism is the necessity of communication.  This multipart series is designed to address what it takes to participate in the global economy.

 

The Problem:

Americans need to clearly recognize that there is a deficiency of critical spoken languages in the U.S. The United States government has acknowledged that it seeks efforts to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering critical need foreign languages.

 

Solution:

In order to considerably diminish this debilitating problem, Americans need a strong network critical language communicators that can quickly and efficiently bring defined segments of the nation up to speed in speaking critical languages.

 

Approach:     

Americans should take the initiative to study, learn and master such languages using educational institutions, live human-interactive and intensive critical language instruction via the internet as well as other means to comprehend different languages.

 

Some of the critical languages that should be considered:

Pashto
Hindi
Farsi
Mandarin
Arabic
Korean
African

 

If you really want to understand and participate in what is termed “Globalism”, then it is imperative to speak a “Critical Language.”  There are many languages out there to choose from you might say?  Can you recognize this one: بيائيد فارسى صحبت كنيم

Maybe you can’t at the moment, but in time, if you study, you may be able to speak the above Persian language called Farsi.  I am learning this language at the moment, and I truly understand that I need to know a “critical foreign language” if I want to be adaptive in the Global economy.

 

A critical language is a language that the United States government deems to be in high demand for cultural collaboration and assimilation.  Many wars, trading, diplomacy and relations are taking place in South East Asia and conflict zones in the Middle East.  Currently, the U.S. State Department has 30,000 employees, and only 28 of them speak Farsi. 

 

Farsi is a language spoken in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Iran, parts of Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and China.  This is wide range, but approximately 100 million people speak the language.  The State Department would love to have people that are Americans who can communicate with other cultures for trade, diplomacy and the gathering of intelligence.  They could be used in the government such as the FBI, CIA, State Department, UN among other entities public and private.  Every American should be ready for a call to assist their government and perhaps make extra money on the side in the private sector.

 

For instance, President Elect Obama informed Americans that in order to fight terrorism, troops will need to go to Afghanistan and fight there for a while.  Unfortunately, many soldiers are entering territories where they must depend on local natives of the country to supply them with intelligence and different communication aspects just to remain safe from enemy fire.  However, it is very dangerous to try to always trust people who may live in the conflict region, but those who may appear friendly and are nothing more than traitors, compromise the efforts of many soldiers.  These same soldiers may find themselves in compromising positions or perhaps killed.

 

Not just Farsi, but Pashto, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Hindi, Swahili, Arabic among others that are languages that the United States deems critical.  The money is out there for consultants, businessmen and women and travelers alike.  Many people still have the mindset that people should learn to speak English. 

 

Well, for people that understand the concept of re-inventing themselves, learning a Global language other than Spanish, French or German can bring you a long way. The languages I just mentioned are what can be considered common-place languages.  The government and private industry can find people that can speak Spanish, French or German with little difficulty. The same is not so for critical languages.

 

You can make a difference in your life, as well as help our government make a difference in the world.  If you have thoughts or comments, let me know.  If you want to learn a critical language, Spoonful of Knowledge University may be able to help.