The Economic Utility of Foreign Language Study  

Oleh:

Grosse, Christine Uber ; Tuman, Walter Vladimir ; CRITZ, MARY ANNE

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Modern Language Journal (sebagian Full Text & ada di JSTOR) vol. 82 no. 4 (Dec. 1998), page 457-472.
Fulltext: Vol 82 no 4 pp.457-472.pdf (2.5MB)

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This study applies economic utility theory to the question of why studentdchoose to learn a specific foreign language (FL). Economic utility, a basic theory of economics, explain the preference of a consumer for a given product. To measure utility, we surveyed 84 graduate business student about their reasons for studying 1 of the 8 languages offered at Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management. We compared their responses with economic indicators such as the gross domestic product (GDP), population, GDP per capita, corporate job opportunities, direction of trade statistics, and most active big emerging markets. According to the indicator, different languages assume economic importance. The study, although limited in scope by sample size, yield insight into the real and perceived costs and benefits of learning a FL.

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