Sentence examples for lack of foreign language from inspiring English sources

The relative lack of foreign language skills among the UK population is well-documented.

Donavan Whyte, vice-president of education for Rosetta Stone, which produces language learning software, said the UK's lack of foreign language speakers would only be tackled if students were taught languages from an earlier age.

The study found that the biggest academic deterrent to studying abroad was a lack of foreign language skills – chosen by over half of those who were not interested or had not made a decision about studying overseas.

(Despite my lack of foreign language knowledge, I was the closest thing we had to a Spanish language speaker).

The continuing issue of fluency in middle eastern languages was of such concern on Capitol Hill that on May 21 , 2012 Senator Daniel Akaka, (D-HI) then chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management held his seventh hearing on what he termed "a national security crisis;" namely the lack of foreign language skills, particularly at the FBI and CIA.

Those aspiring to executive positions from other countries might be handicapped by inadequate science training or a lack of foreign languages.

According to a survey in September by Rosetta Stone, 58% of Americans believe the lack of foreign-language skills among native workers will lead to foreigners taking high-paying jobs.

One study, led by James Foreman-Peck of Cardiff Business School, has estimated that lack of foreign-language proficiency in Britain costs the economy £48 billion ($80 billion), or 3.5% of GDP, each year.

In the interview data, 13 of the 21 mentions of administrative leadership were negative, and these negative mentions were mostly aligned to a lack of understanding about the role of foreign language education and a lack of support for foreign languages in schools.

As already discussed, a lack of support for and understanding of the role of foreign language education inhibited the development of relationships with administrative leadership.

In Turkey, a study of understanding of plagiarism amongst research assistants found that they lacked knowledge about some aspects of plagiarism, and also experienced problems related to plagiarism arising from their use of foreign language texts (Eret and Gokmenoglu 2010).