{"id":152,"date":"2020-01-13T21:03:55","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T21:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/fl210languageinmotiondraft\/?page_id=152"},"modified":"2020-03-05T22:05:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T22:05:46","slug":"lead-with-languages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/fl210languageinmotiondraft\/lead-with-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Lead with Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Lead with Languages<\/em><\/strong> is an unprecedented, multi-year campaign aimed at reversing the nation&#8217;s language skills gap and making language learning a national priority. The campaign seeks to build awareness across the U.S. about the growing importance of language skills to a wide array of careers &#8211; and to our nation&#8217;s economy, national security and international standing &#8211; with the ultimate goal of supporting a new generation of Americans competent in other languages and cultures and equipped to compete and succeed in a global economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Ninety-five percent of the world&#8217;s consumers live outside the U.S., and our own country&#8217;s demographic makeup is changing dramatically, yet a minimal number of Americans are proficient or on their way to becoming proficient in a second language,&#8221; said Marty Abbott, Executive Director of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACFTL), which spearheaded the campaign. &#8220;We have a significant language gap in this country on which <em>Lead with Languages<\/em> will shine a national spotlight. Language proficiency is no longer a luxury; it is a vital necessity to career success in the 21st century and one of the top qualifications employers are now seeking.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ODU students, Alumni, and community members are supporting Lead with Languages by sharing their stories. Listen to what they have to say!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lead with Languages is an unprecedented, multi-year campaign aimed at reversing the nation&#8217;s language skills gap and making language learning a national priority. The campaign seeks to build awareness across the U.S. about the growing importance of language skills to a wide array of careers &#8211; and to our nation&#8217;s economy, national security and international&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/fl210languageinmotiondraft\/lead-with-languages\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":598,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/fl210languageinmotiondraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/fl210languageinmotiondraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/fl210languageinmotiondraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/fl210languageinmotiondraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/598"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/fl210languageinmotiondraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/fl210languageinmotiondraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/fl210languageinmotiondraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152\/revisions\/173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/fl210languageinmotiondraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}