Importance of Multilingualism

Abstract

As the world shrinks and businesses grow and expand to new reg­ions and countries, business schools have come round to the realisation that people who speak multiple languages have a major competitive advantage. “Learning a new language can widen your network and help you to develop contacts,” says Sunil Shukla of EDII. Dr Sunil Shukla, director, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) says that knowing a new language reduces the language barrier and open up gates to a large group of professionals and individuals who speak the same language thereby widening their network.