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Hello Everybody,

Did you know this about foreign-born people in the US? 

For this last installment about interesting facts about people with English as a Second Language, here are data to satisfy your curiosity!

A recent study by the Pew Research Center indicates that Asians have recently passed Latinos as the largest group of new immigrants arriving to the United States.

Figures from the new U.S. Census data indicate a slightly faster pace of growth in the foreign-born population, which increased to 40.8 million, or 13 percent of the U.S.

Last year’s immigration increase of 440,000 people was a reversal of a 2011 dip in the influx, when many Mexicans already in the U.S. opted to return home.

Many of the newer immigrants are higher-skilled workers from Asian countries such as China and India.  Immigrants with bachelor’s degrees or higher rose by more than 4 percent to 9.8 million.

Other notable statistics:

• Nearly 35% of U.S. physicians are foreign born
• U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that
  •  28.6% of US non-native born individuals held positions in management, professional, and related occupations
  • 24.6% were in Service occupations (in order of prevalence are food preparation and serving related occupations, personal care and service occupations, and  health care support occupations
  • 20% of Roman Catholic priests working in the USA were born in a different country.  Estimates are that 300 more arrive every year and that the enrollment of foreign born men into U.S. seminaries is increasing yearly.

Be sure to watch our English Speech Tips videos and Accent Reduction Tip videos  for more English pronunciation and accent reduction exercise.

• It should be one sentence.
• It should hint at information that makes them curious or shocks them and makes them want to hear more.
• It should dramatize the topic.

What are most prevalent languages of the internet and publishing? 

What are internet’s top languages by number of users? (Internetworldstats.com)

1. English (27.3%)
2. Chinese (22.6%)
3. Spanish (7.8%)
4. Japanese (5.3 %)
5. Portuguese (4.3%)
6. 4.0% and less are German, Arabic, French, Russian, Korean.

Let’s look at a more informal way of measuring the languages of the internet by looking at the number of articles in each language in Wikipedia.

1. English (4,264,000)
2. Dutch (1,652,000)
3. German (1,599,000
4. French (1,399,000)
5. Swedish (1,090,000)
6. Next, in order of prevalence is Italian, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Japanese.

What are the number of books published by country (and language) per year?  The British Council correlates data and presents these data:

1. English (28%)
2. Chinese (13.3%)
3. German (11.8%)
4. French (7.7%)
5. Spanish (6.7%)
6. In order of prevalence for the next 5 slots: Japanese, Russian, Portuguese, Korean, Italian

Be sure to watch our English Speech Tips videos and Accent Reduction Tip videos  for more English pronunciation and accent reduction exercise.

 

• Start at a point in time.
• The most memorable stories in any culture start with some variation of “once upon a time,” the same way a fairy tale begins.
• Describe that point in time.
• Then let it roll.

• Don’t explain the story (wrong way). Re-create it the way it happened (right way).
• Use dialogue.
• Make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, and feel what you felt.
• Make your point, and tie it back to your overall message.