Coding Can’t and Shouldn’t Replace Foreign Language Requirements Supporting the Study of World Languages and Computer Science (ACTFL) |
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/7-apps-teaching-children-coding-anna-adam http://www.graphite.org/blog/12-best-apps-and-websites-for-learning-programming-and-coding |
Computer Science is Not a Foreign Language (Code.org) |
All students should learn to code. Right? Not so fast. (Washington Post 5/29/14) JNCL-NCLIS on "coding" ACTFL Releases Position Statements on World Languages and Computer Coding |
BLS figues projection for translators and interpreters https://www.bls.gov/ooh/media-and-communication/interpreters-and-translators.htm |
9 out of 10 U.S. employers rely on employees with language skills other than English. 56% say their foreign language demand will increase in the next 5 years. 47% state a need for language skills exclusively for the domestic market. 1 in 3 language-dependent U.S. employers report a language skills gap. 1 in 4 U.S. employers lost business due to a lack of language skills. |
Two out of three developers are self-taught, and other trends from a survey of 56,033 coders https://qz.com/649409/two-out-of-three-developers-are-self-taught-and-other-trends-from-a-survey-of-56033-developers/ Tech's push to teach coding isn't about kids' success – it's about cutting wages (The Gardian 9/21/17) https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/21/coding-education-teaching-silicon-valley-wages Foreign coders get over 25 percent of America’s programming jobs https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/j5d3x3/foreign-coders-get-over-25-percent-of-americas-programming-jobs Don't Learn To Code! You'll Be Competing With Cheap Foreign Labor (2019) https://vdare.com/posts/don-t-learn-to-code-you-ll-be-competing-with-cheap-foreign-labor |
Software Engineering Future: How Your Job is Becoming a Commodity and Might Even Disappear Companies that have RECENTLY Off-Shored & More Who May — (2019). Jobs for American Coders https://jfamc.org/companies-that-have-recently-off-shored-01-21-19/ Will You Lose Your Job To AI? https://simpleprogrammer.com/will-lose-job-ai/ |
Foreign Languages - An Essential Core Experience http://www.utm.edu/staff/bobp/french/flsat.html How Language Shapes the Brain (Psychology Today, 5/3/19) |
$$World Languages = Career Opportunities$$ |
Non-English-based programming languages |