Month February 2003

Global Help Wanted

Despite the gloomy economic climate, there is a growing need for employees who have strong cultural and linguistic skills. The days of “Webmaster Wanted” job ads are beginning to give way to “International Webmaster Wanted” ads. Consider the following: Google…

English Marches Eastward

An article in EU Business documents the decline of Russian instruction in Central and Eastern Europe and the rise of English instruction. Here’s an excerpt: Russian, which was obligatory under communist rule, has since 1989 faded away and has been…

Cultural Clusters

Here’s an interesting article about a recent study by George Barnett, professor of communication at the University of Buffalo. According to the study: …the decades-long tendency toward Internet dominance by the United States, Canada and Western Europe may be changing…