Dr. Kathi Bailey, TIRF President and Professor at the Monterey Institute, discusses the role English plays in the 21st century global knowledge economy at the Association of Binational Centers of Latin America, Cali, Colombia.

17. Evolution of Global Corporations and the Global Human Network 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 1950

18. Evolution of Global Corporations and the Global Human Network 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 1950 Local Languages Dominate. English Used For Supply/Customer Chain Regional Offices Geographic Autonomy

19. Evolution of Global Corporations and the Global Human Network 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 1950 . . . But Not Imperative Local Languages Dominate. English Used For Supply/Customer Chain Global Integration Begins English Importance Growing Regional Offices Geographic Autonomy

20. Evolution of Global Corporations and the Global Human Network 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 1950 . . . But Not Imperative TODAY Defining Period: ● Global Integrated Strategies ● Digitally Connected Global Human Network Local Languages Dominate. English Used For Supply/Customer Chain English Proficiency Imperative Global Integration Begins English Importance Growing Regional Offices Geographic Autonomy

21. Tipping Point: 2005-2011 for Human Network Low High 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 English Skills Required Tolerance for Poor English Skills

22. Tipping Point: 2005-2011 for Human Network Low High 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 English Skills Required Tolerance for Poor English Skills Huge English Skills Gap

23. Tipping Point: 2005-2011 for Human Network Low High 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 English Skills Required Tolerance for Poor English Skills Huge English Skills Gap Digitally Connected

24. Tipping Point: 2005-2011 for Human Network Low High 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 English Skills Required Tolerance for Poor English Skills Huge English Skills Gap Global Human Network Digitally Connected Globally Connected Welcome to the

44. Situations Causing Barriers (Esmann et al, 1999, p. 77)

45. (Marchessou et al., 1999, p. 103) Language Use by 86 French Exporters English 73% German 8% Spanish 4% Italian 1% Dutch <1% Portuguese <1% English 83% German 44% Spanish 42% Italian 17% Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, & Russian each 2% Japanese, Arabic, & Czech each <1% Importance of Each Languages Used

46. (Marchessou et al., 1999, p. 104) Language Skills Used 69% 28% 33% 10% 2% 2% 0.8% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 73% 33% 36% 12% 2% 2% 0.8% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 78% 36% 35% 14% 2% 2% 2% 2% 0.4% 0.4% English Spanish German Italian Portuguese Dutch Russian Chinese Czech Arabic W R L/S Language

47. Languages Causing Barriers (n=86) (Marchessou et al, 1999, p. 108)

48. Situations Causing Barriers (Marchessou et al., 1999, p. 107)

49. Languages in Use by 124 Spanish Exporters (Ali et al., 1999, p. 83) % of companies

50. Most Important Languages for 124 Spanish Exporters % of companies (Ali et al., 1999, p. 85)

51. Language Skills Used by 124 Spanish Exporters (Ali et al., 1999, p. 87) 66.1% 43.5% 12.1% 7.3% 6.5% 69.4% 48.4% 13.7% 11.3% 11.3% 70.2% 47.6% 15.3% 11.3% 10.5% English French German Italian Portuguese W R L/S Language

52. Situational Language Use (Ali et al., 1999, p. 89)