Industry Spotlight: The benefits of professional language services in education

Education and e-learning have become more accessible than ever before. However, as the digital landscape continues to evolve, language barriers persist as significant obstacles within these industries.

Whether it’s in traditional classrooms or virtual learning environments, addressing the diverse linguistic needs of students and educators is crucial for fostering inclusive and effective education.

This piece explores the challenges faced by the educational sectors in managing language barriers and highlights how professional language service providers, like Teneo Linguistics Company, play a pivotal role in overcoming these obstacles.

Obstacles in Education and E-Learning

Diversity of Languages – Educational institutions cater to a diverse student body with varying language backgrounds.

E-learning platforms attract global audiences, leading to a mix of languages and cultural nuances.

Ineffective Communication – Miscommunication due to language barriers can hinder effective teaching and learning.

Important information may be lost or misunderstood, impacting academic performance.

Limited Resources – Educational institutions often struggle with limited resources to provide comprehensive language support.

E-learning platforms may lack the infrastructure to offer multilingual content and support services.

Cultural Sensitivity – Understanding and respecting cultural differences is crucial for effective education.

Without proper language services, educators may unintentionally overlook cultural nuances, leading to a less inclusive learning environment.

Professional Language Services as Solutions

Multilingual Content Creation

TLC assists in creating and translating educational materials into multiple languages, ensuring that content is accessible to a broader audience.

On-Demand Interpreting

On-demand interpreting services facilitate seamless communication between students and educators who speak different languages, promoting an interactive and inclusive learning environment.

Localization

Language professionals can localize e-learning platforms, adapting them to specific cultural and linguistic contexts, making the learning experience more relatable and engaging for diverse learners.

Various Formats

TLC works with a variety of educational software including Articulate, Story Line, Adobe, and other item banking tools.

Professional language services play a crucial role in breaking down these barriers, ensuring that students and educators can communicate effectively and engage with educational content in their native languages.

At TLC, we understand the importance of producing translations that are both creative and engaging and that deliver the desired results. Our linguists have the appropriate educational and/or corporate training background, on top of the necessary language skills and knowledge of field-related applications and software.

By embracing these services, educational institutions and e-learning platforms can foster a more inclusive and successful learning environment for all.

TLC is a certified small, woman-owned business that specializes in a variety of customizable language services in over 200 languages. Learn more about how TLC can support your language goals in education by visiting www.tlctranslation.com.  

3 Badass Benefits of Your Bilingual Brain

Are you blessed with a superpowered bilingual brain?

Does your gift of language bring you joy, and a different perspective of the world?

If you feel your polyglot powers bring you extraordinary advantages…YOU ARE RIGHT!

And here are just a few reasons why:

1. Remarkable Cognitive Ability

If you have been bilingual since childhood, chances are you have heightened cognitive skills.

As a child, the process necessary for a bilingual brain to switch from one language to another, and even to determine which language is appropriate for the situation, fosters the development of improved problem-solving abilities and multitasking.

Studies conducted on multilingual preschoolers showed that they were much faster at sorting puzzles, categorizing shapes by form and color, and had an easier transition between tasks than their monolingual peers.

What does this mean for a bilingual adult?

Well, you probably have an easier time focusing on tasks and working through problems in all aspects of your life. Awesome!

2. Exceptional Creativity

Researchers at the University of Mashad studied a population of advanced language learners ages 16-18 and compared their creative thinking ability with their monolingual counterparts.

The study revealed that the bilingual language learners scored higher on the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking, which measures originality, fluency, elaboration, and flexibility.

This is attributed to the bilingual individual’s constant awareness and vigilance in ensuring that the two languages do not interfere with each other in any particular situation.

Learning a second language also exposes one to cultures and customs that are different from one’s own. Having that different perspective provides an incredible creative advantage over monolinguists, who have the perspective of only one language.

3. Impeccable Memory

Do you remember details in a conversation or meeting that others do not? This is not a coincidence.

Studies show bilinguals have higher information retention than those that are only fluent in one language because they have had to memorize vocabulary and grammatical structure for two languages.

Growing up bilingual gives you a head start in memorization skills starting in early childhood, which comes in very handy as a bilingual adult.

So, be grateful for your awesome bilingual superpowers!

They bring you success in brilliant – and often unexpected – ways.