Parlez-vous Ingles?

Learning a foreign language is a must for entry level job and internship candidates who want to stay “ahead of the game.”
Many people who are native to Europe and Asia speak at least one language other than their native tongues, whereas most Americans still only speak English. That’s interesting given our ever increasing Hispanic population, not to mention the steady influx of immigrants and foreign nationals who come here looking for work or an education. It’s also interesting when one considers the number of U.S. companies that have headquarters all over the world, and the number of students and recent college graduates who desire internships and entry level jobs with some of these international companies.
Learning at least one foreign language, whether in elementary school (as in some schools in the Pittsburgh area), high school or college, is a good idea, not only because it could make a candidate more marketable, but because foreign language classes often include cultural lessons, too. Of course, it’s never too late to get started. I once met a man in his fifties who had to learn French because his company had offices in a French-speaking country and he had to be able to communicate, even if only on the most basic level. He paid $15 a week for lessons that are now offered for free on the Internet.
Besides multi-tasking social networking sites like Live Mocha, people can also learn through classes offered by MIT, Carnegi Mellon University and the BBC. Click here to view the complete list of 100 Web sites where one can go to learn French, Spanish, German, Italian, Chinese, Japanese or less mainstream languages like Thai, Greek or Farsi.