Babbel for Business | Language learning as a work perk - why employers should embrace it

There are approximately 3.3 billion bilingual people worldwide - roughly 43% of the population.

However, zoom in on the globe a little closer to home, and it seems us Brits aren’t quite on par with the rest of the world. According to figures from Preply, just 36% of UK adults speak more than one language.

This doesn’t exactly help quash the stereotypical image of a sunburned Brit, struggling to order patatas bravas at a beachside café, does it?

But aside from avoiding embarrassment on your summer all-inclusive, expanding your horizons beyond your mother-tongue can be of huge benefit to your working life too – whether it's bonding with co-workers with whom you don’t share a first language, to feeling confident to build a base of international contacts.