Editing Multilingualism (section)

==English-speaking countries==
According to Hewitt (2008){{full citation needed|date=June 2022}} entrepreneurs in London from Poland, China, and Turkey tend to use English for communication with customers, suppliers, and banks but their native languages for work tasks and other social purposes. Even in English-speaking countries, immigrants can often still use their mother tongue in the workplace thanks to the presence of other immigrants in that workplace who come from the same place. Kovacs (2004) describes this phenomenon in Australia with Finnish immigrants in the construction industry who spoke Finnish during working hours.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kovács |first1=M. |title=Australiansuomalaiset kielenvaihdon kynnyksellä |trans-title=Australian Finns on the verge of language shift |journal=Virittäjä |volume=108 |issue=2 |date=2004 |pages=200–223 |language=fi |issn=0042-6806 |url=https://journal.fi/virittaja/article/view/40330 |format=PDF |access-date=12 June 2022 |archive-date=6 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206152915/https://journal.fi/virittaja/article/view/40330 |url-status=live }}</ref> Although foreign languages may be used in the workplace, English is still a key working skill.