Personal Development
Think about what learning a language can do for students’ personal development skills:
• It enhances their experience of other cultures and societies and broadens their education.
• It encourages a positive attitude towards learning and aids confidence.
• In addition to actually learning a language, students also develop a wide range of skills and attributes including, literacy, creativity and the ability to communicate well.
• Moreover, learning a second or third language will greatly enrich their lives, both culturally and socially.
Employment Opportunities
Modern language qualifications maximise employability prospects. In fact:
• Recent surveys indicate that language graduates are less likely to be unemployed than those in many other disciplines!
• Today’s global economy means that businesses and corporations all over the world are keen to recruit people with language skills.
• Young people with language skills are also finding opportunities in other industries including, tourism, government, marketing, IT, journalism, engineering and the financial services.
• Employers not only value an employee’s ability to communicate in another language, but also the excellent communication and interpersonal skills language students develop during their studies.
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