A

Academic skills
Accessibility
Aesthetics
Autonomy

B

Business

C

Careers
Citizenship
Communication
Creativity
Critical thinking
Culture

D

Democracy
Diversity

E

Economic, social and political dimension
Education Studies
Employability
English Mother Tongue
Equality (equal opportunities)
European Union (EU)
Experiential learning

G

Global English
Globalisation

H

HE (Higher Education sector)
Health
Historical dimension

I

Identity
Inclusion
Information acquisition
Institution-Wide Language Programmes (IWLPs)
Intercultural competence
International relations
IT skills (Information Technology)

K

Key skills
Knowledge

L

Language awareness
Language for specific purposes
Language learning skills
Law
Learning
Learning strategies
Less Widely Used and Lesser Taught (LWULT) Languages
Lifelong learning
Linguistics
Literature

M

Mobility
Multidisciplinarity
Multilingualism

N

National security
Networking

P

Personal and social development
Personal satisfaction
Practical skills
Problem solving

Q

Qualifications

R

Related subjects
Residence abroad

S

Secondary sector
Social cohesion
Study abroad
Sustainability

T

Teaching
Teamwork
Technology
Translating

U

UK
UK Community Languages
Understanding
Uniqueness

V

Values

W

Work experience

Research by the Subject Centre has identified more than 700 reasons to study languages. This research will be particularly useful for marketing languages and should help educators to promote language study and design. For example, if you want to know what sixth formers, language undergraduates and IWLP students have to say about studying languages, try searches for "sixth former", "language undergraduate" and "IWLP".

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