- Reason: 61
- Language learners can acquire the skills of critical analysis of stereotypes and prejudice in texts they read or see
- Reference:
- Byram, M., Gribkova, B., Starkey, H. (2002) Developing the Intercultural Dimension in Language Teaching: A Practical Introduction for Teachers (Strasbourg: Council of Europe)
- Related Keywords:
- Critical thinking, Values
- Reason: 65
- High level plurilinguals as a group do better than corresponding monolinguals on tests measuring aspects of intelligence, creativity, divergent thinking, cognitive flexibility etc.
- Reference:
- Skutnabb-Kangas, T. (2002) Why should linguistic diversity be maintained and supported in Europe? Some arguments (Strasbourg: Council of Europe)
- Related Keywords:
- Academic skills, Creativity, Critical thinking, Learning, Multilingualism
- Reason: 73
- An environmental language programme encourages the development of self-management skills both when students are working independently and as part of a team. It also develops cognitive skills and encourages learners to engage in a critical dialogue with themselves, the materials and their peers
- Reference:
- Honeybone, A., Brossier, V. (2000) ‘The University of Hertfordshire environmental French programme’ in King, A. (ed) Languages and the Transfer of Skills (London: CILT), pp. 102-109
- Related Keywords:
- Academic skills, Autonomy, Communication, Critical thinking, HE (Higher Education sector), Language for specific purposes, Teamwork
- Reason: 131
- International and foreign language education is a break with the focus on our own society in order to find new perspectives which allow us to be critical of our assumptions
- Reference:
- Byram, M. (2002) 'Foreign language education as political and moral education - an essay' in the Language Learning Journal, No. 26, pp. 43-47
- Related Keywords:
- Critical thinking, Values
- Reason: 162
- Graduates in modern languages are sought after by employers not merely for their linguistic skills, but for the intellectual training which their course has provided. Linguists are trained to think structurally, they write essays which give them good practice in thinking clearly and in presenting focused arguments. Many language courses involve working cooperatively in groups and making formal presentations to an audience.. just the sort of teamwork and presentational skills which employers tell us they are looking for
- Reference:
- King, A., Thomas, G. (1999) The Guide to Languages and Careers (London: CILT)
- Related Keywords:
- Academic skills, Critical thinking, Employability, HE (Higher Education sector), Key skills, Language learning skills, Teamwork
- Reason: 209
- The ability to formulate and resolve problems, to analyse critically, to plan one's own development and to negotiate processes of learning are all further potential outcomes for linguists on institution-wide language programmes
- Reference:
- Gentle, P. (2000) 'Gateways to global learning: the transferability of Institution Wide Language Programmes in higher education' in King, A. (ed) Languages and the Transfer of Skills (London: CILT), pp. 36-44
- Related Keywords:
- Academic skills, Critical thinking, HE (Higher Education sector), Institution-Wide Language Programmes (IWLPs), Key skills, Personal and social development, Problem solving
- Reason: 358
- Modern Foreign Languages provides opportunities to promote: Thinking skills, through developing pupils’ ability to draw inferences from unfamiliar language and unexpected responses, through enabling pupils to reflect on links between languages, and through developing pupils’ creative use of language and expression of their own ideas, attitudes and opinions
- Reference:
- DFEE, QCA (1999) Modern Foreign Languages: The National Curriculum for England (London: HMSO)
- Related Keywords:
- Academic skills, Creativity, Critical thinking, Language awareness, Personal and social development, Secondary sector
- Reason: 420
- Languages give us access to other "countries of the mind", and help us to look back at our own country and culture from a different and more healthily critical perspective
- Reference:
- Footitt, H. (2001) 'Lost for words' in the Guardian, Tuesday October 23 2001
- Related Keywords:
- Critical thinking, Culture, Intercultural competence
- Reason: 425
- Subject-related skills are developed through the study of both the language and the related thematic areas. These may relate to the study of the countries or regions in which the target language is used, including aspects of the literatures, cultures, linguistic contexts, history, politics, geography, social or economic structures. In certain programmes, these will relate to discipline-specific contexts, such as the business, legal, creative, technological or scientific communities within those countries or regions. Study of these will lead to the development of analytical, critical and specialist skills drawn from the relevant discipline areas. The opportunity to study discipline-specific content in the target language represents a unique contribution to the students' learning experience
- Reference:
- Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (2002) Languages and Related Studies: Subject Benchmark Statements (Gloucester: QAA)
- Related Keywords:
- Academic skills, Critical thinking, Culture, HE (Higher Education sector), Language learning skills, Learning, Literature, Related subjects, Uniqueness
- Reason: 426
- Through their studies and their contact with the target language and associated cultures and their related studies, all students of languages and related studies will develop sensitivity to and awareness of the similarities and dissimilarities between other cultures and societies and their own. In particular, their competence in the target language means they will have an appreciation of the internal diversity and transcultural connectedness, and an attitude of curiosity and openness towards other cultures. The skills and attributes concerned include: a critical understanding of a culture and practices other than one's own: an appreciation of the uniqueness of the other culture(s): an ability and willingness to engage with other cultures: an ability to appreciate and critically evaluate one's own culture
- Reference:
- Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (2002) Languages and Related Studies: Subject Benchmark Statements (Gloucester: QAA)
- Related Keywords:
- Critical thinking, Culture, HE (Higher Education sector), Intercultural competence, Related subjects, Values
- Reason: 427
- The multidisciplinary and language-specific nature of programmes in languages and related studies encourages the development of a wide range of key transferable skills including, predominantly cognitive skills: ability to use language creatively and precisely for a range of purposes and audiences; ability to engage with and interpret layers of meaning within texts and other cultural products; ability to contextualise from a variety of perspectives; capacity for critical reflection and judgment in the light of evidence and argument; ability to extract and synthesise key information from written and spoken sources; ability to organise and present ideas within the framework of a structured and reasoned argument; ability to engage in analytical and evaluative thinking
- Reference:
- Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (2002) Languages and Related Studies: Subject Benchmark Statements (Gloucester: QAA)
- Related Keywords:
- Academic skills, Creativity, Critical thinking, HE (Higher Education sector), Key skills, Language learning skills, Related subjects
- Reason: 631
- Learning another language makes you look at different points of view. When you're talking to people from different countries sometimes you have an idea about something but then you find out other ideas and interesting points of view. Sometimes you can express things differently depending on the language
- Reference:
- language undergraduate
- Related Keywords:
- Communication, Critical thinking, Values
- Reason: 641
- A language degree enables you to tackle things from other angles. You learn to tackle things differently
- Reference:
- language undergraduate
- Related Keywords:
- Critical thinking, HE (Higher Education sector), Personal and social development
- Reason: 670
- Learning a language means that you can read the foreign press which perhaps gives a different stance/viewpoint on world events
- Reference:
- language undergraduate
- Related Keywords:
- Critical thinking, Economic, social and political dimension, Information acquisition
- Reason: 672
- Language learning develops criticality
- Reference:
- language undergraduate
- Related Keywords:
- Critical thinking
- Reason: 676
- The year abroad {as part of a languages degree programme} has a powerful role in allowing language students to develop in the domains of the self and the world which in turn helps progression in the domain of reason, and feeds into their ability to engage critically with academic work
- Reference:
- Johnston, B., Myles, F., Mitchell, R., Ford, P. (2004) The Year Abroad: A Critical Moment. (Paper presented at Navigating the New Landscape for Languages, LLAS and CILT Conference, SOAS, University of London, 30 June - 1 July, 2004)
- Related Keywords:
- Academic skills, Critical thinking, HE (Higher Education sector), Identity, Personal and social development, Residence abroad
- Reason: 732
- Modern Languages is one route to that critical engagement with the dominant civilisational ideology which is the core of any meaningful process of educational development
- Reference:
- Phipps, A., Gonzalez, M. (2004) Modern Languages Learning and Teaching in an Intercultural Field (London: Sage Publications)
- Related Keywords:
- Critical thinking, Education Studies, Personal and social development
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