- Reason: 263
- There’s been a proliferation of non-English Internet sites in recent years, especially Spanish, German, French, Japanese
- Reference:
- Montgomery, S. cited by Schmid, R. (2004) 'Sun may set on English Language, experts say' in Los Angeles Daily News, Friday February 27, 2004
- Related Keywords:
- Diversity, Information acquisition, Technology
- Reason: 331
- As Internet use increases, so does the use of languages other than English and the opportunities for English speakers to access information in other languages
- Reference:
- The Nuffield Languages Inquiry (2000) Languages: the next generation (London: The Nuffield Foundation)
- Related Keywords:
- Global English, Information acquisition, Multilingualism, Technology
- Reason: 409
- In a multilingual world a modern language has enormous benefit to offer all students at primary or secondary school, regardless of their age or their aptitude, their starting- or their finishing point, and including those with special needs. The benefit arises from their being enabled to access and interact with real people who speak and use other languages; and to engage with relevant, interesting and up-to-date information presented by modern means
- Reference:
- Scottish Executive, Ministerial Action Group on Languages (2000) Citizens of a Multilingual World: Key Issues (www.scotland.gov.uk-library3-education-mwki-07.asp)
- Related Keywords:
- Accessibility, Communication, Information acquisition, Networking, Secondary sector, Technology
- Reason: 412
- In an information society, those parts of the world will do well where multilingualism has been and is the norm
- Reference:
- Skutnabb-Kangas, T. (2002) Why should linguistic diversity be maintained and supported in Europe? Some arguments (Strasbourg: Council of Europe)
- Related Keywords:
- Information acquisition, Multilingualism
- Reason: 455
- A language could help with a degree in history
- Reference:
- Sixth Former
- Related Keywords:
- Education Studies, Information acquisition, Qualifications, Related subjects
- Reason: 475
- Modern Foreign Languages provides opportunities to develop the key skill of:.. IT, through using audio, video, satellite television and the internet to access and communicate information, and through selecting and using a range of ICT resources to create presentations for different audiences and purposes
- Reference:
- DFEE, QCA (1999) Modern Foreign Languages: The National Curriculum for England (London: HMSO)
- Related Keywords:
- Communication, Information acquisition, IT skills (Information Technology), Key skills, Secondary sector, Technology
- Reason: 495
- A language will enable you to read, understand and utilise a wider range of historical sources. For example, the major works on Egyptology are predominantly in French
- Reference:
- Sixth Former
- Related Keywords:
- Information acquisition, Language learning skills
- Reason: 520
- If you do a historical career, learning a language means you'll be able to study foreign sources
- Reference:
- Sixth Former
- Related Keywords:
- Careers, Employability, Information acquisition
- Reason: 548
- Language learning allows you to translate songs from other languages
- Reference:
- Sixth Former
- Related Keywords:
- Information acquisition, Translating
- Reason: 620
- Learning foreign languages opens up so much more opportunity with regard to literature than just English. You can get the literature from Spain, you can get it from France, you can get it from Latin America. It tells you so much of the experience these writers actually had. And to read about that in their own language and for you to understand it ..it's just great
- Reference:
- language undergraduate
- Related Keywords:
- Information acquisition, Language learning skills, Literature, Personal satisfaction
- Reason: 667
- If you learn languages you can read other countries’ original literature or masterpieces
- Reference:
- undergraduate: IWLP
- Related Keywords:
- Information acquisition, Language learning skills, Literature
- 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: 712
- Learning a language gives you the ability to pick out information in many languages, which you haven’t actually studied
- Reference:
- language undergraduate
- Related Keywords:
- Information acquisition, Language awareness
700 Reasons to study languages...
