Reason: 22
It is through bilinguals that any proactive communication with the outside world occurs
Reference:
Willis, J. (2003) Foreign Language Learning and Technology in England from the 17th to 21st Centuries (a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the examination for PhD in the Department of Education at the University of Surrey)
Related Keywords:
Communication, Multilingualism, Networking
Reason: 28
Linguistic competence symbolises a willingness to adopt a different relationship with partners.
Reference:
Willis, J. (2003) Foreign Language Learning and Technology in England from the 17th to 21st Centuries (a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the examination for PhD in the Department of Education at the University of Surrey)
Related Keywords:
Equality (equal opportunities), International relations, Networking
Reason: 30
Higher education offers language training programmes that prepare students of all disciplines for their future professional contacts with people from other language / culture communities
Reference:
Kelly, M., Elliott, I., Fant, L. (eds) (2001) Third Level, Third Space: Intercultural Communication and Language in European Higher Education (Bern: Peter Lang)
Related Keywords:
Communication, Employability, HE (Higher Education sector), Networking
Reason: 110
People often get involved with multinational companies because of their ability to communicate with foreign branches
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Communication, Employability, Networking
Reason: 127
Languages are also the key to knowing other people. Proficiency in languages helps to build up the feeling of being European with all its cultural wealth and diversity and of understanding between the citizens of Europe
Reference:
European Commission (1995: 67) cited in 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:
European Union (EU), Multilingualism, Networking, Understanding
Reason: 179
In line with 'softer' approaches of modern business theory, the importance of human communication is increasingly stressed. Language, including foreign language - is seen as key to such communication and real interchange
Reference:
King, L. (1999) ‘Challenges to multilingualism’ in Tosi, A., Leung, C. (eds) Rethinking Language Education: From a Monolingual to a Multilingual Perspective (London: CILT), pp. 19-29
Related Keywords:
Business, Communication, Networking
Reason: 208
Certain institution-wide language programmes emphasise the development of the skills of analysis and evaluation, team-working and relationship building, innovation and flexibility, planning and organising, problem-solving and decision-making
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, HE (Higher Education sector), Institution-Wide Language Programmes (IWLPs), Key skills, Networking, Problem solving, Teamwork
Reason: 231
The responsibility of providing opportunities for real contacts with people of a different country and culture is one of the factors which makes language teaching different
Reference:
Byram, M., Risager, K. (2002) 'Stereotypes, prejudice and tolerance' in Swarbrick, A. (ed) Teaching Modern Foreign Languages in Secondary Schools (London: Routledge Falmer, The Open University), pp. 81-94
Related Keywords:
Culture, Networking, Teaching, Uniqueness
Reason: 235
Through foreign language education, learners have the opportunity to engage with people with other values, meanings and behaviours, potentially but not necessarily in a pluralist mode... for a multicultural society
Reference:
Byram, M., Guilherme, H. (2000) cited in Starkey, H. (2002) 'Citizenship, human rights and intercultural education' in Swarbrick, A. (ed) Teaching Modern Foreign Languages in Secondary Schools (London: Routledge Falmer, The Open University), pp. 95-111
Related Keywords:
Intercultural competence, Networking, Values
Reason: 248
Everyone can gain benefits from learning a language - cultural enrichment, and the ability to communicate and interact confidently with people outside one's own community
Reference:
Tinsley, T. (2003) 'Promoting languages in higher education: lessons from the European Year of Languages (EYL 2001)' in Head, D., Jones, E., Kelly, M., Tinsley, T. (eds) Setting the Agenda for Languages in Higher Education (London: CILT), pp. 146- 155
Related Keywords:
Accessibility, Communication, Culture, Networking, Personal and social development
Reason: 268
Language learning often provides young people with their only opportunity to meet young people from other countries.
Reference:
Wicksteed, K. (2004) 'Languages and the Baccalaureate' in Languages, Mathematics and the Baccalaureate (London: The Nuffield Foundation), pp. 12-17
Related Keywords:
Networking
Reason: 289
A survey for Professional Manager in March 2000 revealed that 30% of British companies have over 20% of their customer base outside the UK and that over 70% conduct some business in other countries
Reference:
Connell, T. (2002) Languages and Employability: A Question of Careers (www.cilt.org.uk/careers/pdf/reports/employability.pdf)
Related Keywords:
Business, Networking, UK
Reason: 313
Arguments which support the need for biological diversity also apply to language... The whole concept of the ecosystem is based on the insight that living entities exist through a network of interrelationships. Diversity has a central place in evolutionary thought... In the language of ecology, the strongest ecosystems are those which are the most diverse... The point has often been made that our success in colonizing the planet has been due to our ability to develop diverse cultures which suit all kinds of environments. The need to maintain linguistic diversity stands squarely on the shoulders of such arguments. If diversity is a prerequisite for successful humanity, then the preservation of linguistic diversity is essential, for language lies at the heart of what it means to be human. If the development of multiple cultures is so important, then the role of languages becomes critical, for cultures are chiefly transmitted through spoken and written languages. Accordingly, when language transmission breaks down, through language death, there is a serious loss of inherited knowledge
Reference:
Crystal, D. (2000) Language Death (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
Related Keywords:
Culture, Diversity, Knowledge, Less Widely Used and Lesser Taught (LWULT) Languages, Networking, Sustainability, Values
Reason: 355
The year abroad { as part of a language degree programme} is valuable in broadening work experience, social contacts and employability. It enables students to develop not only their language and cultural skills, but also key life skills of self-reliance and resourcefulness
Reference:
The Nuffield Languages Inquiry (2000) Languages: the next generation (London: The Nuffield Foundation)
Related Keywords:
Autonomy, Employability, Experiential learning, Intercultural competence, Key skills, Language learning skills, Networking, Personal and social development, Residence abroad, Work experience
Reason: 383
Languages teach you adaptability and communication skills. Learning how to interact with speakers of other languages means you are less likely to be stuck in one mode of thinking. It can help you see things from a range of perspectives - making you more adaptable, creative, and insightful. The ability to operate cross-culturally is becoming just as much valued by employers as straight language skills
Reference:
CILT, the National Centre for Languages, Frequently Asked Questions, (http:\www.cilt.org.uk\faqs\why.htm)
Related Keywords:
Communication, Creativity, Employability, Intercultural competence, Key skills, Language learning skills, Networking, Personal and social development
Reason: 385
Languages are people-centred. Languages are a very social subject. It’s hard work learning to banter or tell jokes in another language, but it’s fun too! If you enjoy being with people and communicating with them, the chances are you’ll enjoy doing it in a foreign language too
Reference:
CILT, the National Centre for Languages, Frequently Asked Questions, (http:\www.cilt.org.uk\faqs\why.htm)
Related Keywords:
Communication, Networking, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 400
Global English can take people .. all over the world, thereby enabling contacts to be established that otherwise might not have occurred and from which opportunities and needs for modern languages may arise
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:
Global English, Mobility, Networking
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: 410
As students progress through their education at school, a modern language will be of benefit to their personal and educational development in a variety of ways. It will allow them to establish contact with people of their own age who speak other languages and to access information from other cultures. It will help them thereby to understand that experience of the world through another language can be just as 'real' and 'valid' as experience of the world through English. It will offer them the positive experience of developing an entirely new mode of understanding and expression and an opportunity to acquire an explicit understanding of what the components of language are and how these may be manipulated for different purposes. It will allow them to derive cognitive benefits through problem-solving, memorisation, recall, making connections, attending to detail and pragmatic strategies. All of these are basic transferable skills that can be activated or enhanced through a modern language. Learning a modern language will help students to develop strategies for learning and using language that will assist them not only with their current modern language but with others also that they may subsequently learn. It will encourage them to appreciate and participate in cultural and linguistic diversity
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:
Culture, Diversity, Intercultural competence, Key skills, Language awareness, Learning strategies, Networking, Personal and social development, Problem solving, Secondary sector, Understanding
Reason: 446
Learning a language means you can meet people from other countries
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Communication, Networking
Reason: 447
A foreign language enables you to develop your interpersonal skills with people from different countries
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Communication, Key skills, Networking, Personal and social development
Reason: 467
A language gives you confidence in dealing with other people
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Communication, Networking, Personal and social development
Reason: 472
A language helps if your work involves dealing with people of different origins
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Communication, Employability, Intercultural competence, Networking
Reason: 501
A language helps you to communicate with more people
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Communication, Networking
Reason: 503
Another language enables you to connect with citizens abroad when on holiday
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Communication, Mobility, Networking
Reason: 510
Being able to speak foreign languages and communicate with people from other places is enjoyable
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Communication, Networking, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 522
If you make long-term friends and connections with people in different countries, then you'll need a language to be able to communicate
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Communication, Networking
Reason: 579
Languages are useful if you have foreign students in your household
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Communication, Networking
Reason: 582
Languages can help you to keep in contact with family friends
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Communication, Networking
Reason: 583
Languages enable you to have links with other countries
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Networking
Reason: 585
Languages enable you to make friends in other countries
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Communication, Networking
Reason: 599
Languages help you to communicate more freely with others
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Communication, Networking
Reason: 601
Languages help you to interact with foreign people
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Communication, Networking
Reason: 602
Languages keep you in contact with the rest of the world
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Communication, Globalisation, Networking
Reason: 615
Learning a language is useful if you have relatives abroad
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Networking, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 618
Speaking with people from different cultures is very enriching. Languages enable you to do this
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Communication, Culture, Networking, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 619
If you enjoy meeting people from different cultures, you'll be able to communicate with them on their terms if you learn languages
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Communication, Networking, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 635
If you've done a language degree, you'll be more used to approaching people and communicating with them and more self confident
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Communication, HE (Higher Education sector), Networking, Personal and social development
Reason: 637
One of the important things about a language degree is being able to relate to people from a variety of backgrounds. We live in a multicultural society and if you can't relate to people from different backgrounds then it might be more difficult to convince them and to sell things to them
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Business, HE (Higher Education sector), Networking, Social cohesion, UK, Understanding
Reason: 642
It's very good for public relations to be able to speak to different parts of a multinational company or its suppliers in their own language regardless of whether they can speak English fluently. People are much more confident expressing themselves in their native tongue and open to persuasion, convincing, asking for things, it does work miracles
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Business, Employability, Networking
Reason: 648
Language learning develops confidence in talking to other people from different countries
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Communication, Networking, Personal and social development
Reason: 652
The ability to speak a foreign language will make doing business with people from other countries much easier for the company you are working for
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Business, Employability, Networking
Reason: 653
Learning another language gives you the ability to communicate with people whose first language isn’t English
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Communication, Networking
Reason: 659
Learning languages encourages integration with foreign cultures
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Intercultural competence, International relations, Networking
Reason: 668
If you learn another language you will enjoy the opportunities it offers such as meeting people from different places around the world, travelling etc.
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Mobility, Networking, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 722
The intercultural understanding promoted by language teaching and learning encourages better relationships between different communities in this country
Reference:
Higher Education Advisory Panel
Related Keywords:
Intercultural competence, Networking, Social cohesion, Teaching, UK

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