Reason: 15
Language learning will be seen as a way for the learner to develop his or her personality (for example, greater assurance or self-confidence, greater willingness to speak in a group) or to develop his or her knowledge of how to learn (greater openness to what is new, awareness of otherness, curiosity about the unknown)
Reference:
Council of Europe (2001) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
Related Keywords:
Intercultural competence, Knowledge, Learning, Personal and social development
Reason: 19
Learning other languages can contribute to education in language and,..it can also provide enjoyment and enhance confidence
Reference:
Williams, K. (2001) ‘Towards a rationale for foreign language education: re-stating my reservations’ in the Language Learning Journal, No. 24. pp. 43-47
Related Keywords:
Language awareness, Personal and social development, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 56
Viewing the mother-culture through the eyes of the target culture can be an enlightening experience
Reference:
Morgan, C. (1993) ‘Attitude change and foreign language culture learning’ in Language Teaching, 26 (2), pp. 63-75
Related Keywords:
Culture, Personal and social development
Reason: 74
Interpersonal skills programmes for language undergraduates enable students to assume greater responsibility and initiative in the learning process; enable students to learn to solve problems, define goals, manage their own work, become more committed and more self-confident, to work to deadlines, take initiative and work collectively with others; to give oral presentations, produce reports, use IT, acquire and process information
Reference:
Towell, R. (2000) ‘Introducing interpersonal skills within a specialist language degree programme’ in King, A. (ed) Languages and the Transfer of Skills (London: CILT), pp. 111-118
Related Keywords:
Autonomy, HE (Higher Education sector), IT skills (Information Technology), Key skills, Language learning skills, Personal and social development, Problem solving, Teamwork
Reason: 81
It seems reasonable to expect that exposure to another culture through the medium of its language could lead to various changes in understanding, values, beliefs, attitudes and hence contribute to spiritual development
Reference:
Smith, D. (2002) ‘Spiritual development in the language classroom: interpreting the National Curriculum’ in the Language Learning Journal, No. 26, pp. 36-42
Related Keywords:
Culture, Personal and social development, Understanding, Values
Reason: 82
Given the pervasive role of language in the formation, maintenance and expression of personal identity, the experience of learning a new language and a growth in language awareness might reasonably be supposed to have some potential role in the learner’s spiritual growth
Reference:
Smith, D. (2002) ‘Spiritual development in the language classroom: interpreting the National Curriculum’ in the Language Learning Journal, No. 26, pp. 36-42
Related Keywords:
Education Studies, Identity, Language awareness, Personal and social development, Values
Reason: 84
The particular ethos and forms of relationship encountered as students explore the social aspects of target language use and interact with one another in the modern language classroom can be seen as a potential arena for spiritual development. For instance, students and teachers must regularly attend to others’ halting attempts to convey meaning, and they may do so with respect, empathy, indifference or even derision. Students often find themselves making very public mistakes, and need both the humility to learn from them and the security that comes from expecting that they will be received with compassion and support. Students may find that they need to apologise or forgive, and they may need to be forgiven; all of these are language functions that can be met and practised in the target language. If spiritual development includes growth in qualities such as empathy, respect for others, mercy and humility, then such interactions are potentially fertile ground
Reference:
Smith, D. (2002) ‘Spiritual development in the language classroom: interpreting the National Curriculum’ in the Language Learning Journal, No. 26, pp. 36-42
Related Keywords:
Communication, Language learning skills, Personal and social development, Secondary sector, Values
Reason: 111
People who know another language have that bit extra more than other students
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Employability, Personal and social development
Reason: 124
You'll be able to travel to a country in confidence if you know the language
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Mobility, Personal and social development
Reason: 126
Proficiency in several Community languages has become a precondition if citizens of the European Union are to benefit from the occupational and personal opportunities open to them in the border-free single market
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:
Employability, European Union (EU), Multilingualism, Personal and social development
Reason: 128
Learning languages also has another important effect: experience shows that when undertaken from a very early age, it is an important factor in doing well at school. Contact with another language is not only compatible with becoming proficient in one's mother tongue, it also makes it easier
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:
Education Studies, English Mother Tongue, Language awareness, Personal and social development
Reason: 192
Vocationally Oriented Language Learning (VOLL) ...becomes an integral part of a lifelong educational process which combines work-related skills with personal growth, cultural awareness and social skills
Reference:
DiNapoli, R., Polezzi, L., King, A. (eds) (2001) Fuzzy Boundaries? (London:CILT)
Related Keywords:
Education Studies, Employability, Intercultural competence, Key skills, Language for specific purposes, Lifelong learning, Personal and social development
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: 220
Engineering students on language learning programmes can be encouraged to take more responsibility for their own learning and to become more aware of the culture of the language studied so that they can operate successfully both linguistically and socially
Reference:
King, A. (2000) 'The Cambridge language programme for engineers' in King, A. (ed) Languages and the Transfer of Skills (London: CILT), pp. 96-101
Related Keywords:
Autonomy, Culture, HE (Higher Education sector), Language for specific purposes, Learning, Personal and social development
Reason: 236
At A-level [in a foreign language] the syllabus is awash with thorny political issues, including: social issues; the environment; law and order; politics The study of such issues provides opportunities for developing two of the three main aspects of Citizenship as defined in the National Curriculum, namely 'social and moral responsibility' and 'political literacy'
Reference:
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:
Citizenship, Personal and social development, Qualifications, Related subjects, Secondary sector
Reason: 237
Different languages will provide bases for different kinds of experience. Some (and particularly the major languages of national and international communication, including English) will provide a basis for action in the world as well as for learning and conceptualizing. Some (and particularly mother tongues in the early years) will be crucial at particular stages as the major means by which learning takes place. Some (particularly classical languages and those with strong literary, religious and scientific traditions) will have a major role in reinforcing understanding of heritage
Reference:
Brumfit, C. (2002) 'The role of modern languages within a language in education policy' in Swarbrick, A. (ed) Teaching Modern Foreign Languages in Secondary Schools (London: Routledge Falmer, The Open University), pp. 112-125
Related Keywords:
Communication, English Mother Tongue, Historical dimension, Learning, Personal and social development, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 238
Through a study of languages, young people can learn social skills and gain self-confidence through understanding that they are cracking a code which has the potential to open up a new world to them
Reference:
Swarbrick, A. (2002) 'Positioning modern foreign language teaching in schools: issues and debates' in Swarbrick, A. (ed) Teaching Modern Foreign Languages in Secondary Schools (London: Routledge Falmer, The Open University), pp. 3-22
Related Keywords:
Key skills, Language awareness, Personal and social development
Reason: 239
Learning another language can help develop greater confidence and aptitude in the pupils' first language
Reference:
Swarbrick, A. (2002) 'Positioning modern foreign language teaching in schools: issues and debates' in Swarbrick, A. (ed) Teaching Modern Foreign Languages in Secondary Schools (London: Routledge Falmer, The Open University), pp. 3-22
Related Keywords:
English Mother Tongue, Personal and social development, Secondary sector
Reason: 243
Through a study of languages, young people can learn about themselves, about the world, about the power of language as a communication tool, about their own language
Reference:
Swarbrick, A. (2002) 'Positioning modern foreign language teaching in schools: issues and debates' in Swarbrick, A. (ed) Teaching Modern Foreign Languages in Secondary Schools (London: Routledge Falmer, The Open University), pp. 3-22
Related Keywords:
Communication, Education Studies, English Mother Tongue, Language awareness, Learning, Personal and social development
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: 251
Language graduates interviewed about their year abroad reported that it had been a very important and rewarding experience, which had helped them to develop independence and maturity. Each felt it had been a learning experience, and looked back on all the challenges met as life-changing
Reference:
Bannerman, A., Stevens, A. (2003) 'Widening participation in modern languages' in Head, D., Jones, E., Kelly, M., Tinsley, T. (eds) Setting the Agenda for Languages in Higher Education (London: CILT), pp. 156-166
Related Keywords:
Autonomy, Experiential learning, HE (Higher Education sector), Learning, Personal and social development, Personal satisfaction, Residence abroad
Reason: 264
Many would argue that knowing a foreign language enhances quality of life
Reference:
Wicksteed, K. (2004) 'Languages and the Baccalaureate' in Languages, Mathematics and the Baccalaureate (London: The Nuffield Foundation), pp. 12-17
Related Keywords:
Health, Personal and social development, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 266
Language learning enhances overall linguistic and intellectual development
Reference:
Wicksteed, K. (2004) 'Languages and the Baccalaureate' in Languages, Mathematics and the Baccalaureate (London: The Nuffield Foundation), pp. 12-17
Related Keywords:
Academic skills, Education Studies, Language learning skills, Personal and social development
Reason: 272
For children whose mother tongue is not English, formal learning of their first language helps them to access the wider curriculum and raises their self-esteem and aspirations
Reference:
Wicksteed, K. (2004) 'Languages and the Baccalaureate' in Languages, Mathematics and the Baccalaureate (London: The Nuffield Foundation), pp. 12-17
Related Keywords:
Accessibility, Education Studies, Personal and social development, UK Community Languages
Reason: 319
The view that languages other than our own provide us with a means of personal growth as human beings is a recurrent theme in literature, at various levels of intellectual profundity. Several proverbial expressions have captured the essential insight. ‘With each newly learned language you acquire a new soul’ (Slovakia). ‘A man who knows two languages is worth two men’ (France)
Reference:
Champion (1938) cited in Crystal, D. (2000) Language Death (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
Related Keywords:
Personal and social development
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: 356
Modern Foreign Languages provides opportunities to promote: Social development, through exploring different social conventions, such as forms of address, through developing pupils’ ability to communicate with others, particularly speakers of foreign languages, in an appropriate, sympathetic and tolerant manner, and through fostering the spirit of cooperation when using a foreign language to communicate with other people, whether other learners or native speakers
Reference:
DFEE, QCA (1999) Modern Foreign Languages: The National Curriculum for England (London: HMSO)
Related Keywords:
Communication, Personal and social development, Secondary sector, Teamwork, Values
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: 360
Modern languages prepare you for modern life
Reference:
Gary Lineker, Footballer and Television Presenter, cited in DFEE, QCA (1999) Modern Foreign Languages: The National Curriculum for England (London: HMSO)
Related Keywords:
Personal and social development
Reason: 368
In common with the study of the mother tongue, the study of modern foreign languages contributes to the whole school curriculum by: Combining linguistic skills (which are themselves both physical and intellectual) with personal and social development I
Reference:
The Department of Education and Science; Welsh Office (1990) Modern Foreign Languages for Ages 11 to 16 (London: HMSO)
Related Keywords:
Language learning skills, Personal and social development, Secondary sector
Reason: 369
By its very nature the study of a foreign language adds a distinctive dimension of its own: It exposes learners to new experiences and enables them to make connections in a way which would not otherwise be possible, and this in itself deepens their understanding of their mother tongue; Operating with a more limited stock of language both brings out the need for strategies for communication and makes learners more conscious of the meaning of words and the structure of sentences; The sounds and intonation patterns of the foreign language present a challenge to learners' capacity to discriminate and imitate
Reference:
The Department of Education and Science; Welsh Office (1990) Modern Foreign Languages for Ages 11 to 16 (London: HMSO)
Related Keywords:
Communication, English Mother Tongue, Language awareness, Learning strategies, Personal and social development, Secondary sector, Uniqueness
Reason: 373
The study of a modern foreign language can contribute to cross-curricular dimensions and themes, e.g. personal and social education, multicultural perspectives, the European dimension in education, citizenship, careers education and guidance, economic and industrial understanding, environmental education and health education
Reference:
The Department of Education and Science; Welsh Office (1990) Modern Foreign Languages for Ages 11 to 16 (London: HMSO)
Related Keywords:
Citizenship, Education Studies, Multidisciplinarity, Personal and social development, Secondary sector
Reason: 375
The study of modern foreign languages also has an important contribution to make to cross-curricular skills and competences. These skills include for example social, through communication and cooperation; personal, by developing creativity and imagination; study, through observation, research and planning using a variety of media; and vocational, through communicative competence, independence, problem-solving and decision-making
Reference:
The Department of Education and Science; Welsh Office (1990) Modern Foreign Languages for Ages 11 to 16 (London: HMSO)
Related Keywords:
Academic skills, Autonomy, Communication, Creativity, Key skills, Multidisciplinarity, Personal and social development, Problem solving, Secondary sector, Teamwork, Technology
Reason: 377
Language competencies are part of the core of skills that every citizen needs for training, employment, cultural exchange and personal fulfilment
Reference:
Commission of the European Communities (2003) Promoting Language Learning and Linguistic Diversity: An Action Plan 2004-2006
Related Keywords:
Employability, Intercultural competence, Key skills, Language learning skills, Personal and social development, Personal satisfaction
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: 396
Education in languages at school has an essential role to play in preparing all students for citizenship of the wider society. If it helps them become sensitive to the languages and cultures of others and develops in them sufficient confidence and competence to be able to use their languages, however modestly, in their interactions with other citizens, then they are more likely to understand others and to be respected by them. In this way the wider society becomes more open, democratic and inclusive
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:
Citizenship, Communication, Democracy, Inclusion, Intercultural competence, Personal and social development, Secondary sector, Understanding, Values
Reason: 405
The realisation that they really can communicate in a new language increases the self-confidence of learners of all abilities and brings a sense of achievement and discovery which grows as they become more proficient;
Reference:
The Department of Education and Science; Welsh Office (1990) Modern Foreign Languages for Ages 11 to 16 (London: HMSO)
Related Keywords:
Communication, Personal and social development, Personal satisfaction
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: 421
The study of a foreign language enables students to participate in the society whose language they study and to operate within different linguistic and cultural contexts. This places them in a privileged position: they can be ambassadors for their own society within the foreign society and they can also learn to view their own society from new perspectives. They can compare and contrast diverse visions of the world, thus promoting intercultural understanding and bringing distinctive benefits both to their own society, for example in employment terms, and to the society or societies of the target language(s)
Reference:
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (2002) Languages and Related Studies: Subject Benchmark Statements (Gloucester: QAA)
Related Keywords:
Culture, Employability, HE (Higher Education sector), Intercultural competence, Mobility, Personal and social development, UK
Reason: 422
Study of languages and related studies will normally include an extended period of residence abroad in a country where the language concerned is spoken, usually in the form of a study or work placement. The period of residence abroad - encourages intercultural awareness and capability, qualities of self-reliance and other transferable graduate skills
Reference:
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (2002) Languages and Related Studies: Subject Benchmark Statements (Gloucester: QAA)
Related Keywords:
Autonomy, Experiential learning, HE (Higher Education sector), Intercultural competence, Personal and social development, Related subjects, Residence abroad, Study abroad, Work experience
Reason: 429
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, interpersonal skills and personal attributes: communication, presentation, interaction; the ability to work creatively and flexibly with others as part of a team; mediating skills, qualities of empathy; self-reliance, initiative, adaptability and flexibility; intercultural competence
Reference:
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (2002) Languages and Related Studies: Subject Benchmark Statements (Gloucester: QAA)
Related Keywords:
Communication, Creativity, Employability, HE (Higher Education sector), Intercultural competence, Key skills, Language learning skills, Personal and social development, Related subjects, Teamwork, Values
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: 470
A language gives you other skills some people don't have to make you stand out
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Employability, Key skills, Personal and social development
Reason: 473
A language helps to broaden your horizons
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Personal and social development
Reason: 474
A language helps to make you a more rounded person
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Personal and social development
Reason: 476
A language helps you to look good
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Personal and social development
Reason: 494
A language widens peoples' horizons, encouraging them to see past their own countries and to be less narrow-minded or arrogant
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Intercultural competence, Personal and social development, Values
Reason: 511
Modern Foreign Languages provides opportunities to promote.. Moral development, through helping pupils formulate and express opinions in the target language about issues of right and wrong
Reference:
DFEE, QCA (1999) Modern Foreign Languages: The National Curriculum for England (London: HMSO)
Related Keywords:
Personal and social development, Secondary sector, Values
Reason: 515
Modern Foreign Languages provides opportunities to promote: Spiritual development, through stimulating pupils' interest and fascination in the phenomenon of language and the meanings and feelings it can transmit
Reference:
DFEE, QCA (1999) Modern Foreign Languages: The National Curriculum for England (London: HMSO)
Related Keywords:
Language awareness, Personal and social development, Secondary sector, Values
Reason: 557
Modern Foreign Languages provides opportunities to promote: Cultural development through providing pupils with insights into cultural differences and opportunities to relate these to their own experience and to consider different cultural and linguistic traditions, attitudes and behaviours
Reference:
DFEE, QCA (1999) Modern Foreign Languages: The National Curriculum for England (London: HMSO)
Related Keywords:
Culture, Historical dimension, Intercultural competence, Personal and social development, Secondary sector
Reason: 560
Language learning makes you realise that there are so many opportunities
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Personal and social development
Reason: 563
Language learning shows perseverance
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Personal and social development
Reason: 564
Language learning suggests a more open-minded attitude in general and hopefully combats xenophobia
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Personal and social development, Values
Reason: 574
Languages are helpful for life
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Personal and social development
Reason: 577
Languages are useful and fascinating
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Personal and social development, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 580
Languages are your best asset
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Employability, Personal and social development, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 594
Languages help personal organisation skills
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Key skills, Personal and social development
Reason: 609
Languages promote self-actualisation
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Personal and social development, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 610
Languages stretch your mind
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Academic skills, Personal and social development, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 628
The oral presentations that you do in a language A-level really do give you confidence. The year 13 oral exam makes you confident enough to ask for help if you need it
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Language learning skills, Personal and social development, Qualifications
Reason: 630
Language learning makes you more sensitive to other behaviour patterns that people demonstrate in different cultures. You can fit in better, at least you don't offend people
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Intercultural competence, Personal and social development, Values
Reason: 634
During the year abroad on a language degree, for the first month or so every new day is a dilemma and that teaches you to become much more self-confident and independent by the end of it all
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Autonomy, Experiential learning, HE (Higher Education sector), Personal and social development, Residence abroad
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: 638
If you do a language degree you don't just learn to speak languages but you live in a different country which means that you are exposed to all kinds of different things and you pick up different skills just from independent living in a different place
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Autonomy, Experiential learning, HE (Higher Education sector), Key skills, Personal and social development, Residence abroad
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: 647
Language learning develops patience
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Personal and social development
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: 650
If you do a language degree, your year abroad will show you have many good qualities such as independence etc.
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Autonomy, Employability, Experiential learning, HE (Higher Education sector), Personal and social development, Residence abroad
Reason: 657
Language learning improves confidence in social situations, especially when abroad
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Mobility, Personal and social development
Reason: 658
Language learning makes travelling easier, more enjoyable, more enlightening.
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Mobility, Personal and social development, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 674
Students are required {during the year abroad as part of a languages degree programme} to develop extensive problem-solving skills and to draw on personal resources. In surviving this process, students tend to develop enhanced confidence in their ability to survive difficulties and to be more willing to take risks
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:
HE (Higher Education sector), Key skills, Personal and social development, Problem solving, Residence abroad
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: 681
Learning languages develops confidence in your ability to stand up in front of others (and speak in another language)
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Language learning skills, Personal and social development
Reason: 685
Learning another language makes you more confident to present to a group
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Language learning skills, Personal and social development
Reason: 688
Having spent a compulsory year abroad on a language degree will show that you are more flexible/independent/determined/confident
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Employability, HE (Higher Education sector), Mobility, Personal and social development, Residence abroad
Reason: 691
A language will help set you up for your later life
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Personal and social development, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 694
Languages will always be useful in one’s life
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Personal and social development
Reason: 705
Language learning opens up a range of opportunities that would be unavailable if you were monolingual and it is also important with regard to the relationship and interaction between European countries
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
European Union (EU), International relations, Multilingualism, Personal and social development
Reason: 708
The act of learning a foreign language reflects keen determination, outstanding communication skills and good organisational skills
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Communication, Key skills, Personal and social development
Reason: 728
Research has shown that children are not disadvantaged by a bilingual upbringing - quite the contrary, it is a major addition to their intellectual horizons in the long run
Reference:
Kimbrough, Ollers and Eilers (2002) cited in Phipps, A., Gonzalez, M. (2004) Modern Languages Teaching and Learning in an Intercultural Field (London: Sage Publications)
Related Keywords:
Education Studies, Multilingualism, Personal and social development
Reason: 729
The ability to speak another language fluently, with ease, can also be a marker of personal distinction
Reference:
Phipps, A., Gonzalez, M. (2004) Modern Languages Learning and Teaching in an Intercultural Field (London: Sage Publications)
Related Keywords:
Personal and social development
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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