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: 109
Linking a language to its culture is interesting
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Culture, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 120
You could enjoy the challenge of language learning and welcome the opportunities that it brings such as career opportunities, travel etc.
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Careers, Employability, Mobility, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 195
Languages can leave pupils with a sense of achievement, lighting fires of curiosity about the polyglot world which will blaze throughout adult life
Reference:
Hawkins, E. (1981) Modern Languages in the Curriculum (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
Related Keywords:
Lifelong learning, Personal satisfaction, Secondary sector
Reason: 198
Language learning is a useful re-education of the ear. Listening for meaning can be a useful apprenticeship and a most enjoyable one
Reference:
Hawkins, E. (1981) Modern Languages in the Curriculum (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
Related Keywords:
Education Studies, Language learning skills, Personal satisfaction
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: 250
Students who had already undertaken their year abroad {as part of a languages degree programme} did overwhelmingly speak of the experience as 'one of the best things I have ever done'
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:
HE (Higher Education sector), Personal satisfaction, Residence abroad
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: 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: 381
Language courses are exciting. Once you’ve got enough of a language to be able to function, the project work and activities you can get involved in are really exciting
Reference:
CILT, the National Centre for Languages, Frequently Asked Questions, (http:\www.cilt.org.uk\faqs\why.htm)
Related Keywords:
Personal satisfaction
Reason: 384
Languages give you a sense of achievement. Languages combine the intellectual with the practical. You need to be able to think on your feet, but when something comes out well -when the right word or phrase just trips off the tongue, you get a real sense of achievement. Another language is a concrete and demonstrable skill - like being able to drive a car or touch type
Reference:
CILT, the National Centre for Languages, Frequently Asked Questions, (http:\www.cilt.org.uk\faqs\why.htm)
Related Keywords:
Academic skills, Personal satisfaction, Practical skills
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: 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: 450
A language adds variety to your other A-levels
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Personal satisfaction, Qualifications
Reason: 485
A language is a very rewarding challenge that helps you to better understand your own language and the cultures of other countries
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Culture, Language awareness, Personal satisfaction, Understanding
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: 537
If you're interested in other cultures, you'll enjoy learning another language
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Culture, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 539
It is interesting to see how other languages are used
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Language awareness, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 540
It would be lovely to be fluent in as many languages as possible
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Multilingualism, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 542
It's fun - you feel really good when you can speak many different languages
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Multilingualism, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 544
It's interesting comparing one language to another
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Language awareness, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 566
Language lessons are interesting
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Personal satisfaction
Reason: 568
Languages are an enjoyable challenge
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Personal satisfaction
Reason: 569
Languages are an inspiration and it's very interesting to learn about countries other than your own
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Knowledge, Learning, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 571
Languages are enjoyable
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Personal satisfaction
Reason: 572
Languages are fun and not too difficult
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Personal satisfaction
Reason: 576
Languages are interesting
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Personal satisfaction
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: 584
Languages enable you to impress the opposite sex
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Personal satisfaction
Reason: 593
Languages help on holidays
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Mobility, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 600
Languages help you to enjoy other cultures more
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Culture, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 604
Languages make it easier to travel and you'll enjoy your holidays more
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Mobility, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 605
Languages make you feel more cultured
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Culture, Personal satisfaction
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: 612
Learn a language if you enjoy being able to converse with others
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Communication, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 615
Learning a language is useful if you have relatives abroad
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Networking, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 616
Britons who speak a foreign language are richer, happier and are regarded as sexier than those who can speak only English
Reference:
Cassidy, S. (2004) 'Speak a second language for money, happiness and sex' in The Independent, November 1, 2004 (http://education.independent.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=578076)
Related Keywords:
Employability, 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: 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: 624
Languages just set you free. If you look at a map and notice how small Britain is in relation to the rest of the world, and you look at the size of Latin America... and ..you can go out there when perhaps the person next door to you is just going to be working here for the rest of their lives. It's just like liberation
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Employability, Mobility, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 651
Learning a second language can boost an average worker's lifetime earnings by as much as 145,000
Reference:
Cassidy, S. (2004) 'Speak a second language for money, happiness and sex' in The Independent, November 1, 2004 (http://education.independent.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=578076)
Related Keywords:
Employability, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 658
Language learning makes travelling easier, more enjoyable, more enlightening.
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Mobility, Personal and social development, Personal satisfaction
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: 669
Foreign language speakers are more attractive to the opposite sex
Reference:
Cassidy, S. (2004) 'Speak a second language for money, happiness and sex' in The Independent, November 1, 2004 (http://education.independent.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=578076)
Related Keywords:
Personal satisfaction
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: 697
Language learning is a fun alternative to other degree modules
Reference:
undergraduate: IWLP
Related Keywords:
HE (Higher Education sector), Institution-Wide Language Programmes (IWLPs), Personal satisfaction
Reason: 702
A language is a rewarding course of study
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Personal satisfaction
Reason: 703
Learning a language develops your interest in other people
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Culture, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 707
If you are a great communicator (i.e. chatterbox), you'll enjoy learning languages
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Communication, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 709
Languages are more stimulating than other subjects. There is always something new to learn
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Learning, Personal satisfaction
Reason: 711
Language learning allows you to study people and that’s really fascinating
Reference:
language undergraduate
Related Keywords:
Culture, Personal satisfaction

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