ENGLISH IS NOT ENGLISH IS NOT THE ONLY LANGUAGETHE ONLY LANGUAGE

SPOKEN WORLDWIDE! SPOKEN WORLDWIDE!

Which languages are widely Which languages are widely spoken?spoken?

• 1) CHINESE (876,000,000 PEOPLE)

• 2) SPANISH (322,300,000)

• 3) ENGLISH (309,350,000)

• 4) GERMAN (100,000,000)

• 5)FRENCH (64,850,000)

• AND MANY MORE LANGUAGES!

WHICH JOBS CAN YOU GETWHICH JOBS CAN YOU GETIF YOU STUDY LANGUAGES?IF YOU STUDY LANGUAGES?

It’ll Get You a JobIt’ll Get You a JobA few facts about

Language graduates and the jobs they go into

Business Services 26.9%Banking / Finance 13.1%Wholesale / Retail 11.8%Manufacturing 10.1%Public Administration 7.9%Community / Social Services 7.7%Education 6.5%Transport / Communications 5.7%Hotels & Restaurants 3.7%International Organisations 0.2%Other Areas 2.5%

It’ll Get You a JobIt’ll Get You a Job“Being able to speak other

languages is a skill that gets you ahead”

The UK trades with over 200 countries worldwide

Businesses – large, medium and small – need employees with foreign language skills

They also need people who are happy operating across cultures

It’ll Get You a JobIt’ll Get You a JobIt’s not just

language skills either

Employers say they value the key skills developed by language learners – these include:

communication skills • team working skills interpersonal skills • presentational skills problem solving skills • organisational skills good learning strategies…

…can you think of any more?

EARN MORE MONEY!EARN MORE MONEY!

• Graduates with languages are very employable. In fact, a recent report by the Higher Education Funding Council for England indicated that after 3.5 years, the mean salary of language graduates is higher than that of graduates of Engineering, Mathematical Sciences, Physics, Astronomy and Chemistry.  

•YOU GET TO VISIT OTHER COUNTRIES!

It Gets You PlacesIt Gets You PlacesLanguage degrees often

involve some time working or studying abroad

This might involve living in a European country… or further afield in Africa, Asia, Latin America or North America

Students on non-language degrees can sometimes choose to go abroad on student exchanges

What languages can I studyWhat languages can I study

What sorts of subjects can I What sorts of subjects can I study with a language?study with a language?

• business, economics, marketing and management

• arts and humanities

• science, engineering and computing

• area studies

• leisure and tourism

To recap…To recap…

It’ll get you a job

It’s exciting

It gets you places

You’ll meet new people

You can enjoy new cultures

You’ll find out more about yourself

KNOWING KNOWING LANGUAGES LANGUAGES MAKES YOU MAKES YOU DIFFERENT DIFFERENT

AND GETS YOU AND GETS YOU PLACES!PLACES!

Give yourself the edge… they did!Match the names on the left to the degrees on the right:J. K. RowlingAuthor (Harry Potter)

Paula RadcliffeAthlete

Lucy LiuFilm star

Jonathan RossTV and Radio PresenterRory Bremner Comedian

Fiona BruceNewsreader

Chris MartinMusician (Coldplay)

Nigella LawsonTV Chef

Chinese Language and Culture(1990)European Studies(1982)

French and German(1983)

Modern European Studies(1996)

Greek and Latin(1999)

French and Classics(1987)

Medieval and Modern Languages(1983)French and Italian(1986)

J. K. RowlingAuthor (Harry Potter)

French and Classics(1987)

Paula RadcliffeAthlete

Modern European Studies(1996)

Lucy LiuFilm star

Chinese Language and Culture(1990)

Jonathan RossTV and Radio Presenter

European Studies(1982)

Rory Bremner Comedian

French and German(1983)

Fiona BruceNewsreader

French and Italian(1986)

Chris MartinMusician (Coldplay)

Greek and Latin(1999)

Nigella LawsonTV Chef

Medieval and Modern Languages(1983)