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Languages why bother?Prepared for the
Modern Foreign Languages SWAN Network Languages Conference
Doug Lawrence12th July 2011
www.realmendrinkmilk.com
Why?
• Better job prospects• Earn more money• Travel• Broaden your horizons• Meet more people• Learn about yourself• Be an individual
Why me?
• German GCSE • Many language evening classes– Currently• Russian (Asset Languages)• English Open University
• Phrases books and self study• Major impact on career– Germany, Silicon valley, exporting
Have you been on holiday this year?• Austria• Bulgaria• Canada• Columbia• Croatia• Denmark• Dubai• Finland• France• Germany• Greece• Hungary• Ireland
• Israel & Palestine• Korea• Jordon• Macedonia• Poland• Russia• Saudi Arabia• Serbia• Sweden• Switzerland• The Czech Republic• The Netherlands• The United States• Turkey
• Wales
Evidence ...
Working in London
Working in Columbia!
How to learn?
• Formal study– Provides a framework you can adapt to learning
other languages• With friends– On-line– In person
• Interlex– For vocabulary learning
On-line
Interlex
What do I do?
• UK government export communications consultant• Business Language Champion• Translation industry sales trainer • Translation industry analyst• Translation technology consultant• Visiting lecturer at Aston University, University of
Salford and Austin Community College Texas• Principle UK Expert to ISO TC/37
What to do next?
• Think of 2 or 3 things you’d love do as a career• Where in the world could you do this?• What would be good about that?• How would ‘some’ local language skills help?
Doug [email protected] www.realmendrinkmilk.com
Quizzes
• Fashion designers• Celebrities
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Map source: http://geography.about.com/library/blank/blxeurope.htmAccessed 11th July 2011
Map source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Europe.pngAccessed 11th July 2011
Identify the language groups:Germanic, Romance and Slavic
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