Reason: 51
Learners’ heightened awareness, not only of other languages, cultures and peoples but also of themselves as cultural beings is a major contribution of language teaching to their education
Reference:
Byram, M. (1997) "Cultural awareness" as vocabulary learning’ in the Language Learning Journal, No. 16, pp. 51-57
Related Keywords:
Education Studies, Intercultural competence, Teaching
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: 118
Universities respect applicants with foreign languages
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Education Studies, Qualifications
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: 155
Those of you who already speak one of the UK’s community languages have a very useful qualification to add to your CV - particularly if you see yourself eventually working in social work or a related career such as health care, child care, youth work, education, legal aid, immigration law, welfare and community development
Reference:
King, A., Thomas, G. (1999) The Guide to Languages and Careers (London: CILT)
Related Keywords:
Careers, Education Studies, Employability, Health, Law, UK Community Languages
Reason: 180
Some of the most moving and relevant examples of language learning in practice have been the attempts of the very young, and the striving of those with learning difficulties, to communicate in foreign tongues. Through it they have learned - about themselves, about the world, about their own language
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:
Accessibility, Communication, Education Studies, English Mother Tongue, Language awareness, Learning
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: 196
The foreign language in the early stages for the slower learner seems to offer a new experience of word play
Reference:
Hawkins, E. (1981) Modern Languages in the Curriculum (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
Related Keywords:
Accessibility, Education Studies, Language awareness
Reason: 197
Language learning offers a neutral medium in which to rehearse basic concepts without appearing to call attention to the weaker pupils’ shortcomings.
Reference:
Hawkins, E. (1981) Modern Languages in the Curriculum (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
Related Keywords:
Accessibility, Education Studies, Key skills
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: 240
Foreign languages can play a crucial part in educating pupils to become citizens of the world
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:
Citizenship, Education Studies, Globalisation
Reason: 241
Pupils need to confront other cultures if they are to be broadly educated and to understand the arrogance of the monolingual position
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:
Culture, Education Studies, Multilingualism, Secondary sector, Understanding, Values
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: 244
If languages are indeed inessential to the UK Government’s main educational agenda, and therefore to be left to choice, opportunity and clusters of local initiatives, we might do well to address the results of this policy with a detailed mapping of the foreign language take-up by social class. We may find that the ‘unlanguaged’ are increasingly located within the postcodes of social deprivation, those socio-economic categories IV and V that the Government has identified as its main targets for raising educational aspirations and widening university participation
Reference:
Footitt, H. (2003) ‘Hunting the snark: international perspectives on language policies’ in Head, D., Jones, E., Kelly, M., Tinsley, T. (eds) Setting the Agenda for Languages in Higher Education (London: CILT), pp. 75-88
Related Keywords:
Education Studies, Equality (equal opportunities), Inclusion
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: 267
Many would argue that knowing a foreign language is part of what it means to be educated
Reference:
Wicksteed, K. (2004) 'Languages and the Baccalaureate' in Languages, Mathematics and the Baccalaureate (London: The Nuffield Foundation), pp. 12-17
Related Keywords:
Education Studies
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: 337
Our relationship with Europe needs more than English. Europe is emerging not only as a single market but also as a social and political forum in which English serves as a second language. There is a danger that European monolinguals will find themselves marginalised - unable to take a full part in the new institutions and opportunities in the economic, cultural and educational fields. For English monolinguals there is no single other language which will suffice: we need to explore the means of creating diversity of provision and language expertise in both the major and minor European languages
Reference:
The Nuffield Languages Inquiry (2000) Languages: the next generation (London: The Nuffield Foundation)
Related Keywords:
Culture, Diversity, Economic, social and political dimension, Education Studies, Equality (equal opportunities), European Union (EU), Global English, Less Widely Used and Lesser Taught (LWULT) Languages, Multilingualism, UK
Reason: 371
The first hand experience of another language brings a new perspective to pupils' perception of language, enabling them to make comparisons which sharpen their understanding of the concepts in both languages. Even in the early stages of learning, when pupils' linguistic resources are limited, the study of a modern language contributes new elements to their developing knowledge of the world and of other countries' cultures. It can offer valuable opportunities for reinforcing knowledge by enabling them to talk and write in the foreign language, albeit in simplified form, about what they have learnt in other subjects. It also develops an awareness in pupils of the value of knowing another language, and of the interpretative skills which it gives them
Reference:
The Department of Education and Science; Welsh Office (1990) Modern Foreign Languages for Ages 11 to 16 (London: HMSO)
Related Keywords:
Culture, Education Studies, English Mother Tongue, Knowledge, Language awareness, Language learning skills, Related subjects, Secondary sector
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: 389
A world-class education system preparing people for life in the 21st century must reflect the fact that the world we live in is multilingual. The UK cannot afford a system that reduces languages to an elite accomplishment, available principally to those educated in independent schools
Reference:
Response from the Steering Group of the Nuffield Languages Programme to the consultation document 14-19: extending opportunities, raising standards, 20 May 2002
Related Keywords:
Accessibility, Education Studies, Equality (equal opportunities), Multilingualism, UK
Reason: 394
If young people leave school in a state of entrenched monolingualism or faltering and apologetic bilingualism, they will not enjoy equality with their more 'mobile' peers elsewhere in Europe when it comes to opportunities for further study, training, work experience or employment
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:
Education Studies, Employability, Equality (equal opportunities), Mobility, Work experience
Reason: 402
A monolingual mentality is not the same as a multilingual one. There is therefore an educational reason for learning a modern language which is that it can allow students to operate two or more different systems of representation and thereby acquire the flexibility of perspective shared by the rest of the world who speak more than one language
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:
Education Studies, Multilingualism, Values
Reason: 444
A language will help you if you want to study abroad
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Education Studies, Study abroad
Reason: 453
A language could enable you to go to university on the course you need for your future career
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Education Studies, Employability, Qualifications
Reason: 455
A language could help with a degree in history
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Education Studies, Information acquisition, Qualifications, Related subjects
Reason: 459
A language could help you with your university course
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Education Studies, HE (Higher Education sector), Qualifications
Reason: 465
A language gives you a wider knowledge of literature from other countries - this will help with any literary degree
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Education Studies, Knowledge, Literature
Reason: 471
A language gives you the option of studying abroad
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Education Studies, Mobility, Study abroad
Reason: 529
If you want to do a gap year, then a language will help
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Education Studies, Mobility
Reason: 531
If you want to do Middle-Eastern Studies at university, you'll need A-level in a language
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Education Studies, National security, Qualifications
Reason: 613
Learning a foreign language could improve your chance of studying English at a good university
Reference:
Sixth Former
Related Keywords:
Education Studies, English Mother Tongue, Qualifications
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: 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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