ERIC Number: ED454718
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1999
Pages: 227
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ISBN: ISBN-1-902031-37-7
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The Guide to Languages and Careers: How To Continue Your Languages into Further and Higher Education. Revised & Updated.
King, Ann
This book is divided into six sections and 33 chapters. Section 1, "Who Needs Languages?" has five chapters: "Employers Do...and You Do!"; "What Are Employers Looking For"?; "In Which Careers Are Languages Useful?"; "How Do I Prepare Myself?"; and "Who Speaks What Where?" Each chapter in sections 2-6 ends with a checklist. Section 2, "Studying Languages," has 10 chapters, including the following: "Learning Languages Post-16"; Diploma Courses with Languages"; "Degree Courses with Languages"; "Languages of the European Union"; "Scandinavian Languages"; "Russian and East European Languages"; "European Studies"; "Asian Languages"; "Arabic, Middle Eastern and African Languages"; and "Linguistics." Section 3, "Studying Languages with Other Subjects," includes 10 chapters:"Institution-Wide Language Programmes"; "Languages and Business Related Subjects (including accountancy)"; "Law and Languages"; "Tourism, Sport, and Languages"; "Engineering and Languages"; "Science and Languages"; "Information Technology and Computer Science with a Language"; "Food Science and Technology with Languages"; "Agriculture, Horticulture and Other Land-Based Subjects with Languages"; and "Preparing To Become a Teacher of Languages." Section 4, "Signposts to Degree Courses", has 2 chapters: "Studying for a Degree in Languages" and "Studying for a Degree in Languages with Other Subjects." Section 5, "Studying and Working Abroad," has 3 chapters: "Studying in Europe"; "Work Placements in Europe"; and "Taking Time Out: The Gap Year." Section 6, "Making Your Choice," has 3 chapters:"Finding a Course"; "Getting In"; and "Interviews and Open Days." (KFT)
Descriptors: African Languages, Arabic, Austro Asiatic Languages, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Check Lists, Foreign Countries, Indo European Languages, Language Teachers, Languages for Special Purposes, Russian, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Sino Tibetan Languages, Slavic Languages, Turkic Languages, Uncommonly Taught Languages
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Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research, London (England).
Identifiers - Location: European Union
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