What's it about?
Have you heard people say that studying a foreign language will
only be useful if you want to become a teacher or a translator?
This video explodes those myths, and shows young people the exciting
career and lifestyle benefits that can come their way if they learn
another language. Indeed, learning a language can even save lives!
The video is aimed at Key Stage 3 school pupils, particularly those
who are about to make option choices that may affect the rest of
their lives. Filmed both in Wales and abroad, it shows that whatever
your job or your interests, having some competence in a foreign
language offers you a vastly improved range of options.
How should the video be used?
The video is short enough to view in a single lesson or school
assembly, but we suggest that follow-up activities could include:
- A question & answer session with pupils, perhaps involving
the school careers adviser
- A short talk by a local business person or former pupil who
uses languages at work
- Role-plays showing situations where having an extra language
averts a problem or emergency
- Language taster sessions in a range of languages
- A 'languages and careers' day or evening
- Staff and pupils wearing stickers noting the languages spoken
at home
- Creating profiles of celebrities who speak more than one language
Further copies of the video can be obtained from:
CILT Cymru
Cambrian Buildings
Mount Stuart Square
Cardiff Bay CF10 5FL
Tel : 02920 480137
E-mail : bethan.enticott@ciltcymru.org.uk
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