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Languages Work activity guide

The new Languages Work Activity Guide provides advice, information and support for anyone who wants to inspire students to think seriously about careers in languages and may be thinking of using the suite of Languages Work resources to do so.

Written for use by teachers, careers advisers, foreign language assistants, external industry representatives or language student ‘ambassadors’, it includes tailored notes for these users.

The guide presents ideas for presentations and activities which make the most of the full range of Languages Work materials, and are suitable for a variety of situations: in a school assembly, as part of a careers event, during options events or in class. It also offers advice on encouraging students to engage independently with both print and web-based media.

There is also more general advice on engaging parents, presenting to audiences of different sizes and dealing with frequently asked questions.

Whether you are a careers adviser, languages teacher, a business speaker or a volunteer helping to promote languages the Activity guide is an invaluable resource to help you use the range of Languages work materials to their maximum potential.

January 2008 | ISBN13: 978-1-904243-72-4 | £12 | Order this title online

Introducing Languages Work CD-ROM

This CD-ROM is included free with the Languages Work Handbook but may also be ordered separately. It contains:

• Video clips: Persuasive footage of businesspeople, celebrities, and others discussing the importance of languages. These are designed either for use in a group, or by individuals;
• Resources folder: Electronic versions of the Languages Work factsheets, activity sheets and other materials for printing multiple copies. Both black-and-white and colour versions are included for ease of duplication;
• Live links to the Languages Work website.

2004 | ISBN-13: 978-1-904243-41-0 | ISBN-10: 1-904243-41-X | £5 (inc VAT) | Order this title online

Languages Work Handbook for Languages and careers

Jenny Knowles & Dominic Luddy

An essential reference tool for careers advisers, this guide is accessible also to individuals, parents and all those with an interest in career pathways with languages. Designed to dispel the myth that the only jobs with languages are in translation, interpreting and teaching, the Handbook for languages and careers brings together a wealth of new material about how languages are used in the workplace today. It not only provides up-to-date and reliable information on the specialist language professions, but also presents case studies of people working with languages in sectors as diverse as the media, tourism, banking and computing.The Handbook also includes the CD-ROM, Introducing Languages Work.

2004 | 116pp | ISBN-13: 978-1-904243-39-7 | ISBN-10: 1-904243-39-8 | £15 | Order this title online

Free materials

You can order factsheets, posters and postcards free of charge. Our full-colour factsheets, 'Mind your language' for younger students, 'Work talk' for older students and adults, and 'Mixing it up' for those considering combining a language with their chosen university course, bring together at a glance all the information you need for languages and careers.

www.languageswork.org.uk
This website guides individuals at different stages in their careers through the maze of career choices with languages.