Languages Work factsheets
Building skills: Languages for the built environment (pdf 843 KB)
How are languages useful in these global professions? What opportunities are there to study a language alongside a degree in Engineering or the Built Environment? These Factsheets* are packed with information and advice for Sixth Formers, and have been produced in association with the relevant professional bodies.
Building skills: Languages for the built environment (pdf 368 KB)
Engineering success: Languages for engineering (pdf 678 KB)
Engineering success: Languages for engineering (mono) (pdf 293 KB)
Making sense: A career in translation or interpreting (pdf 1.46 MB)
What’s involved in translation and interpreting? What skills do I need? How much can I earn? How about qualifications? This factsheet*, produced in conjunction with professional bodies, also includes case studies, links for further information and a short quiz. Suitable for students aged 16+.
Making sense: A career in translation or interpreting (mono) (467 KB)
Mind
your language: How languages can work for you (pdf 551 KB)
A punchy factsheet aimed at younger students (aged 10-14) showing how languages can help you get on in lots of different ways.
Mind your language: How languages can work for you (mono) (pdf 545 KB)
Mixing
it up: Combining a language with your chosen university course (pdf 317 KB)
A comprehensive factsheet aimed at older students, providing case studies, information and advice on combining a languages with other degree options at university.
Mixing it up: Combining a language with your chosen university course (mono) (pdf 274 KB)
Cymysgwch Hi!: Yn cyfuno iaith â'ch cwrs prifysgol dewisedig (Welsh version) (pdf 317 KB)
Spanish
Skills: Using Spanish at work and play (pdf 1.36 MB)
A language specific factsheet, primarily for KS4 students which highlights key socio-economic data relating to both Spain and Latin America and how this impacts upon career opportunities.
Spanish skills: Using Spanish at work and play (mono) (pdf 1.19 MB)
Talking prospects (pdf 203 KB)
Talking prospects is a leaflet for parents produced by the DCSF to form part of the Languages Work suite of materials. It provides information for parents whose children are making GCSE option choices and makes a strong case for them to continue with a language.
Copies be obtained from the teachernet website using code DCSF-00885-2007. For hard copies please call Prolog on 0845 60 222 60, quoting reference: 00885-2007LEF-EN.
Use it or lose it: any language skill is an asset for life (pdf 1.48) MB
Answers questions from secondary school pupils and their parents who already speak another language in addition to English. How can I get my skills recognised? How do I know what level I’m at? What options do I have at university? What sort of job will these skills help me get?
Use it or lose it: any language skill is an asset for life (mono) (pdf 648 KB)
Work
talk: A guide to languages and careers (pdf 257 KB)
A more sophisticated presentation of the Languages Work messages, together with further sources of information for older students, careers advisers, teachers, parents and others looking for career pathways with languages. Available for download only.
Work talk: A guide to languages and careers (mono) (pdf 237 KB)