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 * **Promotional Material **

In 2011 the Ministry of Education produced two documents designed to promote the value of learning languages for parents, principals, and teachers. The documents can be dowloaded by clicking on the images.

How will my son or daughter benefit from learning a Language? A document for parents.



Why should I encourage my students to learn languages? A document for principals and teachers.

 || **Challenging the Myths of Learning a Language: A Literacy Perspective **

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 * [[image:martin east width="219" height="222" align="center"]] || **Martin East: Value of Language Learning **

This article was written by Associate Professor Martin East from the Faculty of Education in response to an expression of opinion in the media that getting school students to learn an additional language is a waste of time, except for those who are included in a bilingual immersion teaching context. Without being surrounded by the language and compelled to use it for a considerable period each day, they would learn only the basics, which they would soon forget.

The following link will take you to the article which offers a contemporary New Zealand perspective of the value of language learning. Assoc Prof Martin East is the current President of NZALT and is a language teacher educator at the University of Auckland @http://www.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/about/perspectives/opinion/template/subsite_news_item.jsp?cid=565224 || || || || Benefits of Learning Languages @http://kaplaninternational.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/KAPLAN_BENEFITS_INFOGRAPHIC.jpg ||
 * [[image:Eddie Izzard quote 1 link="@http://blogs.transparent.com/language-news/2013/09/04/more-than-funny-business-a-stand-up-comedians-perspective-on-multilingualism/"]]
 * [[image:learninglanguagespld/Careers Pathways Benefits of Learning Languages Infographic width="145" height="228" caption="Careers Pathways Benefits of Learning Languages Infographic" link="@http://kaplaninternational.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/KAPLAN_BENEFITS_INFOGRAPHIC.jpg"]]
 * [[image:Speaking of Languages Infographic width="557" height="3912"]] || **What's the state of language in our world? **

There are roughly 7,000 languages currently spoken around the planet today. As the world continues to become more interconnected, due in large part to the ever-increasing use of the internet, language use will undoubtedly evolve, as well.

<img src="http://www.transparent.com/language-resources/infographic-speaking-of-languages.jpg" alt="Speaking of Languages - Infographic" width="500" border="0" /></a> From: <a href="http://www.transparent.com/">www.transparent.com</a> || @http://www2.careers.govt.nz/tools/where-to/where-to-languages/ || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">This colourful and attractive brochure which can be duplicated or used to inspire your own version covers the following topics of interest to language learners: * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">The Job Advantage in a Global Economy
 * [[image:learninglanguagespld/Career Services NZ Languages Poster.png width="223" height="255" align="center" caption="Career Services NZ Languages Poster.png"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Use this link to use an interactive chart to find pathways that lead on from learning a language:
 * [[image:learninglanguagespld/Screen Shot 2013-09-04 at 1.40.17 PM.png width="220" height="345" align="center"]] || **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Why Learn another Language? Knowing Other Languages brings Opportunities **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Learning Other Cultures: Your World and Beyond
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Go for the Excitement: New ways of Language Learning
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Give yourself the Competitive Edge
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Which Language should you Learn?

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Source: http://www.adfl.org/resources/lang_brochure.pdf

|| <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;">@http://www2.careers.govt.nz/ Skill Matcher and Subject Matcher on the CareersNZ site is a tool that selects job ideas based on the subjects students enjoy or are interested in. If 'Languages' is entered, a range of careers will be identified. Clicking on the jobs listed links to the profile of the job and allows students to assess if they are well suited to the occupation. They can then visit the What's Next section for tips and support to take the next step. <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">JOBS that recommend a foreign language # Education and Social Sciences || || **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Careers in Languages and Linguistics at Victoria University ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;">@http://www.victoria.ac.nz/st_services/careers/index.aspx <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;">**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Linguistics and Applied Language Studies ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;">**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Study Abroad for Language Learners **
 * [[image:learninglanguagespld/CareersNZ.jpg align="center"]] || **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">CareersNZ **
 * 1) Anthropologist
 * 2) Secondary School Teacher
 * 3) Interpreter
 * 4) Tertiary Lecturer
 * 5) Linguist
 * 6) Translator
 * 7) Arts, Media and Communication
 * 8) Government, Law and Protection, and Defence
 * 9) Customs Officer
 * 10) Immigration Officer
 * 11) Foreign Policy Officer
 * 12) Hospitality, Tourism, Sport and Recreation
 * 13) Tour Guide
 * 14) Travel Information Consultant
 * 15) Travel Agent
 * 16) Transport, Logistics, Warehousing and Postal Services
 * 17) Check-in Agent
 * 18) Flight Attendant
 * 19) Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Seafood and Mining
 * 20) Botanist

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Language students at Victoria University can now take intensive language courses at overseas universities during the summer and gain credits towards their BA. Courses are available for students of Chinese, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. ||
 * [[image:learninglanguagespld/Screen Shot 2013-09-04 at 2.05.33 PM.png width="295" height="106" align="center"]] || **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Ideas for Integrating Careers into Learning Languages Programmes **

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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Kiwi Cards **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Languages teachers can use these cards when teaching about occupations in their programmes. They also provide a simulating resource for use in do now and ice-breaker activities and card games in group and class activities. Free to download, the images on the cards have been designed to represent broad job fields and to be gender neutral. Related activity resources are also available to download.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">@http://www.careers.govt.nz/educators-practitioners/tools-and-activities/kiwi-cards/ || **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Careers Bullseye Posters - Languages ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Developed by the Australian Government, these posters can help students identify occupations that link with Languages studied at school with indications of what level of education is required to find employment.
 * [[image:learninglanguagespld/Screen Shot 2013-09-04 at 3.33.01 PM.png width="196" height="277" align="center"]] || **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Do you enjoy or are you good at LANGUAGES? **

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">@http://deewr.gov.au/career-bullseye-posters || || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;">@http://www.whystudylanguages.ac.uk/
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;">[[image:learninglanguagespld/Screen Shot 2013-09-04 at 3.44.57 PM.png width="242" height="153" align="center"]]

Launched in 2004 as part of the British National Languages Strategy, this popular campaign shows through individual [|case studies], [|fact sheets], [|promotional materials] and a [|comprehensive website] the vast array of career opportunities on offer. <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;">[|Additional resources to help you make the case for languages in your school.] || || **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Languages Work **
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;">[[image:learninglanguagespld/Screen Shot 2013-09-04 at 4.02.47 PM.png align="center"]]

<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;"> **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Languages in Journalism ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;">Video of BBC Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Charles explaining how important languages have been for his career. @http://www.languageswork.org.uk/home.aspx

There are other real-life case studies on this site which illustrate clearly how people use languages in the world of work. The case studies are presented in easy to search formats - either by language or by sector and are displayed by job title. ||
 * =<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">'It opens up so many more opportunities': How languages can lead to a dream job =

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">From tennis tournaments to the wine industry...
|| <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">@http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/it-opens-up-so-many-more-opportunities-how-languages-can-lead-to-a-dream-job-2093268.html ||
 * =<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">'Alarming shortage' of foreign language skills in UK =

|| <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This report argues that not enough people in the UK have ability and skill in cruicial foreign languages. The warnings are equally as relevant in New Zealand settings and can be used by teachers to inform their own discussions with senior managers in schools, parents and students. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">@http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-25003828 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">@http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/PDF/Curriculum/Curriculum_Root_Web_Folder/BenefitsofSecondLanguage.pdf
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">The Benefits of Second Language Study Research Findings with Citations ** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This NEA research, published in December 2007 is a compendium of findings on the benefits of language learning.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Many thanks to Allyn Sue Danzeisen at Hillcrest High School for recommending this resource. || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">http://mafla.org/advocacy-2/advocacy-research @http://www.whystudylanguages.ac.uk/careers @http://www.harding.edu/forlang/Careers.html @http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10093750 @http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/news/foreign-language-lessons-pay-off/1439573/ @http://money.howstuffworks.com/business/professional-development/learning-a-language-help-professionally.htm @http://www.stjohns.edu/academics/graduate/liberalarts/departments/languages/why.stj @http://www.forlang.wsu.edu/top10.asp @http://atyourlibrary.org/career/job-seekers-learn-second-language @http://jobs.telegraph.co.uk/article/3886179/how-studying-a-language-for-business-can-help-your-career/ @http://www.careerealism.com/career-second-language/ @http://www.issalumni.org/ @http://www.nzs.com/new-zealand-articles/education/learning-a-second-language.html @http://blog.brainscape.com/2011/06/english-speakers-foreign-languages/ || || **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Learning a foreign language: Now you're talking ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;">[] <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;">When it comes to learning languages in the UK, [they] are notoriously apathetic – but it is never too late to start. As Jeremy Hazlehurst from //​The Guardian// ​says, it could be a great way to boost your career. || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;">**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Youth Guarantee **Strong foundations, clear pathways, successful transitions <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;">@http://youthguarantee.net.nz/For-educators
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Other Useful sites ** ||
 * [[image:learninglanguagespld/Foreign Languages Dictionaries width="355" height="216" align="center" caption="Foreign Languages Dictionaries"]]
 * [[image:learninglanguagespld/Screen shot 2012-11-06 at 10.04.33 AM.png align="center" caption="Screen shot 2012-11-06 at 10.04.33 AM.png"]] ||

Would you like your students to be more excited about their future pathways? This website contains inspirational stories, links to support services and information on recommended assessment standards. **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">Vocational Pathways ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;">Five new vocational pathways have been developed and are designed to improve the relevance of learning for students by indicating how their learning and achievement is valued by broad sectors of the workforce.

Each pathway also comes with recognised assessment standards that have been recommended by industries across the sector. Look for the pathways that recognise languages. || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;">Ideas from Japanese teachers <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;">Jacqueline Hill, Colomba College has kindly shared her resources via this drop box link: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">h <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">ttps://www.dropbox.com/sh/kzrz44nbrf6zqfv/yMEKLw9S0k ||
 * [[image:learninglanguagespld/drop box width="158" height="158" align="center"]] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: left;">**Looking for ways to promote the learning of languages in your department?**
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Promote Second Language Learning using YouTube and Videos ** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Why Learn a Language? []

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Hacking Language Learning: Benny Lewis at TEDxWarsaw <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Hacking Language Learning: Dr. Conor Quinn at TEDxDirigo ‘We all get languages, we don’t get taught how to learn languages.’ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Language learning: Bridge to a better world: Craig Charnock at TEDxCapeTownED ‘Can we use the language learning process to bridge cultural and racial divides?’ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">TEDxPhnomPenh - Christopher McCormick - Learning a Language Will Change your Life for Good ‘This is what I love about learning languages. The process actually changes you. Learning a language will change your life. It will give you a better mind. It will stretch your understanding of the world and your opportunities in life will increase. Languages will help you realise your potential’ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">In this motivational video, TV chef Simon Rimmer explores the variety of careers and opportunities available to those who speak languages. He meets people from a range of professions and chats to them about how languages have helped them to get where they are today. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The video also shows clips from popular comedy shows highlighting the embarrassment of not understanding other people’s languages and cultures. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The video is an excellent tool for language teachers, illustrating how languages can help in your personal and your professional life. Use it in language lessons, careers evenings or assemblies to highlight the benefits of studying languages. (Many thanks to Cristian Rodriguez, Woodford House for sharing this link.) @http://www.whystudylanguages.ac.uk/ks4/video ||
 * [[image:How you can learn languages.png width="264" height="378" align="center"]] || **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">A world of words **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">We live in an age of global communication, and the currency of communication is language. Experts estimate that there are a staggering 5 000 to 10 000 languages spoken in the world today, not to mention all the dialects and variants of those languages. Of these, the top 12 account for about three fifths of humanity, <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">while the top 30 are spoken by more than three quarters of the world.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This brochure explores what learning a language can do for you, its joys and challenges, how you can improve your language skills, and what the EU is doing to support language learning. And remember: you do not need to acquire a perfect command of a language to enjoy it.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This document can be downloaded from <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">@http://ec.europa.eu/languages/documents/publications/learn_en.pdf ||