1. Questionnaire to 30 “language” graduates from between 1998 and 2005 Graham Webb Head of Languages Leeds Metropolitan University

2. Have you used your languages at all since graduating?

3. Have you had any jobs where languages have been essential?

4. Do you use languages at work now?

5. Have your languages been useful at all since you graduated?

6. Have you ever been paid more because of your language skills?

7. Do you specifically want a job where you use your language skills?

8. Have you travelled abroad with any of your jobs so far?

9. Have you learned any other languages since graduating?

10. Are you glad you studied languages at university?

11. Questionnaire to 91 businesses across West Yorkshire that import or export – or both. Graham Webb Head of Languages Leeds Metropolitan University

12. How many employees has your company?

13. Does your company specifically employ people with language skills?

14. Are you ever likely to employ people specifically with language skills?

15. Does your company ever need or use any of the following? YesNo Written translations from English to a foreign language? 68%32% Written translations from a foreign language to English 66%34% Interpreting between English and a foreign language? 93%7% Use of foreign languages on the telephone? 66% 34% Use of foreign languages on overseas trips? 69%31% Reading documents/brochures/websites in a foreign language? 61%39% Reading business letters/e-mails in a foreign language? 59%41% Professional translation agencies? 39%61% Professional interpreters? 25%75%

16. If you employed a language graduate would you expect them to be able to..? YesNo Undertake translations from English into the foreign language? 92%8% Undertake translations from the foreign language into English? 92%8% Interpret between English and the foreign language? 92%8% Undertake general correspondence in the foreign language? 92%8% Write formal documents or reports in the foreign language? 73%27% Use the foreign language on the telephone? 96%4% Learn new foreign languages as required? 42%58%

17. What do you think about the value of foreign languages to your business currently?

18. What do you think about the value of foreign languages to your business in the future?

19. If you employed a language graduate how much would you expect them to know about the business world of the country whose language they studied?

20. Graham Webb Head of Languages Leeds Metropolitan University g.webb@leedsmet.ac.uk