1. Languages why bother? Prepared for the Modern Foreign Languages SWAN Network Languages Conference Doug Lawrence 12 th July 2011 www.realmendrinkmilk.com

2. Why? Better job prospects Earn more money Travel Broaden your horizons Meet more people Learn about yourself Be an individual

3. Why me? German GCSE Many language evening classes – Currently Russian (Asset Languages) English Open University Phrases books and self study Major impact on career – Germany, Silicon valley, exporting

4. Have you been on holiday this year? Austria Bulgaria Canada Columbia Croatia Denmark Dubai Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Israel & Palestine Korea Jordon Macedonia Poland Russia Saudi Arabia Serbia Sweden Switzerland The Czech Republic The Netherlands The United States Turkey Wales

5. Evidence... Working in London Working in Columbia!

7. How to learn? Formal study – Provides a framework you can adapt to learning other languages With friends – On-line – In person Interlex – For vocabulary learning

8. On-line

10. Interlex

11. What do I do? UK government export communications consultant Business Language Champion Translation industry sales trainer Translation industry analyst Translation technology consultant Visiting lecturer at Aston University, University of Salford and Austin Community College Texas Principle UK Expert to ISO TC/37

12. What to do next? Think of 2 or 3 things you’d love do as a career Where in the world could you do this? What would be good about that? How would ‘some’ local language skills help? Doug Lawrence mail@douglawrence.org www.realmendrinkmilk.com

13. Quizzes Fashion designers Celebrities

14. 2 21 41 31 1 3 5 10 4 7 6 8 12 9 44 11 14 13 16 15 17 18 19 20 25 22 26 23 27 24 28 29 42 43 45 46 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 30 Map source: http://geography.about.com/library/blank/blxeurope.htm Accessed 11th July 2011

15. Map source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Europe.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Europe.png Accessed 11 th July 2011 Identify the language groups: Germanic, Romance and Slavic