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Languages: A 21st Century Imperative

Learning other languages gives YOU the edge

Languages Education

Lindsay does languages

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpTfl_GqPUs

This clip by Lindsay does Languages explores reasons for learning languages while demonstrating the power of learning languages as it is the only learning area that enables you to do this - go beyond the code 2

Do you know that YOU......will be tomorrows global citizens[?]

YOU will need to...

...know how to negotiate a multitude of perspectives and ways of thinking. Learning a language is the ideal platform for this requirement

Michael Maniska, Languages champion, Former School Principal. Telopea Park School ACT

Do you know that.

Learning another language is aboutrecognising one of the realities of life[?]

94% of the worlds population (about 6.15 billion people) currently speak a language other than English.[?]

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AndIn Australia more than 200 different languages are spoken [?]with16% of our population speaking a language other than English at home. [?]

This means Your world is a language-rich place.

Thats really exciting!

Do YOU want to miss out?

Monolingual young people will miss out on the benefits of participating in and appreciating this astonishingly diverse reality[?]

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Therefore, we all need to be able to ...recognise the importance of a highly skilled, multilingual workforce

today and in the future.

Because

Learning Languages enables [YOU] to understand and value [your] own culture and the cultures of other people, so that [YOU] can view the world from a wider perspective.

Languages Opens the Door to a Bigger World School Leaders Advocacy Statement

With English now part of the school curriculum in many countries from Europe to Asia, Australians are increasingly competing for jobs with people who are just as competent in English as they are in their own native language and possibly one or two more

Group of 8 Universities - Languages in Crisis: A Rescue Plan for Australia Report, 2007

Learning languages helps YOU to become

a better thinker a better problem solver a better communicator, andbetter prepared for a global workforce.

Victorian Minister for Education, Martin Dixon, 2014

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Employers want successful learners who: respect diverse cultures, identities and valuesparticipate in learning, work and community lifework with a range of people and teamsmake connections to the wider worldmake deeper connections with othersshow initiative and are enterprisingcan self manageAre you career ready?

The employment landscapeIn Australia, over the 5 years to November 2018, employment is projected to increase in 16 of the 19 broad industry groups, with declines in employment projected for Manufacturing, Mining and Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing.

Australian Government Department of Employment - Employment Outlook to November 2018

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Health Care and Social Assistance is projected to make the largest contribution to employment growth, followed by Education and Training, Retail Trade, Professional, Scientific and Technical Services and Construction.

Together, these five industries are projected to provide more than two thirds of the employment growth to November 2018.

Australian Government Department of Employment - Employment Outlook to November 2018

By 2020, freelancers/[e-lancers] are expected to make up 50% of the full time workforce. [?]

Independent work is becoming more common across all generations and the vast majority plan to remain independent in the coming year.[?]

Forbes Magazine, 2014

21st Century learning skills and dispositions=Intercultural understanding=Learning Languages=Greater career readiness and independence in global job markets for YOU

Supporting links

www.languagesopenthedoor.edu.auwww.gallup.com/strategicconsulting/.../21st-century-skills-workplace.aspxhttp://www.forbes.com/sites/groupthink/2013/11/25/how-an-exploding-freelance-economy-will-drive-change-in-2014/https://www.slideshare.net/ayeletb/are-you-ready-for-the-future-of-work