Careers and Jobs Event at Stirling High School
Mon 18 Jun 2018 | 2 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Organizer
Stirling High School
Torbrex Farm Road
Stirling
FK8 2PA
Tel: 01786 472451
Web: http://stirlinghigh.co.uk
Jennifer Hardie
Award Winning Success Coach, Digital Marketing Strategist, Number 1 Best Selling Author, Writer & Speaker
@ Ltd
About the Business Leaders
These business leaders have been chosen because their companies are growing quickly. Combined they employ 10+ people.
About the teacher and students
The event was created by Hazel Wilson for 75 students at Stirling High School aged Age 14 - 16.
Event description
The Importance of Language Skills in Business
The purpose of our event is to promote the learning of other languages and to inspire and motivate our pupils. We want pupils to understand the importance of learning other languages and particularly the relevance of language skills in the world of work. We want our pupils to realise that we are living in a world where there is accelerated globalisation and that any type of business has the possibility to extend over borders. We want to move away from the idea that English is the only language worth knowing, and that the only jobs associated with languages are translators and interpretors. Language proficiency is an extremely important yet scarce skill in the UK. We want to open their eyes to the opportunities that language skills can offer them.