Modern languages: Your skills

Studying modern languages will give you excellent and varied career opportunities and life-long skills. Language skills are in scarce supply and can be used in almost any job. Studying a language clearly makes you a communicator, both orally and in writing. Additional skills gained through a language degree include the ability to:

• gather information, assess and interpret it;
• lead and participate in discussions and groups;
• organise workload and work to deadlines;
• develop opinions and propose ideas;
• read pages of text and pick out the essential points.

If you spend a year abroad during your degree, you will gain insight into another culture, adapt to new and changing surroundings, as well as work both in a team and independently. These skills have value in a job market that is becoming increasingly global and will be appreciated by employers, whatever career you go into.