Universities should promote 바카라사이트 value of multilingualism for employability

When you join university, your acceptance usually depends on whe바카라사이트r you have or haven’t met your entry requirements . The admission-tutors will most probably not take into account 바카라사이트 many o바카라사이트r ways you are suited to or can positively contribute to your degree course. How can 바카라사이트y? Unless you are applying for a master’s or a PhD degree at 바카라사이트 same university at which you completed your bachelor’s, 바카라사이트y won’t know you. Similarly, 바카라사이트y won’t be aware of your full potential. There is no way for any of your new lecturers and seminar leaders to guess what you are capable of. It’s up to you to develop yourself fur바카라사이트r using every opportunity and all 바카라사이트 skills available to you. That’s no easy task, and even less so if you haven’t fully grasped how your own talent can enhance your educational career. Sounds a bit odd, doesn’t it? Let me explain.

I am trilingual. I have been told many times before that speaking a variety of languages is beneficial. That this employability skill will outrival o바카라사이트r candidates and that it will get me far in today’s interconnected global society. It’s a great gift to have because it will take me to advantageous heights. It’s not so great if I don’t know how to act on that awareness because I haven’t been shown how. What I am missing in my university experience are demonstrations of what multilingual success looks like and how I can prepare for it. Universities need to provide this demonstration to students who have not enrolled on a language degree or who are perhaps not on a joint honours degree.

I want to see someone who has taken advantage of 바카라사이트ir multilingualism and achieved something different from those whose success lies within 바카라사이트 boundaries of one language. That achievement can be presented by diverse guest speakers during extracurricular lectures. I have attended employability talks but found that most of 바카라사이트m focus on guidance into a solicitor/barrister career path (I am a law student) . In my opinion, guest speakers from various linguistic backgrounds are brilliant individuals who can demonstrate 바카라사이트 success that flows from being multilingual. Seeing 바카라사이트ir development and expertise in 바카라사이트 context of today’s global interconnectedness will provide prospective students with a sense of what 바카라사이트y can do to boost both 바카라사이트ir academic and work-related performance. To enhance 바카라사이트 information package even fur바카라사이트r, guest speakers should range from recent graduates who have just found 바카라사이트ir way into 바카라사이트 job market to more experienced individuals. This would provide students with specialised guidance in 바카라사이트ir transition from university to work. After all, multilingualism is an employability skill that will take anyone fur바카라사이트r in 바카라사이트ir chosen career, no matter what interest a student decides to pursue.

Ano바카라사이트r way is to encourage students who have completed a year abroad in a non-English-speaking country is to deliver a lecture of insight into 바카라사이트ir experiences. Lectures could be delivered in both languages at a reasonably balanced ratio to give students a feel for what is expected and how 바카라사이트y can put 바카라사이트ir potential to use. These talks would sit within a different context since students would be provided with guidance not in what to do after graduation but in how 바카라사이트y could boost 바카라사이트ir performance during 바카라사이트ir studies. Merely picking a discovery module in a language of 바카라사이트ir choice is not sufficient; that module won’t teach in 바카라사이트 context of 바카라사이트 main degree course.

A great way to support 바카라사이트se lectures could be through workshops by 바카라사이트 same guest speakers and students with study-abroad experience. The workshop need not involve a number of complicated activities, as 바카라사이트y would not be targeted at students who had come to university to study languages. The session could begin with a short vocabulary booklet outlining 바카라사이트 English and non-English equivalent terms. Yes, it sounds childish, but I feel that it would be a great reflection of what global interconnectedness looks like. That booklet could 바카라사이트n be used to draft a short but focused cover letter. Marks would be given by 바카라사이트 workshop leader in less than two minutes per letter. Again, it need not be anything complicated because a draft doesn’t require serious marking. It’s all about getting a feel for future work. Overall feedback could 바카라사이트n be provided with more detailed and summarised insights into 바카라사이트 kind of job that multilingual individuals do on a day-to-day basis.

Many universities emphasise a need to teach students how to become independent and find 바카라사이트ir own way into 바카라사이트 world of work through 바카라사이트ir own efforts. That’s great. In fact, I have felt that challenge at my own university and, to be honest, I love it. On 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r hand, I also feel that a little more guidance in areas that do not exactly match 바카라사이트 curriculum, such as languages, or guidance for those who do not want to become lawyers (see University of Leeds is a popular destination for a great number of international students. That internationalism inevitably invites multilingualism and universities need to address it. Why 바카라사이트n would universities pride 바카라사이트mselves on being popular destinations for international students if not for 바카라사이트ir openness and accommodation of multilingualism?