Why Study Languages?

by Gabrielle Hogan-Brun

Overview

Considering studying languages at university? Wondering whether a languages degree will get you a good job, and what you might earn? Want to know what it's actually like to study languages at degree level? This book tells you what you need to know. Studying any subject at degree level is an investment in the future that involves significant cost. Now more than ever, students and their parents need to weigh up the potential benefits of university courses. That's where the Why Study series comes in. This series of books, aimed at students, parents and teachers, explains in practical terms the range and scope of an academic subject at university level and where it can lead in terms of careers or further study. Each book sets out to enthuse the reader about its subject and answer the crucial questions that a college prospectus does not.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781913019204
Publisher:	London Publishing Partnership
Publication date:	03/04/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	206
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Gabrielle Hogan-Brun is a currently a visiting professor and senior researcher at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, having previously taught at the Universities of Bristol and Basel. She lectures widely on language attitudes, policies and practices, and on economic aspects of multilingualism. She serves on several international journal editorial boards and has worked with various European organizations on matters of language diversity. A Salzburg Global Fellow, she is a co-author of the Salzburg Statement for a Multilingual World. She is the founding book series editor of Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities, and co-editor of "The Palgrave Handbook of Minority Languages and Communities" (2019), which won the BAAL book prize (in 2020). Among her other recent publications is "Linguanomics: What Is the Market Potential of Multilingualism?" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2017).

Table of Contents

Preface: why this book? xi

Acknowledgements xiii

Chapter 1 Why study languages? 1

Chapter 2 Just how multilingual are we? 17

Chapter 3 Are languages for me? 45

Chapter 4 What can languages do for us? 65

Chapter 5 What can I do with languages? 83

Chapter 6 How do you study languages? 103

Chapter 7 Where can I study languages? 123

Postscript A personal language journey 153

Appendix Finding out more 163

Key concepts 171

Endnotes 179