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Why study German for GCSE?
The Importance of Languages
• How many languages are spoken throughout the world?
• 100• 200• 300• More than 500
Just over 6,500
In London, more than 300
languages are spoken at
home.
The Importance of Languages
• The proportion of the world which does not speak English as its first language is:-
• 1%• 25%• 74%• 94% 94%
The Importance of Languages
What proportion of the world speaks no English at
all?• 75%• 60%• 50%• 25%
75%
Our planet has over 6 billion people who speak between 6000 and 7000 different languages
• Only 6% of the world’s population are native English speakers?
• 75% of the world’s population speak no English at all?
The Importance of Languages
How many UK companies are losing business because of language
barriers?• 1 out of every 100• 1 out of every 50• 1 out of every 5
1 out of every 5
What percentage of employers are looking for school-leavers with
language skills?
a) 10%b) 25%c) 50%d) 74%
74%
Languages take you further
• Some universities now require a language GCSE for degree courses in English, History and Law
• A GCSE in a language will help you get into university.
• You will need a GCSE in a language to be awarded the English Baccalaureate
How will studying languages help you?
• It will increase your job opportunities • With the growth of the European
Union, there is a much greater need for people who have a foreign language.
• 60% of all UK trade is with non English-speaking countries
People who can speak another language earn on average 20%
more than people who do not
•86% of the UK’s richest under 30s speak a foreign
language.
Did you know?
*Why should I learn a language?
improves your communication skills
* enhances your memory & creativity
* boosts brain power
* helps give you confidence.
* widens your career / job options.
* gives you a wider understanding of world affairs & improves international relations
* makes travelling easier and more
enjoyable.
* helps you make friends in new countries
* shows you are open minded and tolerant.
* Being able to speak a language demonstrates to employers that the candidate has skills or has worked hard to absorb and memorise information [vocabulary], apply rules [grammar], be adaptable and communicate clearly.
*In most careers nowadays language abilities are highly valued and there is a particular shortage of people with languages in Engineering and Finance.
WHY GERMAN?
Which languages are most in demand?
German is the most commonly spoken
language in Europe *with more than100 million speakers communicating worldwide.
*It is an official language in*Germany
*Austria
*Switzerland
* Luxembourg
*and Liechtenstein
*German also plays an important role as a foreign
language In Central and Eastern Europe.
*It is the3rd most popular
foreign languagetaught worldwide
*and the second most popular in Europe after English.
*Germany has the largest economy in
Europe
*and the fourth largest inthe world
(after the USA, Japan and China).
*As a nation committed to research and
development *Germans are on the frontline of new technologies and home to numerous international corporations
*from cars
*to machinery and industrial equipment
*If you learn German, you could be part of the
world of:*Car-making
*mechanical, electrical and precision engineering
*chemicals
*environmental technology
*optics
*medical technology
*biotech and genetic engineering
*nanotechnology
* aerospace
*logistics
*computer gaming industry
*Travel
*Hospitality
*the airline industry
* journalism
*German speakers are highly sought after by
British employers.With a knowledge of German,
you improve your employment
opportunities.
*German companies account for over
315,000 jobs in the UK. *They are especially strong in manufacturing in South East England and the Midlands.
*The leading German banking and insurance companies have
*their offices in the City of London.
*German ranks as the second most frequently
used language on the internet after English
*With 8 million Internet domains, Germany's top-level country domain .de is second only to the extension .com.
*Knowledge of German is often required in
the fields of publishing and
research as important research is often published in German books and professional journals.∙German is the second most commonly used scientific language after English.
*Learning German is fun & not as hard as
you think!
English speakers usually find German quite easy to pronounce, as both languages share common linguistic roots.German and English both evolved from the common ancestor language, Germanic.
*They share thousands of the same word
origins *e.g Sommer Vater
MutterHaus
Apfel
Why learn German?
• German is the most wanted foreign language by UK companies
• German is the second most commonly used scientific language
• Germany is the largest exporter in the world
• One out of every ten books in the world is written in German
Within the European Union, more Europeans are native speakers of
Germanthan any other language
• German is spoken by more than 120 million people in:
• Austria, Germany, Liechenstein, • Luxembourg, Switzerland• Parts of Belgium, Northern Italy and
Eastern Europe
Celebrity Germanists
Daniel CraigGerman
Leonardo DiCaprio German
Renee ZellweigerGerman
Sophie RaworthFrench and German
Eddie IzzardFrench and German
Paul McCartneyGerman and Spanish
Paula RadcliffeFrench and German
Natalie PortmanFrench, German, Spanish,
Japanese and Hebrew
Christopher LeeFrench, German, Italian, Spanish,
Russian, Greek and Swedish
Arsene WengerEnglish, German, Italian, Japanese and
Spanish