Kenilworth students learn languages and business make perfect combination - 01 April 2008
Students at Kenilworth School were urged to put languages top of their agenda recently when they were visited by a local entrepreneur.
Angela Maxwell, MD of Acuwomen, the UK’s first company to bring an all-women group of entrepreneurs under one roof, visited the school to talk with Year 8 and 9 pupils about the importance of language skills in the business world.
In specially prepared assemblies, students questioned Angela on why businesses value language skills, which are the most useful languages to learn and how languages can enhance career development and lead to personal gain.
This project is part of the Business Language Champions programme, co-ordinated by the RLN and designed to increase the take-up of foreign languages in schools.
Chris Everall, RLN Manager, said:
"With so much bad news in the press about the decline of languages, we are delighted that the Business Language Champion initiative is bringing businesses and schools together to highlight how important language skills are.”
Click here to find out more information about the Business Language Champions programme.
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