Acceptances onto modern foreign language degree courses also dropped by 22% between 2010 and 2012.
The story of the decline of modern languages in UK universities is as familiar as the fact that Madame Marsaud was always dans la cuisine in the textbooks: the numbers taking modern foreign language degree courses fell 16% between 2007-08 and 2013-14.
That adds to other statewide reductions in foreign language degree offerings the past two years.
My first intention was to do a foreign languages degree, but that meant a year abroad and I couldn't just up and leave; by then, the kids were in school.
But not everyone graduates at 21: people take gap years, foreign-language degrees require a year abroad, while some science courses such as chemistry last four years.
By not studying at least two of the following subjects – maths, English, geography, history, any of the three pure sciences or a classical or modern foreign language – "many degrees at competitive universities will not be open to you," the guide, produced in collaboration with the Institute of Career Guidance, states.
John Karras, director of graduate and Web-based career services at DeVry University in Chicago, calls the years between jobs the "trade-off factors" or "value added," when a job seeker can develop extra assets like international travel, fluency in a foreign language, advanced degrees or strong technical or computer skills.
Acquire a Teach English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) degree from an academic institution.
Some large, luxury and educational travel employers prefer that their employees have a bachelor's degree in a liberal arts, business, foreign language or other degree.
In his speech he called for mandatory foreign language training in university degree courses and a new emphasis on vocational and technical training.
Therefore, it may be reasonable to consider representing all the above candidate tasks in the entrance exam so as to promote secondary school students' awareness of important TLU tasks in the disciplines in which they intend to specialize, while re-examining the role of the university EFL curriculum and foreign language requirements in the degree programs.
