Foreign languages and your career: a realistic plan to success

Hello!

Buenos días.

Bon dia.

Buon giorno.

What do you say in

Bergamasco?

Annie R. Abbott

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

@AnnAbbott

Foreign Languages and Your Career

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A REALISTIC PLAN FOR SUCCESS

TRANSLATION & INTERPRETING

require language proficiency, cultural knowledge and

professional skills.

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Learning languages isn’t tied to a specific career path.

However, it does develop qualities employers seek.

Think of your career plan as [language] + [profession/skill].

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Advice to students

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THE TAKEAWAY

You need to become as proficient as possible.

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You can do a lot with imperfectlanguage skills.

What should you do in college?

Because classes aren’t enough.

STUDY ABROAD

COMBINE PROGRAMS

BE A LEADER

TAKE SERVICE LEARNING COURSES

PARTICIPATE IN EXTRACURRICULARS

DESIGN A CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE

ROLE MODEL

Illinois student:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

BRIDGET CHAPUT

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A very good blueprint.

SPANISH MAJOR

Business MinorTranslation Studies Certificate

SERVICE LEARNING

Business Spanish

Spanish in the Community

STUDY ABROAD

Barcelona, SpainFull academic year

Internship

EXTRACURRICULAR

• Participates in Mi Pueblo• Volunteers as ESL tutor• Reads El País• Listens to Pandora in Spanish • Attends Latin American Film

Festival• Watches movies in Spanish

Now that you know that languages are a plus,

not necessarily a career…

…prepare yourself for a career in a world that isMULTILINGUALMULTICULTURAL

GLOBALIZED

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Gracias_____________________________________________________________________________________________

Annie R. [email protected]

@AnnAbbott_____________________________________________________________________________________________