Foreign Languages At Work

What is FLAW?

This is an additional certificate offered to final year students with a sufficiently high level of language studying with the MLT Centre. It provides students about to enter the world of work with an internationally recognised qualification.

What is different about it?

You practise the skills you need in the workplace:- making telephone calls, interviewing people, participating in discussions, dealing with clients, making recommendations. Many of these skills are practised in situations you would find yourself in while working abroad, or dealing with foreign visitors to your workplace in this country.
You work in your group as a team;
You play an active role in class time, and prepare yourself for the classroom activities during self-study time.

Why is it useful ?

In a survey of industry, employers rated these qualities most highly among graduates:

• Willingness to learn
• Teamwork
• Commitment
• Communication skills (spoken)
• Dependability/reliability
• Self-motivation.
• Communication skills (written)
• Co-operation

(From: D.Bagley, Head of Enterprise, University of Central Lancashire)

Becoming a linguist is about developing communication, understanding, initiative and confidence in the foreign language you are learning. A Foreign Languages at Work course helps you learn a language in a work-related context, This means that you not only gain confidence in work situations requiring you to use another language, but the skills you learn are also transferable to all situations in your working life.