700 Reasons to Study a Language

The group Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies supported the the UK's Higher Education Academy has put together a report called "Seven Hundred Reasons for Studying Languages" (pdf). This information is useful for mainly educators, as well as students who are thinking about studying a language. The report details the benefits of languages study in the following areas:

• Academic Skills
• Accessibility
• Business
• Careers
• Citizenship
• Education
• Equality
• Health
• Higher Education
• Identity
• Inclusion
• IT Skills
• Law
• Linguistics
• National Security
• Networking
• Problem Solving
• Sustainability
• Translating
• Understanding