Wednesday, September 25, 2013

214.Ingleses aconselhados a aprender línguas. Estão a perder nos negócios.

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Neste artigo da BBC, os Ingleses são aconselhados a aprender línguas para usarem como mais valia nos negócios.


Dizem ainda que ao aprender uma língua estrangeira abrem também os horizontes e ficam menos insulares, compreenderão melhor as culturas dos outros e serão menos talibans radicais.

Não pensamos que o Nigel Farage tivesse conseguido aprender,  pelo menos,  a falar Francês ou Alemão, embora seja Deputado Europeu.

Mas afinal o que é vai um tipo a fazer  para o Parlamento Europeu, para Estrasburgo ou Bruxelas,  se não falar uma destas línguas? Nem sequer devia ser permitido ninguém ser cadidato Europeu sem falar pelo menos uma língua destas.  Que palhaçada!

Por isso o tipo anda lá frustrado e quer derrubar o Parlamento e acabar com a Europa. Santo Deus, esperemos que não faça como o Hitler, o qual mandou incendiar o Rachtag em Berlim, e depois acusou os comunistas do crime. Só esperemos que o Nigel não faça o mesmo e pin the felony on the Tories! Lol !  Lol !

Se não fosse o Parlamento Europeu, o Nigel e o Partido dele andariam a morrer de fome, porque eles não ganham virtualmente mais dinheiro de lado nenhum, a não ser de algum business que os financia por self-interest. Lembramos que este partido ainda nem sequer conseguiu eleger um deputado no Reino Unido!

Eles andam agora investidos num populismo doentio anti-Europa a fim de ganharem algum lugar na House of Commons em Westminster em 2015.

Quem sabe, até pode ser que ganhem algum lugarzinho em algum cantinho escondido da Inglaterra, onde ele tenha conseguido convencer os velhinhos de  que a Europa come idosos e bebés. Lol !  Lol !  Isso era o que a fascistada dizia em Portugal aos velhotes de corpo ou da cabeça. E as pessoas acreditavam! 

Portanto é necessário aprender outras línguas e culturas, saírem da concha isolacionista e visitarem outras paragens. Verão que não há nada de diferente, pessoas com as mesmas ambições e desejos. Quer dizer, qerem paz, sossego e manterem-se bem longe do isolacionista tribuno rubble rouser Nigel Farage do UKIP Inglês. 

 25 September 2013 Last updated at 01:52

Learn 1,000 words in a new language urges campaign


Chinese dictionaryBritain is losing out on international trade because of poor language skills, say campaigners

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Everyone in the UK should learn at least 1,000 words of another language, urges a new campaign.
The 1,000 Words Campaign stems from concerns that the country is losing out on international trade and jobs because of poor language skills.
It aims to confront the view that only the brightest can learn a language.
"For too long people from the UK have suffered from a reputation that we are lazy linguists" said supporter Vicky Gough of the British Council.
"Speaking another language is crucial to understanding another culture", said Ms Gough.
Multilingual world
"So let's overturn our poor record in language learning and show that we are ready to engage with a multilingual world," she urged.
The group say a vocabulary of 1,000 words would allow a speaker to hold a simple conversation.
The challenge is part of Speak to the Future, a wider campaign backed by organisations including the British Council, the CBI, the British Academy and a range of embassies and language teaching bodies.
This year's A-level results showed a continued fall in those taking French and German, down by 10% and 11% respectively - though Spanish bucked the trend with a 4% rise in entries.
By contrast entries at GCSE for French, German and Spanish were up 16.9% on last year, reversing a long-term downward trend.

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We are not expecting instant fluency. Yet if everyone were capable of at least 1,000 words in a new language, social attitudes and economic prospects would be significantly enhanced ”
Bernadette HolmesSpeak to the Future
This has been put down to the introduction of the EBacc, a league table measure of pupils who achieve GCSE grades A* to C in maths, English, two sciences, a foreign language and history or geography.
However Teresa Tinsley of Speak to the Future told BBC News that because the EBacc is for pupils who achieve good grades, there is evidence that some schools are focusing their language teaching on more able students, whereas businesses need people with language skills at all levels of the workforce.
"Top managers often have language skills but in fact staff whose jobs involve chasing invoices or buying stock abroad also need to speak another language", said Ms Tinsley.
"A worrying divide is opening up".
Campaign director Bernadette Holmes said: "The idea that everyone can learn the basics of another language is both realistic and attainable.
"We are not expecting instant fluency. Yet if everyone were capable of at least 1,000 words in a new language, social attitudes and economic prospects would be significantly enhanced - young people would be better prepared for the challenges of globalisation and our cultural and intellectual levels would be raised.
"I urge everyone in a position of influence to join the campaign and help us achieve this aim."
Speak to the Future is funded by the British Academy and the university-based programme Routes into Languages.

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