Languages Connect Broaden your Horizons - Flipbook - Page 3
Boost your career
Foreign languages will open doors to many
different opportunities throughout your career.
Employers need people who are adaptable,
resilient, and good communicators. Learning
languages gives you all these skills and so
much more. If you’d like to hear from people
who use languages in their jobs every day,
check out the Languages Connect YouTube
channel youtube.com/languagesconnect
Languages help you connect
better with people in so many
different types of roles
• Business
• Diplomacy and Politics
• Education
• Fashion and Beauty
• Food Export and Agriculture
• Gaming and Localisation
• Healthcare and Medical Sciences
• Humanitarianism
• IT
• Law
• Sales and Marketing
• Social Media
• Social Care
• Sport
• STEM
• Tourism and Hospitality
• Translation and Interpreting
• And lots more…
“If students are considering learning a
language, don’t put it off, do it! Students
with languages can go into a whole range
of areas. From business and technical
areas to diplomacy, international
law and politics – it’s limitless.”
Orlaith Tunney, Careers Consultant,
Trinity College Dublin
So many Leaving Certificate
languages to choose from
You may not have realised how many options
there are if you want to study a language for
the Leaving Certificate! For example, did you
know that you can take Mandarin Chinese,
Lithuanian, Polish, or Portuguese? They are
curricular languages, which means that there
is an aural, oral, and written exam.
Any European Union language (and Ukrainian)
not available as a curricular subject is available
as a non-curricular examination paper. See
examinations.ie for more information. Both
curricular and non-curricular languages count
towards third-level entry requirements.
Leaving Certificate
Saturday language classes
Languages Connect/Post-Primary Languages
Ireland offer a wide range of Leaving
Certificate classes in languages that may
not be available to study in your school
– Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Lithuanian,
Romanian, Polish, Portuguese and Russian.
These classes are fully funded by the
Department of Education and Youth and
are held at a range of locations across the
country. For more information, check out
languagesconnect.ie/language-classes
